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Can you old people stop bringing up cena beating the nexus it was his only major win at summerslam in the PG era and also stop with the BS Brock lost to cena his first match back cause cena caught Brock off guard damn y’all give cena no credit just hate.
I’m surprised no one mentioned Rey Mysterio winning the WWE Championship for the first time only to lose it the same night on his first title defense to John Cena
Rey got consistently disrespected as a world champ. I mean everyone knows his mega-push came because Eddie died, but they didn't even try. It's why I hope Rey gets one more run as WHC, as extremely unlikely as it is, before he retires and actually gets to be dominant.
@@TheRavenholme As someone who’s favorite wrestler was Rey growing up, I too wanna see him have a proper world title reign but at this point in his career it’s sadly too late. But yeah it sucks that every time he was a world champion he was booked HORRIBLY especially during his time as WHC in 2006, like you said it was all bc of Eddie’s death that he got a push but it seemed like once he won the title at WM22 they just stopped caring about his booking. And it’s not just that one instance, Rey won the world title again back in MITB 2010 I believe and was cashed in on that same night by Kane after his match and got the title snatched from him and then there was there was the instance I mentioned of him winning the WWE title in 2011 I believe and also lost it that same night. Idc if I’m reaching but all the horrible booking Rey has had in his career definitely is all bc of Vince since Rey was always the smallest guy in the locker room.
Awful decision, I still remember how pissed I was, even at 11 I knew it was a shocking decision. Let’s be real though, Santi makes excuses for Cena all the time, he would find some reason for it to not be that bad. 😂
@@Roddy425 Oh I know. I've been watching wrestling pretty continuously since about 1998 and I can remember how irritating MITB 2010 was. Rey had won it at Fatal 4-Way, it was the "World Championship" because Rey wasn't a "heavyweight" and his reign lasted less than a full month. And yeah, Cena had a rematch and Rey had no chance. It was 100% Vince's idea of not only giving Rey the respect he deserved (ha), but also keeping the belt on big muscly men and big, muscly men alone. 🙄 Shit's frustrating to think about, even over a decade later. And yeah, him winning one more title is definitely just a dream. Rey's talked about retirement, I thought he wanted to do it at fifty so there's a chance it could literally be as soon as Wrestlemania 41. If so I hope HHH does a few things: put's it on the latter half of night two's card. The match before a main event would be amazing. Then have it be against Dominik (getting retired by his son? I'd have to think Rey would love it), have it be a Mustache/Hair vs. Mask match, have Dominik go over and retire in as close to lucha libre tradition as he can get when we all see his face on WWE television. Ah man. Now I've depressed myself. 😭😅
Jimmy costing Jey the match at Summerslam isn’t bad, but him staying in the bloodline after it 100% was. Jimmy costing Jey made sense but why would he reunite with the guy HE literally turned on and made Jey turn too
Facts. It contradicted the entire build up of the Usos’ turning on Roman and leaving the Bloodline that happened right before, when they beat Roman and Solo in a tag match
Just to get get turned on 😂🤦🏾♂️. Didn’t capitalize from that and try to make jimmy a solo superstar at all and just had him hatch on and basically Roman and solo not gaf about him. Also that mania match didn’t help good lord that’s one of the worst matches I’ve ever seen
Cause while jey had allies jimmy didn’t. So he was forced to go back especially since solo basically told him he was still in it unless he said he was out
this might be random but ngl wwe not letting liv beat ronda clean without any controversy when you are building up a babyface champ you cant have their entire reign based off luck and that is what killed her momentum cause she was very popular getting pops every week
Fun fact about Swagger's Money in the Bank win: They were originally intending to have him cash it on Cena, but Cena was pretty much like "Hell no!" to that decision so they had Swagger cash it in on Jericho instead. Cena had a very negative opinion of Swagger and there was even a promo he did where he told Swagger to his face that he wasn't championship material lol
The talk back in the day of Cena burying anyone and everyone that wasn’t on his level with his “golden shovel” was definitely overdone and not true, but Swagger is 100% an example of that, along with Nexus. John didn’t always have a hand in burying whoever his comp was, but there were a few times he stepped up and said hell no to protect his image
@@loganlinkous4884From what I’ve seen McIntyre was also considered as he was still in his “chosen one” phase. Sounds like they booked a MITB match without a clear idea of who they wanted to win.
1 thing about Wwe is that they always split nxt rivalry during draft..asuka was a raw superstar but she move to SD because she challenge Charlotte,then ember was drafted to raw..they arent gonna see each other until another big match
@KatePhiri-ev2vk imagine Asuka vs Ember 3 for the Smackdown women's title, and Ember finally wins against Asuka, and on top of that she wins the title to boot. You just made 2 big stars woth 1 story line
Booker T could've easily won the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 19 for the rightful feel good moment. And then it's a simple fucky way to put the title back on Triple H in a rematch.
WWE could’ve done some amazing story telling with Cena vs Wyatt for the Universal title. Wyatt wanted to get that redemption over the loss at Wrestlemania 30 and it was Cena’s opportunity to win his 17th world title. So keeping the title on Wyatt would’ve made sense. And since the Fiend usually changes his opponents behavior Goldberg could’ve turned heel and still faced Roman at Mania
One of the worst bookings I think of is Shinsuke Nakamura who was over in 2017 and 2018 losing to Jinder Mahal for the WWE Championship. I also think of Finn Balor losing to an injured and vulnerable Seth Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship.
The general booking of all the WCW guys coming over getting buried for working for them isn't 1 decision but deserves a shout. Booker T, Sting, Scott Steiner, Goldberg, Buff Bagwell, and DDP are just the shortlist
They could’ve so easily made Jimmy turning on Jey make sense seeing as for the second time Jimmy gets injured and Jey decides to go try to win a chip, to improve and be more than an Uso because that’s not a chip-and also never check on him once along the way. Jimmy can take the fans not caring about him but his own brother? Boom. Now you have a great motive for Jimmy Uso that makes real sense
all i learned is most of the people responding were born in 2004. the wwe has never recovered from austin turning heel and joining vince at wrestlemania 17.
