10 Times WWE Actually Listened to The Fans

o one of the common criticisms leveled at WWE is that they don't listen to the audience. The WWE prefers to push and present superstars that they think

fans

should like instead of those superstars that

fans

are clamoring to see more of, while this is true. To what extent over the years there have been a number of occasions where WWE has acted on behalf of the fans and given them exactly what they wanted, but on what occasions did they join us now as Wrestlemania looks at 10

times

that we

actually

gave the fans exactly what they wanted? wanted to make sure you subscribe and hit the notification bell for daily wrestling videos and follow us on facebook for exclusive lists number 10 cm punk beats john cena in the summer of 2011 and wwe predominantly revolved around cm punk they posted a story which blurred the lines between fiction and reality when punk was about to leave the wwe, but they were doing everything in their power to make him stay.

This story began when Punk cut the infamous pipebomb promo at the top of the Raw stage and the reaction was like nothing WWE had ever seen. Within years, punk was receiving mainstream attention and became the company's biggest star practically overnight. Punk was then set to face John Cena for the WWE Title at the Money in the Bank PPV, which also happened to be in Chicago. Due to his expiring contract, Punk agreed to a two-day contract extension to appear. at the PPV and this led fans to believe that Punk had no chance of winning the match and history will begin to tell that once he defeats Cena and wins. the title is leaving the wwe with the title forever this was a compelling angle that attracted a large number of viewers who had not seen wwe programming in over a decade now there was pressure for the wwe to follow the demand of the fans and potentially got a lot of spins fans came back for the long haul and surprisingly

actually

pulled the trigger wwe book punk to beat cena and leave wwe with the title now, although this outing only lasted two weeks as punk returned to sign the week of the PPV.

It's great to see WWE offer an angle of this nature and come to a satisfying conclusion. Number nine. WWE brings back Matt Hardy. 2005 was a turbulent year for Matt Hardy when he discovered that his girlfriend at the time, Lita, was having a real life. The affair with her friend and fellow WWE star Edge Hardy naturally did not take this news well and took to social media to bad mouth the two, and this was something that WWE felt was very inappropriate, They then made the drastic decision to fire Matt directly. Hardy and the fans quickly came to his honor citing that he had been treated unfairly by Lita Edge and now WWE fans began hijacking all of Edge and Lita's segments on television and an internet petition to rehire Hardy had more of 15,000 signatures.

They gave in and decided to bring him back. His idea was to bring Hardy back to work with Edge and Lita in a storyline that would use the real-life affair as a catalyst, although one could argue that WWE used Hardy pretty poorly once he brought him back. It was still encouraging to see them realize the error of their ways with the premature dismissal of the former champion from the number eight tank team. The women's revolution is following the great success of the women's division in NXT. Fans wanted the same style of women's wrestling to be implemented.

On the main roster, fans were fed up with two-minute matches on television and the Givedivers a Chance hashtag movement was born. This social media movement took off and received a lot of attention from key people in WWE like Vince and Stephanie McMahon. Now it took some time. for wwe to implement these changes, but by the summer of 2015, three of the four members of the four amazons were on the main roster, this completely altered the way women were perceived on the roster, they began to have extended matches and truly compelling stories in 2016, wwe. would abandon the phrase divas and eliminate the diva title in favor of the new women's title, the movement would quickly become the women's revolution and would see the women's main event PPVs have their own exclusive PPV known as Evolution has a title women's and even the main event of Wrestlemania number 7, John Cena and Batista rose to the top when 2005 came around, WWE had lost people like Brock Lesnar, Stone Cold, Steve Austin and The Rock, they needed to make new stars and We need to do this pretty fast on Smackdown.

Basically, we decided to let the fans decide who was going to be the new face of the show and they chose John Cena. Cena had been getting a lot of backlash over the past two years and it was clear that he was someone who could build a company on the Raw side. We initially went with Randy Orton, but it was clear that fans wanted to see Batista in the spotlight. Therefore, at Wrestlemania 21, Cena and Batista won the world and WWE titles respectively and the two became the faces of the company for the foreseeable future. Number six, Eddie Guerrero wins the big one for the entire era of Ruthless aggression, Eddie Guerrero's popularity skyrocketed, Eddie's gimmick of lying, cheating and stealing was universally loved by fans of all ages and it was clear that WWE fans wanted Eddie to get a big push, Not only were there push-pull fan reactions, however, as all of Eddie's matches and segments were doing very well in the ratings, it would have been a wasted opportunity if WWE simply didn't pull the trigger forward.

