Wasted Chances

What are the moments that you feel WWE should have capitilized on more? (or any company, if people want to talk about that, please move this to the general wrestling section).

In recent times, I'd say Randy Orton and Evolution, okay it led to the pretty awesome Batista vs. HHH feud, but that could have just as easily been put on the back burner for a year, whilst Randy was made a top star.

He won the title, then the next night was kicked out of Evolution by HHH. What should have happened is have him stay in the stable, and have HHH get jealous, and slowly build to either Ortan turning on the stable to pursue it himself, or have Evolution kick him out (like they did) just further down the line, and have Randy vs. HHH at Wrestlemania, either to have Randy reclaim it, or retain, then start to build up HHH vs. Batista either for the next Wrestlemania or Summerslam.

And even more recently - Edge's psychotic turn. Okay he wanted time off, so they should have either held it till he got back (unfortunately Foley would have left by then), or done it earlier. But that segment with Foley was one of the best moments in years in WWE, and Edge could have solidified himself as the best heel in the business, with his promos in the following week, and he should have gone on to defeat Taker in the cell, HHH for the title and gone on to reign over Smackdown. Hopefully he'll pick up where he left off when he get's back, he can feud with HHH maybe, before a big feud with Jeff (champion).

with the Evoloution thing, i dont neccessarily think they should kept him in it, but i dont think they shoulda made him drop the title, and then just drop the whole thing like they kinda did

Edge & Jericho as Tag Team Champions... a damn shame...

Kennedy's return

Cruiserweight Championship

LL Sr. wrote:

with the Evoloution thing, i dont neccessarily think they should kept him in it, but i dont think they shoulda made him drop the title, and then just drop the whole thing like they kinda did

It played immensely into his character later on; whether they planned that ahead of time or not, who knows but it worked marvelously for him

Shelton Benjamins career, Carlito

Billy Gunn. he was extremely over in the Attitude Era and he got a great ovation when he won the IC title but two weeks later he drops it Benoit and never gets it again. he should have had a longer title reign or a second one

I was thinking about this today actually.

London/Kendrick. They were the hottest tag team of the year, and had the longest reign in the history of the title (over a year). They were entertaining, over and had some awesome chemistry. Then they lost the titles to a team who didn't even last long, or rub off much from the title. These two could have been the greatest tag team of all time. Then they began jobbing, and went to Raw and by that time, it was all over. Never send good talent to Raw...

Lita vs Chyna. The Lita-Chyna fued had the potential to be epic, and one of the greatest diva fueds of all time...Even having a good chance of toppling Trish/Lita. Lita should have won the title off of Chyna, and engage in that Eddie storyline, leading to Chyna being rather angry. We could have had a better diva product if this happened with these two fueding. But Chyna had to get fired or whatever, and it ruined it all.

Hart Dynasty. Why didn't they get the MNM treatment? They could have been tag team champions, with Natalya being the bitchy manager (much better than Melina), and they wouldn't be jobbing like they are today.

Gail Kim x2. The fans were taking to this woman in her debuting months, then they just dropped the ball, and made her lose to Molly. She was the top face, filling the Lita void while she was gone, and then suddenly she teams with Molly and goes heel? She should have stayed face, engaged in a longer fued with the likes of Molly, Victoria and Jazz, and I am positive she would have been extremely over.
When she redubuted with the WWE, she should have captured the title, and they should have handled the entire situation better...For instance, build hype for her return, don't just randomly have her come out.

RVD. Back in 03 or something when he was extremely over, he should have defeated Triple H for the title, he would have been an even more massive star than he ended up being.

This is just some of many....

Kane and the katie vick story.....even though the story was shit and fucked up...that coulda been a great chance for Kane to get his second title reign, and have the honour of being the first masked man to win it...but no we had to have rey rey do that

Queen Blue wrote:

What are the moments that you feel WWE should have capitilized on more? (or any company, if people want to talk about that, please move this to the general wrestling section).

In recent times, I'd say Randy Orton and Evolution, okay it led to the pretty awesome Batista vs. HHH feud, but that could have just as easily been put on the back burner for a year, whilst Randy was made a top star.

He won the title, then the next night was kicked out of Evolution by HHH. What should have happened is have him stay in the stable, and have HHH get jealous, and slowly build to either Ortan turning on the stable to pursue it himself, or have Evolution kick him out (like they did) just further down the line, and have Randy vs. HHH at Wrestlemania, either to have Randy reclaim it, or retain, then start to build up HHH vs. Batista either for the next Wrestlemania or Summerslam.

There wasnt a wasted opportunity there; it was later parlayed into the Legacy/McMahon feud that defined the company in the first half of last year.

On another note, the Rated RKO angle had a great part to do with Randy and Evolution as it was the kayfabe reason behind Orton joining with Edge to go after DX, so he could get revenge.

Katie/Burchill- Katie should have won the womens title from Mickie, and Burchill should have won the IC title. They also should have developed his pirate gimmick more, as it was really innovative...And he had the best entrance!