The biggest enemy in that instance was timing. Austin wanted to change up his character before he got stale, but when you combine the Rock leaving to go do the Scorpion King movie after the RAW after Wrestlemania 17, thus leaving the company without a giant baby face to foil Austin, and then the invasion angle that fell flat? You get a very squandered and uneventful heel run in hindsight.
This one might go under the radar, but having WWE exploit the fact that Seth & Becky where a « Real life couple » in 2019 and the cringe program they had made them both look bad
@@khesipresents1885 back then Vince and the writers fed each word they’d say, they don’t have the creative freedom they do today, the version we got was the version Vince thought Seth & Becky were supposed to be
@@Alecmakari Nah..Beck's and Seth have no onscreen chemistry...Vince made even non real couples like edge Lita,edge Vicky,Bryan AJ Lee etc seem real...
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Santi, I've written this before. And I'll keep writing it until you acknowledge it. I don't have Twitter. The Jimmy betrayal was fine given the explanation. It was the perfect blend of altruism (don't become like roman) and selfishness (what happens to the usos). This is a perfect explanation that makes for complexity in the character. That sort of nuance is rare. The problem is that Jimmy's actions didn't match that explanation. There's no reason he should be running with the bloodline based on the explanation. There's no reason he should be malicious towards Jey based on that explanation. If they had turned him into the overbearing brother who unintentionally ruined Jey's chances because he couldn't see that Jey was big enough to not need him for EVERYTHING, we might have had something fantastic. Great explanation...terrible execution. Retcon aside.
*The Worst Booking Decisions in WWE History…* Ruining The Summer of Punk Sting Losing Triple H In His First Match Jinder Mahal as WWE Champion Roman Reigns’ Disastrous Babyface Push (2015-18) The Authority’s Reign of Terror John Cena Squandering The Nexus Twice In A Lifetime Rey Mysterio Wins and Loses the WWE Title on the Same Night Stone Cold‘s Heel Turn Relying Way Too on Part-Timers
@@kevinuchiha6830 The issue that I had with the twice in a lifetime match is the fact that they marketed the first match between Cena vs Rock “once in a lifetime” only for it to happen again the next year, which is the epitome of false advertisement. Rock himself admitted that it was meant to happen twice all along. If that’s the case, they should’ve never marketed their first match at ‘Mania 28 as “once in a lifetime” in the first place. It makes me more worse that it came at the expense of sidelining CM Punk from ever getting a WrestleMania main event which he truly deserved.
@@mycahjofficial that's very fair analysis, I'm a Cena fan lol I really wanted him to avenge that loss. I was really happy when he won. (It was obvious)
Anyone is crazy. If I believe he wanted to give it someone young and upcoming and elevate them. Bray was the best choice tbh. Roman was as well but by that time ofc Roman beat him and they didn’t capitalize and turn him heel. Taker being the most loyal and respected guy for so long to Vince should’ve never lost and retired 20 something and 0. I knew that was gonna happen soon or later just because it’s Vince which taker should’ve already retired after like 2011 or 2012 tbh
Still hate that Owens vs Jericho wasn’t for the title, it was the story that was the headline of Raw for the better part of a year and it ended up going on second, not even the opening match. Lesnar vs Goldberg didn’t need the title, and they sacrificed the best story of the year for a big nostalgia feud.
I think Santi should start an discord where people can have conversations about these topics in a good and cool way and multiple topics during the week or every weekend something to keep the community growing and give us something fun to do amongst each other because this topic is one of my favorites and I love seeing everyone’s opinions on it
No Jinder slander is allowed his run wasn’t bad at all tbh he’s a pretty good guy as well glad he got to hold the belt for a bit and it was interesting because you wouldn’t have thought he would’ve won I like that sometimes then when you know someone is gonna be the champ automatically
I think wwe fans dont fully understand how superstars being over makes it where it doesnt really matter what they go for. La Knight going from Undisputed Champ match loss to US title win would still be a big moment mainly because La Knight was so over thatd it still feel very big and important
I feel like the only way that the fiend losing to Goldberg could have made sense if they had built up that Bray Wyatt was struggling internally with trying to avoid letting the fiend out, so his internal conflict distracted him and that leads to Goldbergs win. The way they did it was absolutely absurd and didn’t accomplish anything accept making us fans angry. It was such a bizarre booking decision that should have never happened.
There's so many, but the three that haunt my dreams are: Seth and the Fiend in Hell in a Cell, Goldberg and the Fiend and Sting and Triple H. The Fiend because it was clear that nobody up top gave a shit and an amazing gimmick that could've taken over for the Undertaker was on borrowed time and Sting, because my GOAT had to lose to HHH in his only major feud in the WWE because Vince's ego couldn't handle that someone dare challenged him once upon a time. Hate all three of those, so much and I know that if I make it to 86, one random day in 2075 I'll just randomly get mad remembering these fucking matches. 🤣💀
Hey Santi, i‘ve got a video idea for you. I‘m not sure if you alteady did this because of these many videos (thx for that btw). But my idea was to rank all WWE title reigns you‘ve ever seen. I think it‘d be very interesting.
Some of these are genuinely not bad booking decisions, a big thing is looking too see how the WWE weaves it into the bigger story. For example, yes, LA Knight losing to Roman sucked and made his momentum taper off forsure, but it was also a capitalization of the hottest superstar in the WWE, and it was a showcase of his talents in the Main event of a PLE. No one thought he’d win, but there was some legendary moments leading up to it which really helped solidify Knight to be able to get knocked down a peg and still be relevant.
Worse than Asuka losing to charlotte was how they made it feel like it was nothing by having them cut to Cena the whole time and then to have him get the news that taker was there and his match would be happening. They used what should have been a major upset and made it all about John Cena.
