4 Underwhelming Mystery WWE Storyline Outcomes
Mystery angles have been part of professional wrestling since the dawn of time and only really work and remain with fans for a long time if the show bothers to follow through and reveal an unexpected outcome at the end.
Every feud needs a big pay-off and every tales need a satisfying ending and since these mystery storylines ideas rely upon fans' reactions, many storylines end in a whimper or do not end at all. The storylines and angles keep on changing throughout its course, depending on writer's creativity and audience's response.
Some storylines like McMahon vs Austin, the summer of Punk, and the Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels have stood the test of time and fans still remember those feuds like their childhood memories.
However not every mystery angle lives up to the hype and there have been many storylines whose outcomes are nothing short of underwhelming. Here are such 4 storylines which started on the right note and had so much potential moving forward, but their wheels began to fall off as it progressed.
#4 What Happened in Milwaukee?
The storyline between Lana, Aiden English and Rusev was the talk of the town in September 2018. After losing a United States Championship match against Shinsuke Nakamura, Rusev was surprisingly attacked by English and he addressed the issue a week later by accusing Lana of the downfall of Rusev Day.
He went on to cryptically ask Lana, “Are you going to tell him about that one night in Milwaukee?” before stepping to the backstage area. He later revealed in a backstage interview that he would provide video evidence next week. This led to a whole new debate in the world of wrestling.
Everyone from the fans to wrestling news sites was speculating about it and were trying to come up with new theories every day. Judging by old footage, some even went on to say that he hooked up with The Rock for that one night and that he was going to make a one-off appearance on Smackdown especially when the Smackdown's 1000th episode was around the corner.
This story generated so much hype after just one promo and everyone was waiting for Tuesday to come so that English could finally raise curtains from this, but, unfortunately, the final outcome was underwhelming.
When Aiden showed the video, he strategically stopped it when Lana was saying to Aiden "I want you'' which left the WWE Universe wondering if Lana had been deceitful to Rusev or not. A week later, Lana and Rusev hacked into Aiden's system and played the rest of the video and Lana was just thanking Aiden for always having his husband's back. There were lots of continuity errors and plot holes in the story and fans didn't get the required result.
When Aiden and Rusev finally faced each other in a match, the latter easily defeated the former, and that was the end of the storyline. So much for investing in their feuds for weeks.