2004, very odd year for WWE. They were happy to try new things but never stuck with them. It was the old three weeks rule, oh, you didn't become Steve Austin in less than a month. Now we're going to move on to what's next. The death of WCW definitely contributed because Vince McMahon felt like he had more room to breathe, and he also decided to push the envelope way too far. There are some terrible storylines that fall apart in front of your eyes. So as we are over 20 years removed, let's talk about the bottom of the barrel. I am so, Miller. I have no hair. Let's go. Number 10, tough enough goes wrong. Now it's only fair to say her angle was an injured mess during this, but still, it's not the best idea to tangle with a trained MMA fighter in a

wrestling ring. As the beauty of sports entertainment, you can pre-plan stuff. I don't think the tough

enough concept helped, this is when WWE would take hopefuls and make them do weird challenges

on Smackdown. A lot of these felt like humiliation. Maybe that's why one Daniel Puder was ready

for war. It was the 4th of November 2004, though, and even before the show started, these rookies had been run into the ground.

Had to go up and down the stairs, a whole wrestling training session.

Again, I think WWE wanted them at their very worst.

After the on-TV challenges, however, Angle invited one of the contestants to step in the ring with him for a real wrestle, and of course, Kurt was a gold medalist, so this should have been a whooping when Daniel put his hand up. Again, he'd been training since he was a kid. In the frack car, Puda was able to grab Angle's arm in a commura lock, and honestly, if Kurt hadn't pinned his shoulders so referee Jimmy Corderas can do a fast fast count, who knows how this would have ended? That's a dangerous hold. You can snap somebody's arm, and I would imagine Daniel Puder was at least putting some pressure on it. It, of course, didn't do anything for Dan, who was now public enemy number one. Locker room was furious, even though he was just doing what he was told. Wrestling politics back then were weird.

Angle lost it afterwards on the microphone to try and save face, I suppose, and then Puder got his

ass kicked in the Royal Rumble as some sort of punishment. None of this was good because what

messes did it send to new folk? You're screwed no matter what, unless the powers that be choose you.

It essentially ended Daniel Pudor's run in WWE, although I do believe he's a producer now.

I guess it worked out.

Number nine, the Miz's debut.

We can stick with tough enough as well as season four saw the Miz pop up too.

He irritated the hell out of everyone instantly because he was a natural heel.

You know the deal at this stage.

The horrible part of this story is that the Miz was also bullied backstage and there's no need for that,

but man, he deserved more respect.

Do not forget what we said about Daniel Puder being a trained fighter because he was stuck in the ring with the Mizat Armagedon in 2004 in a proper boxing scrap.

For some reason we called it a Dixie Dogfight,

and Mike Mizan took some rough shots. It was essentially the brawl for all again. Nobody wanted to see this in wrestling, and it was kind of boring. I would guess they didn't actually want to knock each other out. It ended after three rounds of Pueda winning on points. I don't think Ms. would be mentioning this when he gets inducted into the Hall of Fame. The whole tough enough idea felt spiteful, and just for the kicks of Vince McMahon and friends, at no point did it ever feel like they were looking for the next big superstar. Number eight, cut angles dart gun. I didn't want to include this, making that clear, I say more of it. It's so dumb and therefore it's the best, Wrestling can and should always have more fun. On the 23rd of September Smackdown, though, we got Cut Angle vets at the big show and a ton of run-ins and shenanigans because it's W.W.E. That's always been the answer. Given so much what's going on, however, Angle for some reason, found a tranquilizer gun and shot it at the big show. Of course that meant that the big man passed out and it's not the worst plan to take down a giant. It also meant Angle definitely

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