I'm actually going to play Devils Advocate and try to defend Austin Theory's cash in: Realistically, what else could they have done? Triple H was stuck with a Mr MITB that *he did not choose* and was rather *unpopular with the fans at the time.* On top of this, there were realistically only 3 choices for him to cash in. 1. Roman, who is THE HEEL, who has both main titles and is still on his historic run with the backing of an entire faction. 2. Gunther, also a heel, who is on a historic run of his own. Or 3. Seth Rollins, a face, but is incredibly over and was completely wrapped up in the US Title story at the time. Triple H, and by extent Austin, effectively only had one legitimate choice. Unfortunately for him, it wouldn't have made any sense for him to beat Rollins without any build-up. Therefore, I think the bad booking was really the only choice they had to get the briefcase off of Theory.
But if he was going to cash in on Seth for the U.S. title and lose anyway why couldn't they just have him cash in on Roman and lose? Have him cash in after the Logan Paul match at Crown Jewel and lose and the attitude change he underwent after and winning back the U.S. title which he had held already would've made at least a little sense. Or you have him wait until after WrestleMania 39 to cash in because we all knew Cody was beating Roman, and when that didn't happen and the World Heavyweight title was created he could win that title and lose it back to Seth at SummerSlam in 2023.
It genuinely would be better if he cashed in on Roman and failed. Cashing in for a belt he’s ALREADY HAD BEFORE and losing made him look utterly pitiful
Jack Swagger's best match was his match with Rey Mysterio for the World Heavyweight Championship at Money in the Bank. The match *after* losing the World title. I say the same thing about Jinder about his best match being against AJ after losing the title.
12:11 the worst about that match is that when you have this winning streak you to lose to elevate other guy (jey uso for example) charlotte didn’t need that it’s so frustrating
The worst the booking decision in my opinion HHH winning the 2016 Royal Rumble Shinsuke Nakamura losing at WrestleMania 34 and turning heel Shinsuke Nakamura not defeating Seth Rollins at Fastlane for WHC Braun Strowman losing at Crowl Jewel
Im surprised nobody mentioned Undertakers losing his streak at WM30 Lesnar didnt the need the win , Taker should have gone undefeated at Wrestlemania. It also hurt Undertakers aura of his matches as it didnt feel must see anymore.
My counter to the question of Cody being champ on SmackDown. What would you rather have, a men's singles title there full time, or the main men's title being the Tag Team Titles?
Goldberg beating the fiend wouldn't have been that bad if it wasn't for one thing. They didn't do anything with it! No story, no follow-up, no re-match, nothing. I'll tell you what did happen. Bill lost it at Wrestlemania to Braun, that's it!
You clearly didn't watch nxt in 2019 and hhh saved wwe form Vince and look what happens it gives us the best version of the rock hhh give us some of the best ppv ever compared to Vince
day 28 of asking santi for a video where former nxt or main roster wwe superstars/factions would be in there wwe careers if they never left or never got released.
WWE have never shied away from the fact that the original plan was going to be Roman and Rock mainly because the rock needed more spotlights so he said it was his idea to change plans.
Two things that I feel like I need to point out. Number one, there's a really good fantasy booking video from Partsfunknown on how to properly end Asuka's undefeated streak. (go check it out, both ways are something I want to see a wrestling promotion try.) Secondly regarding Triple H vs Sting, it's ironic the fact that the piece of crap Vince decided that the last guy from WCW was going to lose to the same guy who pretty much beat and buried every WCW talent he faced duing the imfamous Reign of Terror. Despite the fact that Trips was a WCW guy himself. Let us never forget Terra Rysing.
Can you old people stop bringing up cena beating the nexus it was his only major win at summerslam in the PG era and also stop with the BS Brock lost to cena his first match back cause cena caught Brock off guard damn y’all give cena no credit just hate.
I always felt like the whole WrestleMania 28 Butterfly Effect for Daniel Bryan was overblown. Yes it "sparked" the Yes Movement but I think we would've got there anyways Bryan was already over for like two years prior
wasn't my take at first about the McIntyre in the Bank but when you mentioned Cena it made me wonder if it's not to build the matches but being newer eyes onto the briefcase
18:09 I actually think the nail in the coffin for the Nexus was the subsequent promo from Cena the next night on Raw where he trashed each one of them, they tried to make something out of the loss but that promo made them feel like a bunch of idiots
Day 76 of asking Santi to make a “Mt Rushmores of WWE” video E.g. Mt Rushmores of technical wrestlers, sellers, comedy characters, mic workers, best heels, greatest matches, finishers, managers, entrance themes, and GOATs
My worst booking decision comes from WCW. When Bill Goldberg and I think it was Kevin Nash where Scott Hall came down and Tasered Bill Goldberg. I was young and pissed off.
I thought Jey Uso should've won the briefcase this year. Punk could've cost Drew the briefcase during the match. I like the thought of Jey cashing in during the Priest v Gunther match at SS and winning...oh well.
Rock beating Roman at WrestleMania, Cody winning the WHC at mania against Seth, Rock vacates the title and leaves, Roman regains the title and then Cody vs Roman title for title at SummerSlam with Cody finishing the story, but WWE realized it would hurt Cody in the long run
11:38 To go on with this, I just want to say one thing. Snooki and Logan Paul have more Wrestlemania wins than Asuka. I want you to read that sentence and fully process it.
Somebody from Smackdown should have won at MITB. They could have used the case to cash in on Solo Sikoa if he wins, only to fail, thereby pushing solo even further into mega heel territory.
did you forget about Daniel Bryan and the yes movement where he got into a match with a lot of help from the WWE community and fought earlier in the night at WrestleMania 30 then won that match against triple h with everything thrown at him then proceed to go on to the main event and make Bautista tap out with the yes lock that was an amazing night and RIP to connor the crusher the little boy that Bryan hugged after the match
I’m one of the few but I think they would should gave stayed with the rock at mania. I believe we the final boss heel could have reached a level of hate never have seen before. I think you’re right with Smackdown being boring with or without Cody being champion and I would have liked Solo to try and take over the role of tribal chief with Roman still the champ just absent
I remember when Bray died, I never had chance to watch him in the ring as I had just started watching wrestling around the start of 2023. I watched WWE's montage of Bray's career and one minute they were showing the build up to a match with Goldberg, and the next minute I saw Bray didn't have the belt anymore. And no joke I just thought to myself 'for fucks sake are you kidding me' 😅
Maybe not one particular booking but turning Dean Ambrose heel in 2018/19 was so bad. Not the fact he turned heel but the direction they took with him after that
I do agree that Sting never should have lost to Triple H. Sting was the one guy that never came to wwe. They finally do get him in, and have him lose. Wrong decision.
