10 WWE Plans in 2017 which couldn't go through

When people have big dreams, they feel much worse when those dreams don't come true
When people have big dreams, they feel terrible when the dreams don't come true

1: John Cena vs. The Undertaker at WrestleMania 33

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This could've been the dream match to end all dream matches
This could've been the dream match to end all dream matches

This was the one dream match left in WWE. It was the one match that every single WWE fan wanted to see, especially since Cena’s injury in 2016 forced WWE to change their plans at least year’s event as well. When John Cena began cutting ominous promos, they were clearly trying to build towards that much-desired dream match.

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Unfortunately, one of the power-brokers in WWE’s behind-the-scenes environment managed to successfully lobby Vince McMahon to change this dream match to something altogether different. Instead of getting John Cena vs. The Undertaker and The Miz vs. the debuting Shinsuke Nakamura, we got the Miz & Maryse vs. John Cena & Nikki Bella.

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This was not meant to be a dream match for the fans, but another cheesy ‘moment’ that emphasizes the wacky non-wrestling at the expense of actual wrestling matches that fans wanted to see.

If Cena faced the Undertaker as was planned originally, WrestleMania 33 would’ve ended on a much better note in hindsight.

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Edited by Pratyay Ghosh
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