Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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WWE has produced bad TV before but there are moments where it wasn’t an accident.

Sometimes, the company intentionally booked awful segments, terrible gimmicks, or embarrassing angles purely to humiliate the wrestlers involved.

Whether it was backstage politics, Vince’s sense of humour, pet projects that made no sense, or simply wanting to make an example out of someone. WWE has repeatedly forced their performers into situations designed to make them look ridiculous on live TV.

Today we look at 10 times WWE knew the creative was bad and went ahead with it anyway just to embarrass their own wrestlers.

00:00 - INTRO
01:19 - BAD NEWS BARRETT
02:30 - ABRAHAM WASHINGTON
04:46 - BIG D JOHNSON
05:39 - PATTERSON & BRISCO
06:59 - LANCE STORM
09:37 - JILLIAN HALL
10:50 - THIS IS YOUR LIFE
12:40 - DR HEINEY
14:09 - JIM ROSS
15:42 - MIKE ADAMLE