7:15 The bloodline merchants omit that the story was enjoyable until the new bloodline got involved. Cody worked well with AJ Styles and Logan Paul. SmackDown turned bad for me once Solo got involved, especially after Paul Heyman was written off.
Randy beating Cena CLEAN inside Hell in a Cell 2009 for the WWE title just to have him drop it a month later in an iron man match when Randy was in his prime and should’ve had a long title reign. And pretty much every other time Randy’s been forced to have short title reigns. (2020, 2017,2011, 2004) It’s fkn disrespectful. And even recently he hasn’t won a PLE match since November 2023 (his return match). Randy always got the short end of the stick with booking but no one wants to talk about that.
To be honest, there is no big heel superstar in wwe right now except drew mcintyre so cody doesn’t have a lot of heel opponents who can set a big match and elevate this title
Lol I hate people saying the money in the bank was ‘wasted’ with drew winning, there is literally no avenue in their minds where a cash in was going to happen anyways so it’s not a waste
I remember Styles beating Ricochet for the US Title at Summerslam 2019 which imo Ricochet should've won but never remembering Styles beating Cedric at Clash of Champions du 2019
I disagree with drew McIntyre. Let’s be honest, not a single person in that ladder match was gonna win the title. The most popular decisions, La knight and Jey uso were gonna fail the cash in anyway. And everyone else was not ready. So might as well use the briefcase for something and we had Damian priest as mr money in the Bank for a long while so we needed a break from having a long mitb briefcase reign. And we have Tiffany straton who will give us that long mitb briefcase Reign if you want it so bad.
I actually disagree with Punk winning the 2011 Rumble. This would have been before Punk vs Cena became the iconic feud it would become and also, especially since they would still probably use this as a way to promote Rock vs Cena at 28, I would hate to have Cena vs Punk in a mania main event be thrown away just to push another match. If they were going to do Punk vs Cena in the main event, Mania 29 would have been the time. Also LA Knight vs Roman was actually great booking because the whole point of it wasnt for people to believe LA Knight was going to win, if anything, it was more about the buildup to see if LA fit in the main event scene which quite frankly he fit in perfectly
Wwe are doing the same thing with Cody vs Randy at mania the same thing they did with Cody vs Roman.. building it up for months just for Dwayne to step in at the last minute.
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Can you old people stop bringing up cena beating the nexus it was his only major win at summerslam in the PG era and also stop with the BS Brock lost to cena his first match back cause cena caught Brock off guard damn y’all give cena no credit just hate.
Day 77 of asking Santi to rank every NXT TakeOver
Good idea
YESSSS
Get this man his video request
Yes please
It’s gonna take some time to do that bc he might not remember every one so he’s gonna have to take the time go back and watch every single one
AFTER 3 MONTHS OF SENDING IN ANSWERS AND HOT TAKES I FINALLY GOT FEATURED ON A SANTIZAP VIDEO I FINISHED MY STORY YALL
He had to finish the story, and he did-Me
Unless you have a verified Twitter with a pfp he won't feature you
@@bejaminmaston1347 my account got 850 followers tho 😭
I’m surprised no one mentioned Rey Mysterio winning the WWE Championship for the first time only to lose it the same night on his first title defense to John Cena
Rey got consistently disrespected as a world champ. I mean everyone knows his mega-push came because Eddie died, but they didn't even try. It's why I hope Rey gets one more run as WHC, as extremely unlikely as it is, before he retires and actually gets to be dominant.
@@TheRavenholme As someone who’s favorite wrestler was Rey growing up, I too wanna see him have a proper world title reign but at this point in his career it’s sadly too late. But yeah it sucks that every time he was a world champion he was booked HORRIBLY especially during his time as WHC in 2006, like you said it was all bc of Eddie’s death that he got a push but it seemed like once he won the title at WM22 they just stopped caring about his booking. And it’s not just that one instance, Rey won the world title again back in MITB 2010 I believe and was cashed in on that same night by Kane after his match and got the title snatched from him and then there was there was the instance I mentioned of him winning the WWE title in 2011 I believe and also lost it that same night. Idc if I’m reaching but all the horrible booking Rey has had in his career definitely is all bc of Vince since Rey was always the smallest guy in the locker room.
Awful decision, I still remember how pissed I was, even at 11 I knew it was a shocking decision. Let’s be real though, Santi makes excuses for Cena all the time, he would find some reason for it to not be that bad. 😂
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@@Roddy425 Oh I know. I've been watching wrestling pretty continuously since about 1998 and I can remember how irritating MITB 2010 was. Rey had won it at Fatal 4-Way, it was the "World Championship" because Rey wasn't a "heavyweight" and his reign lasted less than a full month. And yeah, Cena had a rematch and Rey had no chance. It was 100% Vince's idea of not only giving Rey the respect he deserved (ha), but also keeping the belt on big muscly men and big, muscly men alone.
🙄
Shit's frustrating to think about, even over a decade later.
And yeah, him winning one more title is definitely just a dream. Rey's talked about retirement, I thought he wanted to do it at fifty so there's a chance it could literally be as soon as Wrestlemania 41. If so I hope HHH does a few things: put's it on the latter half of night two's card. The match before a main event would be amazing. Then have it be against Dominik (getting retired by his son? I'd have to think Rey would love it), have it be a Mustache/Hair vs. Mask match, have Dominik go over and retire in as close to lucha libre tradition as he can get when we all see his face on WWE television.
Ah man. Now I've depressed myself. 😭😅
Jimmy costing Jey the match at Summerslam isn’t bad, but him staying in the bloodline after it 100% was. Jimmy costing Jey made sense but why would he reunite with the guy HE literally turned on and made Jey turn too
Facts. It contradicted the entire build up of the Usos’ turning on Roman and leaving the Bloodline that happened right before, when they beat Roman and Solo in a tag match
Just to get get turned on 😂🤦🏾♂️. Didn’t capitalize from that and try to make jimmy a solo superstar at all and just had him hatch on and basically Roman and solo not gaf about him. Also that mania match didn’t help good lord that’s one of the worst matches I’ve ever seen
It would have made more sence to have it turn out to be a set up to test Jay's loyalty to the tribal chief. Roman had made him do it.
