10 heartbreaking WWE moments of 2018
Like every year, 2018 had its shares of ups and downs. It also had several moments that left the WWE Universe feeling sad or slightly heart-broken.
Roman Reigns' real-life battle with Leukemia caught practically everyone off guard and altered the direction of the company. Several storylines also provided us with some sad moments.
The use of Jim Neidhart in the feud between Natalya and Ruby Riott left some with teary eyes while the Mean Girls' aspect of the Wrestlemania feud between Alexa Bliss and Nia Jax hit home for a lot of people.
Here are 10 heartbreaking WWE moments from 2018 ranked in no particular order.
#10: Kurt Angle's destruction by the hands of Drew McIntyre
On the November 5th episode of Raw, Kurt Angle and Drew McIntyre squared off the determine who would captain Team Raw at Survivor Series. Baron Corbin picked McIntyre to wrestle in his stead because he was playing up the cowardly GM role.
Apparently, it was Angle's decision backstage to have McIntyre completely truck him. Angle was brutalized and humiliated by the 'Scottish Psychopath' in a match that was hard to watch at different moments.
McIntyre seemed to be toying with Angle all match and he constantly verbally assaulted Angle throughout. He even used all of Angle's signature moves like the Angle Slam and the ankle lock submission.
It was hard to watch someone so respected as Angle get so thoroughly humiliated, but it was to further the dynamic heel aura that McIntyre was building. McIntyre won the match and the captainship for Corbin while Angle took a brief vacation from his role as GM of Raw.
Luckily, Angle returned to get his revenge on Corbin as one of the several people who interfered in Corbin's two matches that determined if he would be permanent GM of Raw. He lost both thankfully.