Even with the year only half over, there have already been plenty of examples of how

WWE has been its own worst enemy in 2026.

A post-Vince-WE once looked so promising, didn't it?

But now it feels like anything but, and the company only has itself to blame.

I am Gareth, this is What Culture Wrestling,

and here are 10 ways WWE has shot itself in the foot in 2026.

Number 10, Oberfemi versus Brock Lesner.

In theory, a debuting wrestler defeating a top star at WrestleMania

should be a good thing.

This is exactly what happened when Oberfemi

took on Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 42, of course. He left the beast laying in the ring

and beat him so badly that he retired from wrestling altogether. This should have been the launch

pad for Femi to go right to the very top. However, in modern WWE, nothing ever happens when it should.

The former NXT champion spent the next few weeks having entertaining,

but ultimately pointless squash matches on Raw.

Everyone suspected this would continue for a few months

before Lesnar returned to set up a proper retirement match at Somerslam,

which was taking place in Brock's home state of Minnesota.

Instead, Lesnar came back on the May 18th edition of Raw, laying out Femi and challenging him to a match at Clash in Italy.

Right. He then defeated the ruler to level the scores in their feud, which did the young monster no favours at all.

What a weird and unnecessary move.

Femmy is almost certainly going to win the rubber match.

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