5 of WWE's biggest blunders in 2017
2017 is just about over and done with, which means it's time for us to look back on the past 12 months and assess the positives and the negatives of WWE's programming from the year.
As always, it's best to start off with the bad news first with a breakdown of some of the absolute worst mistakes Vince McMahon, the creative team and the performers themselves unfortunately made.
Generally speaking, professional wrestling fans tend to focus on the negatives quite a bit, finding it easier to complain about the problems rather than praise anything great.
Sometimes, that is completely justified, while other times, it just reeks of being unable to be pleased.
Before we get started, keep in mind that there were plenty of other choices that could have made this list and everything is subjective, so while you might think something else was more deserving of a spot here, feel free to light up the comments section with your thoughts to explain why.
Without further ado, here are my top five picks for 2017's biggest blunders in WWE, in no particular order.
#5 The United Kingdom division
Right at the start of this year on January 14th and 15th, we saw a tournament that would crown the first ever WWE United Kingdom champion.
From a personal perspective, I wasn't as impressed with this tournament as the Cruiserweight Classic, but it certainly created some buzz from people who were either very supportive of the idea of the UK getting more representation as well as those who just wanted to see more wrestlers added to the roster.
There were some very solid matches that took place during this event, too, with Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate starting off a series of great matches they would have throughout the year.
Bate would come out on top to win the title and promptly do absolutely nothing else for months.
None of these men even made an appearance in the Royal Rumble or Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, which could have been an easy thing to manage.
For this whole year, there have been reports of a television show, but nothing substantial ever happened, including even a name for that program.
Nearly an entire year has gone by and all that there is to show for it is a handful of matches on sporadic NXT shows with the same five people: Bate, Dunne, Trent Seven, Wolfgang and Mark Andrews, as pretty much nobody else has been brought into the fold.
In a way, it's almost as if the tournament didn't happen, as it's made so little impact in such a long time, so 2018 is going to have to change that.