Top 5 controversial WWE booking decisions in recent times

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What was WWE creative thinking?

No seriously, that's not hyperbole or a blanket statement for the sake of whining, it's a serious question after WWE's actions over the last couple of years. In fact, it's a question that is becoming harder and harder to answer as the weeks go on and WWE continues to make booking decisions that border on absolute lunacy.

Unfortunately for The WWE Universe, they have been forced to endure some of the worst storylines and storytelling in the company's history. Keeping titles off television for months, turning top talents into joke fodder, and getting overly personal, are only a few of the bad decisions which have angered fans to no end.

With that being said and WWE seemingly on a run of bad decisions right now, here are 5 disastrous booking decisions WWE has made, and why they angered fans. As always lets know your thoughts in the comments below, and be sure to tell us what you think of WWE's recent string of decisions.

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#1 Refusing to push popular superstars

WWE not pushing Finn Balor is a perfect example of them not caring about what the fans want!

From the abysmal career Finn Balor has had on the main roster so far, to The AOP recently becoming joke fodder, WWE has a way of taking the piss out of popular superstars and turning them into absolute jokes. Beyond that, WWE might throw them a bone every once in awhile by putting them in a title match, but it almost always ends in a loss.

With that being said, and WWE continuing to do this with stars like Bobby Roode, Bobby Lashley, Shinsuke Nakamura, Sanity, Bayley, Sasha Banks, and Jinder Mahal, one has to wonder why the company keeps doing this. Furthermore, one has to wonder if the fan opinions matter all that much anymore

Maybe this is just whining and exaggerating, but it feels more and more like the superstars that are supposed to do great things in the company always get bogged down or straddled with crappy gimmicks they can never overcome. If nothing else, this really needs to change, and WWE really needs to embrace other talents as possible top guys.

#2 The first ever women's Money in the Bank match

Leave it to WWE to turn the women's revolution into a complete joke!

What a mess this was.

Although the women's Money in the Bank ladder match was supposed to be a crucial next step in the women's revolution, it became nothing more than a cruel joke when James Ellsworth captured the briefcase and threw it down to Carmella. In fact, it was a huge black mark on the women's revolution, and set the division back a bit in the process

Of course WWE tried to rectify this by doing another Money in the Bank match a few weeks later, but the damage was already done, and fans were still furious over how the original match was booked. Furthermore, they were upset that WWE choose to put the briefcase on Carmella, when there was a plethora of better options to choose from.

This might sound like sour grapes, but with the amount of time WWE spent building the prestige and the first ever nature of this match up, it was a huge downer that it ended how it did. To be fair though, WWE did do a great job with future women's Money in the Bank matches, and it seems like they will do better in the future.

#3 Roman Reigns' never ending push

Remember back when everyone used to hate Roman Reigns?

Roman Reigns might be one of the most beloved superstars in WWE right now, but it wasn't that way in the beginning. In fact, there was a time The WWE Universe didn't want Roman Reigns anywhere near the title picture, and would repeatedly show their displeasure whenever the company tried to push him as the top guy.

With that being said and WWE never letting go of their belief that Roman Reigns was a top guy, it became obvious that the company would continue to push Reigns no matter what the fans thought. Not only was that basically ignoring their audience for years, it also sometimes made things absolutely unbearable for audiences.

In the end, things have changed and Reigns' illness has seemingly made him a babyface for life now, but that doesn't take away all the years the man was forced down fans' throats. It also doesn't take away the fact that other superstars were made to look like absolute jokes along the way, which is another thing that showed how little WWE cared at certain points.

#4 Raw's clean sweep at Survivor Series

What was the point of Monday Night Raw getting a clean sweep at Survivor Series?

Lets be honest here.

If WWE really cared about its fan-base, they would have taken the time to make SmackDown Live look more like a legitimate competitor during the 2018 Survivor Series pay per view. Unfortunately for the blue brand however, WWE booked SmackDown Live to lose every single match on the pay per view card for nothing!

Keep in mind that this comes after months of WWE seemingly angling SmackDown Live as the top show in the company, which they were doing a great job of until Survivor Series. Even worse is the fact that WWE had SmackDown Live lose for a third straight year in a row, and made the show look like a joke more than anything else.

Maybe if WWE took actual steps towards making SmackDown Live the A show, like adding another hour to it, or having them look competitive when it counts, it would be easier to take the show seriously.

#5 Part time Universal champion

Why is Brock Lesnar still Universal Champion?

If nothing else, WWE's booking of Brock Lesnar absolutely epitomises the fact that the company has lost touch with what the fans want. In fact, with the company letting Lesnar have a year and half reign with the Universal title, it's obvious that WWE hasn't cared about what the fans have wanted for a long time.

Beyond that, WWE's booking of Brock Lesnar has contributed to the stalling of several careers, and continues to do so till this day. It also has taken away the crown jewel of Monday Night Raw, and turned it into an afterthought in overall storylines, which has drastically affected the belt's prestige.

In the end, The WWE Universe was vocal in the fact that they wanted a fighting champion, and backstage officials seem to still not understand that. With that being said, it's understandable that WWE was in a rush to fill the top spot left by Roman Reigns due to his hiatus, but there were so many better options than Brock Lesnar.