10 Things WWE Wants Fans To Forget About 2023

2023 was an excellent year for WWE overall, as most fans were satisfied with what they saw. The TV shows and PPVs were top-notch, and the company has regained the quality it had lost in recent years. In fact, some fans who had stopped watching WWE came back this year, and this can be proven by the promotion's earnings and ratings.

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While WWE enjoyed tremendous success in 2023 and featured some amazing matches, there were also quite a few bad encounters.

However, it must be admitted that there were also some terrible moments that fans would like to forget. We're talking about mediocre matches, terrible feuds, questionable booking decisions and even entire shows that left a lot to be desired and that no one wants to keep in their memory.

10 Gable Steveson's In-ring Debut Was A Mess

Gable Steveson Had A Terrible Performance Against Baron Corbin

Gable Steveson signed a WWE contract in 2021.
He made his in-ring debut at NXT The Great American Bash 2023, against Baron Corbin.
The match ended up in a double count-out.

Gable Steveson signed a contract with WWE in 2021 and immediately some fans thought he would be the next Kurt Angle. However, his development has taken longer than expected, and he had to wait until 2023 to make his in-ring debut at NXT The Great American Bash 2023, against Baron Corbin. Unfortunately, the match stunk, Steveson looked green and sloppy, and Corbin didn't do much to help him look any better. Steveson's debut was disappointing and is something fans would like to forget.

9 The Pitch Black Match Was Poor

Bray Wyatt & LA Knight Collided At Royal Rumble 2023

The lighting was unusual.
The match was short and boring.
Bray Wyatt defeated LA Knight.

At Royal Rumble 2023, Bray Wyatt and LA Knight faced off in the first ever Pitch Black match. The lights were off, but the ropes, gear and Wyatt's makeup glowed in the dark, resulting in cool visuals. However, the match as such was very boring, with no drama, and lasted barely five minutes, so they couldn't tell a proper story. With that said, fans will wish they could forget this match.

8 Hit Row Was A Miss And Not A Hit

The Group Didn’t Work

Hit Row returned to WWE without Isaiah Scott.
They had mediocre feuds.
Hit Row disbanded and Top Dolla was released.

Triple H brought Hit Row back to WWE, so, fans thought he had big plans for the stable. However, Triple H booked terrible feuds and segments for Hit Row, and the group was not good enough to shine on their own. They couldn’t connect with the audience and Triple H gave up on them quickly. The stable was disbanded and Top Dolla ended up being released. That’s why fans want to forget about Hit Row.

7 The Tribal Combat At SummerSlam

Roman Reigns & Jey Uso Put On A Disappointing Show

The Tribal Combat left much to be desired.
Jimmy Uso betrayed Jey Uso, which made no sense.
Roman Reigns retained the Undisputed Universal Championship.

In the main event of SummerSlam 2023, Roman Reigns defended the Undisputed Universal Championship and his Tribal Chief status against his cousin Jey Uso. It was a Tribal Combat, a new stipulation that hyped fans up. Nevertheless, it ended up being another No Disqualification match.

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Roman Reigns matches are slow-paced and methodical, but they are still awesome. That wasn’t the case here, though, as the match turned out to be boring, too long, and the finish, with Jimmy Uso returning and betraying his twin, made no sense at all.

6 Matt Riddle’s Return Was A Flop

He Had A Lackluster Run Before Being Released

Matt Riddle missed the first quarter of the year.
He was released from his WWE contract.
Fans want to forget his last few appearances in the company.

Matt Riddle was absent for the first quarter of 2023. He returned and was immediately inserted into the Bloodline storyline, which felt unnecessary. It felt forced to add Riddle to the mix, as he had lost momentum. After that, Riddle spent the next couple of months having random matches and even made a meaningless team with Drew McIntyre. And none of that mattered because he was released from his WWE contract.

5 Shayna Baszler Vs. Ronda Rousey

MMA Rules Match At SummerSlam 2023

A feud between real-life friends.
Offered Some Good promos
Terrible match that fans want to forget.

The feud between Shayna Baszler and Ronda Rousey was interesting because they are real life friends, two very tough women who would face each other for the first time. The promos and match build were good, but the match itself was terrible.

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Under the MMA rules stipulation, Baszler and Rousey combined wrestling and MMA and the result was not good at all. The only highlight was a couple of nasty strikes, but otherwise it was a match that did not fit in WWE and the fans want to forget about it.

4 WWE Fans Want To Forget About Bianca Belair Vs. Alexa Bliss

It Was One Of The Worst Feuds Of 2023

Bianca Belair defended the Raw Women’s Championship against Alexa Bliss.
Alexa was under the influence of Uncle Howdy.
Their match at Royal Rumble 2023 was lousy.

Raw Women's Champion Bianca Belair had a feud with Alexa Bliss earlier in the year, and even though it was several months ago, there wasn't much worse than this in WWE in 2023.

At the time, Bliss was under the influence of Uncle Howdy and her character was going through some changes, while fans were bored with Belair because they felt her character was repetitive. Their match at Royal Rumble 2023 sucked, the in-ring action was sloppy, the storytelling was non-existent, and nothing interesting happened with Alexa Bliss' character.

3 Uncle Howdy Made No Sense

This Storyline Went Nowhere

Fans wanted to know more about Uncle Howdy.
Bray Wyatt sadly passed away.
Thus, Uncle Howdy’s storyline was canceled.

Speaking of Uncle Howdy, his story is another one of those things that WWE fans would like to forget. At first, it was very interesting to see who this Uncle Howdy was and see what his purpose was, but eventually, fans got tired of waiting. Then Bray Wyatt got sick and sadly passed away, so the Uncle Howdy storyline came to a sudden end, and fans got no answers.

2 Women’s WrestleMania Showcase

This Match Was Not WrestleMania-Worthy

Four throw-away tag teams in a random match.
It was a boring contest.
Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler won the match.

At WrestleMania 39, there was a Women's Fatal Four Way Tag Team match, which was to get more people into the event, but they forgot about quality. Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler defeated Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville, Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez, and Natalya and Shotzi. It was a mediocre and boring match that didn't belong at WrestleMania. We're supposed to be talking about The Showcase of the Immortals, the Show of Shows, the Biggest Stage of Them All, but this match didn’t live up.

1 WWE Fans Want To Forget About The Raw After WrestleMania

It Was The Worst Episode Of The Year

Fans expected a great episode.
The Raw after WrestleMania was just not good.
Fans were mad and disappointed about it.

After the success of WrestleMania 39, fans were expecting a great episode of Monday Night Raw, but ended up disappointed because it was arguably the worst show WWE produced in 2023. Brock Lesnar turned heel and attacked Cody Rhodes for no reason just to prevent a rematch between Cody and Roman Reigns.

Omos squashed Elias, Bobby Lashley squashed Mustafa Ali, and we also had a terrible match between Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez and Dakota Kai and IYO SKY. Also, the promos were terrible, and the whole episode felt mediocre. And, to make matters worse, the only returning wrestler was Riddle.