10 WWE Plans in 2017 which couldn't go through

2: The Miz vs. Shinsuke Nakamura at WrestleMania 33

You know your booking is bad when video game matches make more sense than yours

For years, Daniel Bryan and the Miz have been involved in an on-again-off-again rivalry that stemmed from their days together in the original NXT. There have been constant comparisons made between both of them, with Miz excelling in some areas and Bryan in others.

This purported bitterness between them reached a fever pitch last year when Miz cut arguably the greatest promo of his career on Talking Smack, which made him look like a much bigger star. To many fans, that promo also planted the seeds for some kind of feud between them, which was likely to have culminated at WrestleMania earlier this year.

It was widely reported that the rumored feud (which would’ve made perfect sense in every conceivable way) was for Shinsuke Nakamura to debut on SmackDown and feud with the Miz in Bryan’s stead, since Bryan wasn’t medically cleared to wrestle and he and Nakamura have a history together.

That match would’ve culminated in Nakamura debuting at WrestleMania 33 and winning the Intercontinental Championship, which would’ve been an excellent way to debut a new star.

However, these plans were abandoned in favor of a relatively-uninspiring feud between the Miz and John Cena over the latter’s personal life. Though the promos betwixt all parties involved were actually quite good, it doesn’t compare to what could’ve been an excellent SmackDown-exclusive rivalry between the Miz and the debuting King of Strong Style.