Over the past two decades, more often than not, those who paid their hard-earned cash to follow the global wrasslin’ juggernaut have been forced to watch their favorite stars get buried, select stars receive unwanted missile thrusts, and a whole host of pressures on potential storylines be completely ignored. However, with a bold new era seemingly already underway, it’s worth remembering that giving fans what they’ve been clamoring for all along has sometimes not been enough to guarantee success. As all of the following scenarios have proven at various points over the years, finally shutting down a long-time crowd favorite, setting up amazing fantasy matchups, or even allowing a star to take a much-needed walk on the darker side of life.” It always elicited the kind of euphoric responses fans suggested it would in the first place. From a desperate need to see more of their champions ultimately fail in the long run, to a return to more intense content leaving a bad taste in their mouths, WWE fans definitely got what they wanted on these occasions… but probably regretted it who asked for it when all was said and done. From the second the one-time Dean Ambrose returned to the WWE scene in August 2018 following his tricep injury, fans quickly formed plans in their heads for when the obviously bitter Lunatic Fringe would inevitably stab the Shield brothers in the back. Having the former WWE Champion embrace the darkness for the first time in a while also seemed off-putting, with the newly beefed-up badass seemingly trying to re-explore exciting heel territory and fans clearly growing increasingly bored. stale run as a person within the company. However, timing is everything in this business, and choosing to pull the heel trigger on the same night that Ambrose’s Shield pal Roman Reigns announced that his leukemia had returned seemed like a horrible call out of the gates . On the back of such a shocking real-life event unfolding before their eyes on live television, fans simply didn’t want to see the face unit explode at that moment — and things never really recovered for Ambrose from that point on. and after . His subsequent feud with Seth Rollins never panned out, the switch to a weird Bane-inspired gimmick didn’t click with the crowd, and a tired Ambrose finally decided he’d had enough until 2019 rolled around…