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There are several scrapped WWE Feuds that could be revisited in 2021.
Whilst 2020 started out brightly for WWE with their annual Royal Rumble and trip over to Saudi Arabia, the COVID-19 pandemic has since caused havoc and become a huge headache for WWE's creative team.
Whilst the company was able to ensure that many WWE feuds still went ahead and the pay-per-views that were scheduled still took place, there are several feuds that had to be scrapped.
Many of these canceled feuds were down to last-minute changes or the fact that certain WWE stars were not in attendance at the time and were unable to follow through on their commitments.
That being said, by all accounts 2021 should be a much better year for WWE and some of these feuds could be picked back up in the new year.
Here are just five scrapped or dropped WWE feuds from 2020 that could now happen in 2021 instead.
#5. Liv Morgan and Lana - WWE Relationship angle
The year kicked off with the marriage of Lana and Bobby Lashley and it's safe to say that a lot has changed over the past 12 months. Lashley is now United States Champion and the CEO of The Hurt Business, whilst Lana is on the sidelines after suffering an injury at the hands of Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax.
The union between the two stars led to Liv Morgan revealing that she had a past relationship with Lana, for the shock factor, before the two women then embarked on a short feud where Liv was united with Rusev.
This story was scrapped quite soon after it began and there weren't a lot of back stories given to the relationship as a whole.
Liv Morgan later spoke in an interview with Inside The Ropes about the possibility of this story being picked up once again in the future:
“Me personally, I would love to touch on that story again, because I think it’s so important just to show not different people but, you know, ‘Hey, maybe I love this girl,’ you know, like, I think it’s important just to show that. But I don’t think you ever can ever say never in WWE. I think anything and everything is open to being visited again. Is that happening? I have no idea. But would I like it? For sure. But it was a very crazy experience.”
The two women are currently on different brands, but that could all change in an instant in WWE.
#4. Goldberg vs Roman Reigns - WWE WrestleMania 36 match
Goldberg was able to do the unthinkable in 2020 and defeat The Fiend for the Universal Championship. The former WCW powerhouse is still the only WWE star to have pinned The Fiend since his character change and there was no rematch given to Bray Wyatt's alter-ego. Instead, Goldberg stepped straight into a feud with Roman Reigns heading into WrestleMania 36.
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced WWE to move into the Performance Center back in March, it also forced Roman Reigns into isolation, given his recent health issues.
This meant that the former WWE Champion was unable to perform at the biggest show of the year and was instead replaced by Braun Strowman, who went on to win the Universal Championship.
"He backed out on me at WrestleMania, he stole my move – God knows how long ago – and he continues to perform it at sub-par level. Let’s be perfectly honest, I’m the dude that delivers the spear and I don’t think that he understands what it’s like until I deliver one to him. So Roman, it’s coming and I’m coming for you. I may be old, I may be grey, but I’m still Goldberg!"
Goldberg has since made it clear on WWE's The Bump that he wants the match that he was denied at WrestleMania, and went as far as to call Roman Reigns out. At present, Goldberg vs Roman Reigns is one of the matches that is being rumored for next year's Showcase of the Immortals.
#3. Seth Rollins vs Kevin Owens
Seth Rollins has recently been given some time away from the ring following the birth of his first child with fellow WWE star Becky Lynch. In the build-up to The Monday Night Messiah's departure, Rollins was in a personal storyline with The Mysterio Family, which saw him brutalize Dominik Mysterio and take Rey Mysterio's eye back at Extreme Rules.
As part of the storyline, before Rey Mysterio signed a new WWE contract, Kevin Owens was set to be included and was going to help Dominik Mysterio. According to a report by Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer, these plans were then changed when Mysterio re-signed and the company decided to add him to the story instead:
"Kevin Owens was there who is another, you know. He’s fallen out of his program. He was supposed to be in a program with Seth until they just dropped it when Rey agreed to stay."
Seth Rollins is due to return to WWE in the coming months and Kevin Owens is now on SmackDown alongside The Messiah, which means that this is another feud that could be picked up in the new year.
#2. Jinder Mahal vs Drew McIntyre
Jinder Mahal has definitely had a forgettable 2020, since The Modern Day Maharaja has been part of just one WWE match. Mahal was out with a knee injury until April when the company thought that the former WWE Champion was set to make his illustrious return.
At the time, Drew McIntyre was the WWE Champion and, after a brief feud with his former 3MB teammate Heath Slater, it was decided that McIntyre would offer Mahal the same sort of spotlight.
Sadly for Jinder, he was almost instantly re-injured and it was reported that he then needed to have further surgery, which has since left him on the sidelines.
Drew McIntyre was recently able to talk about the intended feud as part of an interview with TalkSPORT:
“When my mum passed etc, he was the one making sure I was OK. I think bringing that kind of stuff to television, I’m not afraid to talk about it and I think it would make compelling viewing while also create a really interesting character to take Jinder to the next level, because we need stars right now. A situation like that would really help both of us and be entertaining for the audience.”
If Drew McIntyre is still WWE Champion when Jinder Mahal makes his return, then this could be a feud that WWE looks to revisit in 2021.
#1. The Fiend vs Roman Reigns
Roman Reigns made his WWE return at SummerSlam and later took the Universal Championship back from The Fiend in a triple threat match that also included Braun Strowman.
Ahead of the WWE Draft back in October, there was a tease on SmackDown that saw Alexa Bliss stare down Roman Reigns, as a way to make it clear he was on The Fiend's hit list. Both Bliss and The Fiend were then moved over to Monday Night RAW, which left their feud up in the air.
The original plan was for Reigns and The Fiend to face off at Hell in a Cell, but this was then changed to include Jey Uso. Dave Meltzer reported that backstage officials believed a feud with The Feind wouldn't help Reigns.
Whilst The Fiend has a long way to climb back in WWE following his defeat at the hands of Randy Orton at TLC, it would be interesting to see if he and Roman Reigns cross paths in the new year.
A feud between the two men was originally set to take place. The Fiend could circle back to Reigns if he continues to go after stars who have wronged him in the past.