His departure in 2004 and WWE decided that Eddie would beat Brock Lesnar to win the title. Eddie's title win is often cited as one of the greatest moments in wrestling history and is without a doubt one of the most satisfying viewing experiences to witness as a fan. from the late great eddie warrior number five the dead man returns when the undertaker was buried alive by kane and vince mcmahon in the 2003 survival series pay-per-view fans expected a different version of the undertaker to return when he was resurrected the dead tiger had been American badass character for several years and had unfortunately become stale, so there was a lot of demand from fans to see a change in his character.

Fans wanted to see the classic dead man return, but ideally with the move set. and the athletic presence that the American tough character possessed. WWE not only

listened

to this demand, they went a step further when Tega returned at Wrestlemania 20 to face Kane. He brought back the classic character and was even joined by his iconic manager Paul Bearer. It was just a perfect introduction number four, pulling the trigger on Daniel Bryan and Daniel Bryan's babyface character really resonated with WWE fans. Brian was the lovable underdog who could outdo everyone on the roster, but WWE didn't seem to see brian as a main participant. wwe wanted brian to face sheamus at wrestlemania 30 while the world title would be decided in a match between randy orton and the winner of the royal rumble batista talking about the royal rumble when wwe couldn't get brian to participate in that year's match, the Fans hijacked the match and even booed popular stars like Rey Mysterio when CM Punk left WWE after the PPV.

WWE needed to move on the Wrestlemania card and that's when they finally gave in to fan pressure. Brian would fight Triple H in the opening match. at wrestlemania 30 and would then move on to the main event to fight randy orton and batista, winning the world title in process number three, making stone cold steve austin the guy. Wrestlemania 13 featured a match between Breithart and Stone Cold. Fights are widely considered. as one of the best matches in Wrestlemania history, but it also represents the changing of the guard in WWE. The match featured a rare double twist as the crowd began to turn against Babyface Brett in favor of the villainous Austin in the months following Austin's gradual popularity. increased as his no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners approach to WWE was unique and fans loved what they were seeing.

Fans wanted as much Austin as they could get and wanted him to be number one in the company when Sean was revealed. michaels would retire after wrestlemania 14 they needed a new top star to lead the charge against wcw and this person would be austin austin would capture the title at wrestlemania 14 and the attitude era would be born austin would later captain a mistake that resulted in a innovation WWE ratings and attendance records and Austin, in turn, became one of the biggest stars to ever set foot in WWE's number two ring at Wrestlemania 35. In terms of giving the fans exactly what they wanted, there is no better example than when WWE presented Wrestlemania 35.

The show began with Seth Rollins capturing the Universal Title from Brock Lesnar. WWE fans wanted a Babyface world title from Rollins and they finally got it. The WWE title would also change hands when Kofi Kingston finally won the big one. Kofi Mania was one. one of the strongest wwe stories in recent memory and would defeat daniel bryan in the best match of the entire show in the main event becky lynch defeated ronda rousey and charlotte flair to win her raw and smackdown women's titles these were three babyfaces that fans wanted to see advance to the highest level and the talents in question were receiving their approval on the grandest stage of all and the number one spinning Roman Reigns was curing WWE fans who flatly rejected the mission of the WWE to make Roman Reigns the number one guy in the company.

The public didn't necessarily hate Reigns, it was just that his performance just didn't feel authentic enough and most of his character work completely fell flat when Reigns took time off due to the Kovit 19 pandemic, he was expected to return. with the same mediocre Babyface character, but surprisingly not, Queens returned at the Summerslam 2020 PPV as a Heel. Fans have been campaigning for Queens' Heel term for years and it finally happened that Queens would pair up with Paul Heyman and Queens would embark on a historic Universal Title reign, the heel run has received universal praise from fans and WWE legends and it is without a doubt Reigns' best work in his entire career, but you have it friends 10

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, WWE really gave the fans exactly what they wanted, be sure to leave your comments below see you next time with more wrestling content