Cause while jey had allies jimmy didn’t. So he was forced to go back especially since solo basically told him he was still in it unless he said he was out
They needed an excuse to keep Roman as champion. Horrible booking
Thought The Streak was in jeopardy for a minute
Santi the Superman to the rescue
shut up LIL BOY
Kicked out at 2.9
@@donnierichards1908 nice one lol
A Sweet Chin Music into a pedigree kick out.
this might be random but ngl wwe not letting liv beat ronda clean without any controversy when you are building up a babyface champ you cant have their entire reign based off luck and that is what killed her momentum cause she was very popular getting pops every week
Wait actually I'm not mad at this take even tho I don't like liv
That's vince mcmahon for ya trying to protect Ronda instead of building stars
Rhonda losing to liv clean is believable?
@@TheForeverVaultHHH is the one who booked Liv to win like that against ronda
@@raynardbrown2817nope ,far from it
Fun fact about Swagger's Money in the Bank win: They were originally intending to have him cash it on Cena, but Cena was pretty much like "Hell no!" to that decision so they had Swagger cash it in on Jericho instead. Cena had a very negative opinion of Swagger and there was even a promo he did where he told Swagger to his face that he wasn't championship material lol
I seen this on tap out
And also the original choice was kofi but Randy got it changed because kofi messed up a finish to a match between them
The talk back in the day of Cena burying anyone and everyone that wasn’t on his level with his “golden shovel” was definitely overdone and not true, but Swagger is 100% an example of that, along with Nexus. John didn’t always have a hand in burying whoever his comp was, but there were a few times he stepped up and said hell no to protect his image
@@loganlinkous4884From what I’ve seen McIntyre was also considered as he was still in his “chosen one” phase. Sounds like they booked a MITB match without a clear idea of who they wanted to win.
2:24 WyattzWorld is MY DAWG! Dude’s NFL content is hilarious.
i love his content too
Yeah just noticed he was in it
Can't believe he made it in! I've been watching him for 3 years
Nobody cares
@@BTCBlizzy ur a little late bud
How did Brock lesnar winning the money in the bank without actually being in the match not make this list? That shit pissed me off lol
Asuka's undefeated streak should of been kept until summerslam minimum. And i think Ember Moon was the person who should of ended it.
If i could like a comment more than once 🤷🏾♂️
1 thing about Wwe is that they always split nxt rivalry during draft..asuka was a raw superstar but she move to SD because she challenge Charlotte,then ember was drafted to raw..they arent gonna see each other until another big match
@KatePhiri-ev2vk imagine Asuka vs Ember 3 for the Smackdown women's title, and Ember finally wins against Asuka, and on top of that she wins the title to boot.
You just made 2 big stars woth 1 story line
Booker T could've easily won the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 19 for the rightful feel good moment. And then it's a simple fucky way to put the title back on Triple H in a rematch.
Yeah, even though I’m a Triple H fan, that was a terrible decision when Booker was at his most over.
WWE could’ve done some amazing story telling with Cena vs Wyatt for the Universal title. Wyatt wanted to get that redemption over the loss at Wrestlemania 30 and it was Cena’s opportunity to win his 17th world title. So keeping the title on Wyatt would’ve made sense. And since the Fiend usually changes his opponents behavior Goldberg could’ve turned heel and still faced Roman at Mania
One of the worst bookings I think of is Shinsuke Nakamura who was over in 2017 and 2018 losing to Jinder Mahal for the WWE Championship. I also think of Finn Balor losing to an injured and vulnerable Seth Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Day 91 of asking Santi to create the greatest Wrestlemania card of all time, with past and present superstars for both nights.
The general booking of all the WCW guys coming over getting buried for working for them isn't 1 decision but deserves a shout. Booker T, Sting, Scott Steiner, Goldberg, Buff Bagwell, and DDP are just the shortlist
19:55 The crazier part is that this was only like 10 years ago it wasn't 20-30 years ago😂
Looks like "Bayley: This Is Your Life" segment didn't make the cut
They could’ve so easily made Jimmy turning on Jey make sense seeing as for the second time Jimmy gets injured and Jey decides to go try to win a chip, to improve and be more than an Uso because that’s not a chip-and also never check on him once along the way. Jimmy can take the fans not caring about him but his own brother? Boom. Now you have a great motive for Jimmy Uso that makes real sense
all i learned is most of the people responding were born in 2004. the wwe has never recovered from austin turning heel and joining vince at wrestlemania 17.
The biggest enemy in that instance was timing. Austin wanted to change up his character before he got stale, but when you combine the Rock leaving to go do the Scorpion King movie after the RAW after Wrestlemania 17, thus leaving the company without a giant baby face to foil Austin, and then the invasion angle that fell flat? You get a very squandered and uneventful heel run in hindsight.
This one might go under the radar, but having WWE exploit the fact that Seth & Becky where a « Real life couple » in 2019 and the cringe program they had made them both look bad
They always pair couples together most the time ..instead of blaming wwe ,blame Seth and Becky for having no onscreen chemistry
@@khesipresents1885 back then Vince and the writers fed each word they’d say, they don’t have the creative freedom they do today, the version we got was the version Vince thought Seth & Becky were supposed to be
@@Alecmakari Nah..Beck's and Seth have no onscreen chemistry...Vince made even non real couples like edge Lita,edge Vicky,Bryan AJ Lee etc seem real...
Day 1 of thanking Santi for providing great wrestling content that keeps me invested in the sport. I’m gonna miss Sunday uploads. I’d always take my 30 around the time the Sunday upload goes up and just watch it while I ate in the back.
Santi, I've written this before. And I'll keep writing it until you acknowledge it. I don't have Twitter.
