15 pro wrestling bookings that went horribly wrong

1. Triple H (with D-Generation X’s help) defeats Sting (with some nWo assistance) at WrestleMania 31

For the life of me, I will never understand Triple H defeating Sting at WrestleMania 31, right after Sting was put into the WWE Hall of Fame.

As I mentioned before, my fandom for WCW will never die and Sting is a huge reason why that is. “The Icon” was WCW to his core. Nobody was more beloved in WCW than The Stinger. The man that finally took down Hollywood Hulk Hogan and the nWo at Starrcade 1997? That was Sting. The man that wrestled Ric Flair in the final WCW match in history? That was Sting, too.

Sting deserved his WrestleMania moment after years of tremendous entertaining with WCW (and then in TNA/Impact Wrestling). He was the cover athlete for WWE 2K15, arrived in 2014 at Survivor Series and helped WWE rid itself of The Authority and then took on Triple H and The Authority in a feud heading towards WrestleMania 31.

The buildup had some good moments, but the real letdown was in the match. Despite the hilariously awesome appearances of D-Generation X and nWo for both men, Triple H beating Sting is still such a dumb booking decision to this day.

Why? Why have Sting, who was probably wrestling in his first and last WrestleMania match anyway, lose to Triple H? Was that the final “F-U” (word to non-PG John Cena) to Vince McMahon’s competition by having his son-in-law beat WCW’s biggest babyface?

Sting got a WrestleMania moment, but it wasn’t the one he deserved.