The Worst of WWE in 2018

WWE had a mixed 2018. While there were some really good moments, they were significantly shadowed by the bad ones. The ratings are plummeting - for both RAW and Smackdown LIVE, most of the matches are greeted negatively - or even worse, with apathy by the fans, and they even lost their top full-time star Roman Reigns, - who is on a hiatus to recover from his illness.

Despite all these, they showed some glimpse of hope. The final PPV of the year - Tables, Ladders and Chairs 2018, was an excellent outing. There have been numerous match of the year candidates from both RAW and Smackdown LIVE. WWE even had the historical first ever Royal Rumble an Elimination Chamber match for women.

However, as mentioned earlier, the bad severely outweighed the good for WWE. In this list, we will be going through five of the worst things WWE had to offer in 2018.

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#5 Kevin Owens' RAW run

Kevin Owens had a terrible run on RAW in 2018.

As everyone knows, Kevin Owens is an excellent professional wrestler and a proficient talker on the mic. The prizefighter was the second ever Universal champion and had an outstanding run with it on RAW. After Wrestlemania 33, Owens was traded to Smackdown LIVE and was involved a marquee storyline leading up to Wrestlemania 34. Kevin Owens, along with his friend Sami Zayn, was pitted against the team of Shane McMahon and a returning Daniel Bryan. Since Owens lost that match, he was forced to sign with RAW.

His RAW run, however, was abysmal. Owens was tossed around by Braun Strowman throughout his time on the red brand. Owens had to go through various embarrassing segments and also had to throw his body from great heights. In his storyline with the monster among men, Kevin Owens was the one who was being bullied by Strowman. Thus it made sense only if Owens won the feud at Summerslam. However, at Summerslam, Strowman squashed Owens in under three minutes. Owens even "quit" WWE on an episode of RAW, only to return the next week.

Currently, Owens is in the sidelines due to injury, and his return is imminent. Hopefully, the prizefighter will make his comeback stronger than ever.

#4 Brock Lesnar's Universal title reign

Brock Lesnar is a 2-times Universal Champion.

The WWE Universe thought that Vince McMahon realized putting the top title on a part-timer like Brock Lesnar, who never showed up for work, was a huge mistake. However, they were wrong. After Roman Reigns relinquished his Universal Title after being diagnosed with Leukemia again, Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman were to fight at WWE Crown Jewel for the Universal Championship.

However, before the match had started, acting General Manager Baron Corbin attacked Strowman from behind - giving a significant lead for the beast incarnate. It was only a matter of a few F5s before the monster among men was down for the count of three.

It has been more than 2 months since Brock Lesnar won his second Universal title. However, Lesnar has not yet defended the title at least once. Since his UFC return is in jeopardy, only Vince McMahon knows for how long the beast holds on to the title.

#3 Return of Shawn Michaels

Shawn Michaels' return was anything but good.

Not everyone gets to say goodbye to their profession as beautifully as how Shawn Michaels did it back in 2010. The Heart Break Kid signed off in fashion after an all-time classic against The Undertaker in the main event of Wrestlemania 26. Everything associated with this retirement feud was perfect. Everything from the built to the match itself was wonderful.

However, in 2018, Shawn Michaels kissed his retirement goodbye and came out for one more match teaming up with his best friend Triple H against the Brothers of Destruction. However, the bout was forgettable at best.

The entire match was bad. There were horrific botches and unsynchronised reactions throughout the match. All the four wrestlers struggled to perform or either set up their moves properly. These four icons of this industry would be looking forward to erasing the entire existence of the match from their memory, especially Shawn Michaels - who had to come out of an almost perfect retirement to participate in this sad match.

#2 WWE Crown Jewel

Brock Lesnar defeated Braun Strowman.

Everything associated with the Crown Jewel was bad. Even the political tension between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over the assassination of Jamal Khassogi - a columnist of Washington Post, did not convince WWE to cancel this event.

However, the event itself was disappointing. A few of the preliminary matches in the "World Cup" tournament were watchable. However, baring that, most of the matches in the card did not deliver at all. The only good match of the night was between AJ Styles and Samoa Joe for the WWE Championship.

The last three matches of the tournament were terrible. Brock Lesnar squashed Braun Strowman. Shane McMahon inserted himself in the finals of the World Cup after The Miz was "injured". If these weren't bad enough, the main event was hugely disappointing. Four icons of wrestling - Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Triple H, and Kane, were pitted in a lifeless, slow and dull tag team match.

#1 Bobby Lashley's Sisters

The idea of having three men dressing up as Bobby Lashley's sisters to be a part of a pathetic and cringe-inducing segment was not the greatest one.

After his return to WWE, Bobby Lashley had a small feud with Sami Zayn. This feud involved Zayn pointlessly targetting Lashley's military and personal background. One of the segments included in the build-up to their Money in the Bank match was a segment involving Bobby Lashley's "sisters".

Two weeks after WWE's interview with Bobby Lashley, where he mentioned growing up with his three sisters, WWE decided to have three men dress up as Bobby's "sisters" and have Sami Zayn interview them. The entire segment was cringe-worthy. Lashley's "sisters" carried an item with themselves and explained why they had it. That prompted Lashley to come out and lay waste to everyone in the ring - to put this miserable segment to a rest.