The Jimmy betrayal was fine given the explanation. It was the perfect blend of altruism (don't become like roman) and selfishness (what happens to the usos). This is a perfect explanation that makes for complexity in the character. That sort of nuance is rare.
The problem is that Jimmy's actions didn't match that explanation. There's no reason he should be running with the bloodline based on the explanation. There's no reason he should be malicious towards Jey based on that explanation. If they had turned him into the overbearing brother who unintentionally ruined Jey's chances because he couldn't see that Jey was big enough to not need him for EVERYTHING, we might have had something fantastic.
Great explanation...terrible execution. Retcon aside.
*The Worst Booking Decisions in WWE History…*
Ruining The Summer of Punk
Sting Losing Triple H In His First Match
Jinder Mahal as WWE Champion
Roman Reigns’ Disastrous Babyface Push (2015-18)
The Authority’s Reign of Terror
John Cena Squandering The Nexus
Twice In A Lifetime
Rey Mysterio Wins and Loses the WWE Title on the Same Night
Stone Cold‘s Heel Turn
Relying Way Too on Part-Timers
Still living in 2001 my guy? Austin’s heel run has aged better overtime.
Twice in a lifetime was goated lol. But I do understand. Cena squandering the Nexus is one I will never forgive. Everyone except Barrett flopped
@@kevinuchiha6830 The issue that I had with the twice in a lifetime match is the fact that they marketed the first match between Cena vs Rock “once in a lifetime” only for it to happen again the next year, which is the epitome of false advertisement. Rock himself admitted that it was meant to happen twice all along. If that’s the case, they should’ve never marketed their first match at ‘Mania 28 as “once in a lifetime” in the first place. It makes me more worse that it came at the expense of sidelining CM Punk from ever getting a WrestleMania main event which he truly deserved.
@@mycahjofficial that's very fair analysis, I'm a Cena fan lol I really wanted him to avenge that loss. I was really happy when he won. (It was obvious)
@@mycahjofficial we should have got triple match at Mania 29
For me it’s Braun not beating Brock at No Mercy 2017
Taker shouldn't have lost to Brock. He probably shouldn't have lost to anyone imo.
100%
Anyone is crazy. If I believe he wanted to give it someone young and upcoming and elevate them. Bray was the best choice tbh. Roman was as well but by that time ofc Roman beat him and they didn’t capitalize and turn him heel. Taker being the most loyal and respected guy for so long to Vince should’ve never lost and retired 20 something and 0. I knew that was gonna happen soon or later just because it’s Vince which taker should’ve already retired after like 2011 or 2012 tbh
Should’ve been bray tbh. Or maybe if Roman would’ve made his heel turn to the tribal chief earlier that would’ve been a crazy match
I think it should've been Roman. He was the biggest name at the time. Thinking about it, it shouldn't have been anyone.
Kane unmasking
Lesnar breaks the Streak
Kevin Owens losing the Universal championship to Goldberg
Kevin Owens is meh, but yeah losing to Goldberg is a bad move even to someone who doesn’t like KO.
Still hate that Owens vs Jericho wasn’t for the title, it was the story that was the headline of Raw for the better part of a year and it ended up going on second, not even the opening match. Lesnar vs Goldberg didn’t need the title, and they sacrificed the best story of the year for a big nostalgia feud.
I think Santi should start an discord where people can have conversations about these topics in a good and cool way and multiple topics during the week or every weekend something to keep the community growing and give us something fun to do amongst each other because this topic is one of my favorites and I love seeing everyone’s opinions on it
And have a talk or watch party during PLE’s
“GET THE PIN CENA” i fucking love that quote
No Jinder slander is allowed his run wasn’t bad at all tbh he’s a pretty good guy as well glad he got to hold the belt for a bit and it was interesting because you wouldn’t have thought he would’ve won I like that sometimes then when you know someone is gonna be the champ automatically
I think wwe fans dont fully understand how superstars being over makes it where it doesnt really matter what they go for. La Knight going from Undisputed Champ match loss to US title win would still be a big moment mainly because La Knight was so over thatd it still feel very big and important
I feel like the only way that the fiend losing to Goldberg could have made sense if they had built up that Bray Wyatt was struggling internally with trying to avoid letting the fiend out, so his internal conflict distracted him and that leads to Goldbergs win. The way they did it was absolutely absurd and didn’t accomplish anything accept making us fans angry. It was such a bizarre booking decision that should have never happened.
Day 3 of asking Santi to make a Summerslam 2024 Feuds Explained For Dummies video
There's so many, but the three that haunt my dreams are: Seth and the Fiend in Hell in a Cell, Goldberg and the Fiend and Sting and Triple H.
The Fiend because it was clear that nobody up top gave a shit and an amazing gimmick that could've taken over for the Undertaker was on borrowed time and Sting, because my GOAT had to lose to HHH in his only major feud in the WWE because Vince's ego couldn't handle that someone dare challenged him once upon a time.
Hate all three of those, so much and I know that if I make it to 86, one random day in 2075 I'll just randomly get mad remembering these fucking matches. 🤣💀
Hey Santi, i‘ve got a video idea for you. I‘m not sure if you alteady did this because of these many videos (thx for that btw). But my idea was to rank all WWE title reigns you‘ve ever seen. I think it‘d be very interesting.
Some of these are genuinely not bad booking decisions, a big thing is looking too see how the WWE weaves it into the bigger story. For example, yes, LA Knight losing to Roman sucked and made his momentum taper off forsure, but it was also a capitalization of the hottest superstar in the WWE, and it was a showcase of his talents in the Main event of a PLE. No one thought he’d win, but there was some legendary moments leading up to it which really helped solidify Knight to be able to get knocked down a peg and still be relevant.
Starrcade 1997’s main event, Doing the Invasion Storyline before securing the top stars of WCW, The Fiend vs Rollins HIAC, Becky squashing Bianca
Worse than Asuka losing to charlotte was how they made it feel like it was nothing by having them cut to Cena the whole time and then to have him get the news that taker was there and his match would be happening. They used what should have been a major upset and made it all about John Cena.
