10 Ups And Downs For WWE In 2014 9

9. Cena/Wyatt Feud

Once of the hottest acts as 2014 began was the Wyatt Family, a Southern backwoods mini-cult. They delivered in the ring, and their leader, Bray Wyatt, certainly brought the goods on the microphone. The group was a little directionless and had a failed attempt at converting Daniel Bryan, but the members remained extremely popular and loaded with potential.

Then came John Cena. The Cena/Wyatt feud sucked the life out of Bray, with Wyatt losing at WrestleMania XXX (a good match, but one that Cena certainly didn’t need to win). Wyatt won a steel cage match with the help of his stablemates and a demonic-voiced child, but then lost the decisive Last Man Standing match (another good match).

The feud had the potential to elevate Bray as a main event player, but by losing more often than he won, Wyatt looked more like a rest stop in Cena’s career before he won world title #15. Thankfully, Bray looks like he’s reinvigorated by his feud with Dean Ambrose, but the Cena feud was a definite downer.