I'm actually going to play Devils Advocate and try to defend Austin Theory's cash in: Realistically, what else could they have done? Triple H was stuck with a Mr MITB that *he did not choose* and was rather *unpopular with the fans at the time.* On top of this, there were realistically only 3 choices for him to cash in. 1. Roman, who is THE HEEL, who has both main titles and is still on his historic run with the backing of an entire faction. 2. Gunther, also a heel, who is on a historic run of his own. Or 3. Seth Rollins, a face, but is incredibly over and was completely wrapped up in the US Title story at the time. Triple H, and by extent Austin, effectively only had one legitimate choice. Unfortunately for him, it wouldn't have made any sense for him to beat Rollins without any build-up. Therefore, I think the bad booking was really the only choice they had to get the briefcase off of Theory.
But if he was going to cash in on Seth for the U.S. title and lose anyway why couldn't they just have him cash in on Roman and lose? Have him cash in after the Logan Paul match at Crown Jewel and lose and the attitude change he underwent after and winning back the U.S. title which he had held already would've made at least a little sense. Or you have him wait until after WrestleMania 39 to cash in because we all knew Cody was beating Roman, and when that didn't happen and the World Heavyweight title was created he could win that title and lose it back to Seth at SummerSlam in 2023.
It genuinely would be better if he cashed in on Roman and failed. Cashing in for a belt he’s ALREADY HAD BEFORE and losing made him look utterly pitiful
At the very least Austin shouldve won the cash in
A heel unpopular?wow what a shocker...HHH could've had him lose cash in on world title..not make him a fool having him lose midcard belt cash in
@@marvinbanks7462that was just disrespectful to theory ...HHH wouldn't do that if his precious Kross was holding briefcase
Jack Swagger's best match was his match with Rey Mysterio for the World Heavyweight Championship at Money in the Bank. The match *after* losing the World title. I say the same thing about Jinder about his best match being against AJ after losing the title.
One of mine was Shinsuke Nakamura losing to AJ Styles at WM34
Actually it was Wrestlemania 34 🤓
@@Kylerrules In all honesty I kind of just through one out there and hoped it was close because all of Vince’s later manias start to blur together
@@kitkatkid5627I think Shinsuke should have won I think Vince was a little crazy that night
12:11 the worst about that match is that when you have this winning streak you to lose to elevate other guy (jey uso for example) charlotte didn’t need that it’s so frustrating
Kane starting a feud with Cena when the former was taken out by Mark Henry is a prime example of VKM-ism
The worst the booking decision in my opinion
HHH winning the 2016 Royal Rumble
Shinsuke Nakamura losing at WrestleMania 34 and turning heel
Shinsuke Nakamura not defeating Seth Rollins at Fastlane for WHC
Braun Strowman losing at Crowl Jewel
kofi got his rematch at mitb 21 for the wwe title
Im surprised nobody mentioned Undertakers losing his streak at WM30
Lesnar didnt the need the win , Taker should have gone undefeated at Wrestlemania.
It also hurt Undertakers aura of his matches as it didnt feel must see anymore.
My counter to the question of Cody being champ on SmackDown. What would you rather have, a men's singles title there full time, or the main men's title being the Tag Team Titles?
Goldberg beating the fiend wouldn't have been that bad if it wasn't for one thing. They didn't do anything with it! No story, no follow-up, no re-match, nothing.
I'll tell you what did happen. Bill lost it at Wrestlemania to Braun, that's it!
The worst booking decision is Santi not oiling himself up
Wyattzworld X santizap would feed families
real
“Triple h is the racist bad guy” meanwhile Triple H is firing all black people right now 😂
Triple H making that decision to have rock replace Cody still make me think that triple H still got lucky and isn’t that great at booking
Triple H is cracked at booking L take.
I agree with this take
You clearly didn't watch nxt in 2019 and hhh saved wwe form Vince and look what happens it gives us the best version of the rock hhh give us some of the best ppv ever compared to Vince
@@ayhamahmad2277 that was all rock and his writer he brought with him, triple h just had to agree with it. And I did watch the black and gold nxt.
@@Mikey2solid hhh wasn't Lucky at all people need to stop with if i
They want to blame someone they should blame the rock
day 28 of asking santi for a video where former nxt or main roster wwe superstars/factions would be in there wwe careers if they never left or never got released.
WWE have never shied away from the fact that the original plan was going to be Roman and Rock mainly because the rock needed more spotlights so he said it was his idea to change plans.
Video idea - ranking of every summer slam
Two things that I feel like I need to point out. Number one, there's a really good fantasy booking video from Partsfunknown on how to properly end Asuka's undefeated streak. (go check it out, both ways are something I want to see a wrestling promotion try.) Secondly regarding Triple H vs Sting, it's ironic the fact that the piece of crap Vince decided that the last guy from WCW was going to lose to the same guy who pretty much beat and buried every WCW talent he faced duing the imfamous Reign of Terror. Despite the fact that Trips was a WCW guy himself. Let us never forget Terra Rysing.
Can you old people stop bringing up cena beating the nexus it was his only major win at summerslam in the PG era and also stop with the BS Brock lost to cena his first match back cause cena caught Brock off guard damn y’all give cena no credit just hate.
We will stop that ,when you stop marking hard for Cena
I always felt like the whole WrestleMania 28 Butterfly Effect for Daniel Bryan was overblown. Yes it "sparked" the Yes Movement but I think we would've got there anyways Bryan was already over for like two years prior
Santi be zapping us with this one 🗣 🗣 🔥 🔥
wasn't my take at first about the McIntyre in the Bank but when you mentioned Cena it made me wonder if it's not to build the matches but being newer eyes onto the briefcase
After seeing how the Rock/Reigns vs Cody feud went, I wouldn’t have accept any other way
1:34????? bro never seen the Yes Movement
but Cena burning the Nexus and doing Rey dirty 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ + 2019-2022 Golberg outside the Brock 33 match.
18:09 I actually think the nail in the coffin for the Nexus was the subsequent promo from Cena the next night on Raw where he trashed each one of them, they tried to make something out of the loss but that promo made them feel like a bunch of idiots
Day 76 of asking Santi to make a “Mt Rushmores of WWE” video
E.g. Mt Rushmores of technical wrestlers, sellers, comedy characters, mic workers, best heels, greatest matches, finishers, managers, entrance themes, and GOATs
W Santi !!
My worst booking decision comes from WCW. When Bill Goldberg and I think it was Kevin Nash where Scott Hall came down and Tasered Bill Goldberg. I was young and pissed off.
How am i supposed to submit any takes when you’ve blocked me on X FFS💀💀💀
I thought Jey Uso should've won the briefcase this year. Punk could've cost Drew the briefcase during the match. I like the thought of Jey cashing in during the Priest v Gunther match at SS and winning...oh well.
3. Hell ina Cell 2019
2. The Fiend loses to Oldberg
1. Cody gives up his spot to the Rock
Oldberg beating Fiend happened on my Birthday also no less
What a nice Bday gift from WWE
What is the thing between the rock and Cody at wrestlmania? Was the rock supposed to fight Roman?
Rock beating Roman at WrestleMania, Cody winning the WHC at mania against Seth, Rock vacates the title and leaves, Roman regains the title and then Cody vs Roman title for title at SummerSlam with Cody finishing the story, but WWE realized it would hurt Cody in the long run
11:38
To go on with this, I just want to say one thing.
Snooki and Logan Paul have more Wrestlemania wins than Asuka.
I want you to read that sentence and fully process it.
I have finished my story
Somebody from Smackdown should have won at MITB. They could have used the case to cash in on Solo Sikoa if he wins, only to fail, thereby pushing solo even further into mega heel territory.
Solo is not going to win and no body needs since most of them are involved in other stories
did you forget about Daniel Bryan and the yes movement where he got into a match with a lot of help from the WWE community and fought earlier in the night at WrestleMania 30 then won that match against triple h with everything thrown at him then proceed to go on to the main event and make Bautista tap out with the yes lock that was an amazing night and RIP to connor the crusher the little boy that Bryan hugged after the match
I’m one of the few but I think they would should gave stayed with the rock at mania. I believe we the final boss heel could have reached a level of hate never have seen before.
I think you’re right with Smackdown being boring with or without Cody being champion and I would have liked Solo to try and take over the role of tribal chief with Roman still the champ just absent
Wyatt losing to Cena at Mania ranks high on my list. Yes Wyatt ended up winning multiple championships but it derailed him for awhile.
I remember when Bray died, I never had chance to watch him in the ring as I had just started watching wrestling around the start of 2023. I watched WWE's montage of Bray's career and one minute they were showing the build up to a match with Goldberg, and the next minute I saw Bray didn't have the belt anymore. And no joke I just thought to myself 'for fucks sake are you kidding me' 😅
Where’s Goldberg beating KO and robbing us from Y2J vs KO, they carried WWE on their backs
Maybe not one particular booking but turning Dean Ambrose heel in 2018/19 was so bad. Not the fact he turned heel but the direction they took with him after that
I do agree that Sting never should have lost to Triple H. Sting was the one guy that never came to wwe. They finally do get him in, and have him lose. Wrong decision.
Even the undertaker was mad that the match was only 3 minutes
7:15
The bloodline merchants omit that the story was enjoyable until the new bloodline got involved.
Cody worked well with AJ Styles and Logan Paul. SmackDown turned bad for me once Solo got involved, especially after Paul Heyman was written off.
The ENTIRETY of December to Dismember.
Randy beating Cena CLEAN inside Hell in a Cell 2009 for the WWE title just to have him drop it a month later in an iron man match when Randy was in his prime and should’ve had a long title reign. And pretty much every other time Randy’s been forced to have short title reigns. (2020, 2017,2011, 2004) It’s fkn disrespectful. And even recently he hasn’t won a PLE match since November 2023 (his return match). Randy always got the short end of the stick with booking but no one wants to talk about that.
WYATTZ WORLD MENTIONED 2:45
Day 10 of asking Santi to go bald
You will achevs day 1334 of asking the same question😅😅😅
To be honest, there is no big heel superstar in wwe right now except drew mcintyre so cody doesn’t have a lot of heel opponents who can set a big match and elevate this title
I'll never forget WWE made Jeff Hardy chasing a 24/7 champion
The worst booking decision of all time is the streak breaking. There’s plenty of great other choices for runner up, but the streak holds the crown
Wyatzzworld appearance is elite
Lol I hate people saying the money in the bank was ‘wasted’ with drew winning, there is literally no avenue in their minds where a cash in was going to happen anyways so it’s not a waste
I remember Styles beating Ricochet for the US Title at Summerslam 2019 which imo Ricochet should've won but never remembering Styles beating Cedric at Clash of Champions du 2019
I disagree with drew McIntyre. Let’s be honest, not a single person in that ladder match was gonna win the title. The most popular decisions, La knight and Jey uso were gonna fail the cash in anyway. And everyone else was not ready. So might as well use the briefcase for something and we had Damian priest as mr money in the Bank for a long while so we needed a break from having a long mitb briefcase reign. And we have Tiffany straton who will give us that long mitb briefcase Reign if you want it so bad.
1:55 yeah Santi it was a pivot, they made a whole fucking documentary about said pivot 😂😂😂😂😂
Rank all 15 versions of Bron Breakker's theme
damn
I actually disagree with Punk winning the 2011 Rumble. This would have been before Punk vs Cena became the iconic feud it would become and also, especially since they would still probably use this as a way to promote Rock vs Cena at 28, I would hate to have Cena vs Punk in a mania main event be thrown away just to push another match. If they were going to do Punk vs Cena in the main event, Mania 29 would have been the time. Also LA Knight vs Roman was actually great booking because the whole point of it wasnt for people to believe LA Knight was going to win, if anything, it was more about the buildup to see if LA fit in the main event scene which quite frankly he fit in perfectly
Recent history Samoa Joe and Shinsuke Nakamura never winning main titles in WWE
Wwe are doing the same thing with Cody vs Randy at mania the same thing they did with Cody vs Roman.. building it up for months just for Dwayne to step in at the last minute.
You should rank nxt tag team champions