WWE Roadblock 2016 Results: Worst Booking Decisions from PPV

WWE's final pay-per-view of 2016, Roadblock: End of the Line, was a show that left fans with plenty of questions about Raw's future.

Some controversial results and even more controversial finishes will have left WWE fans disappointed heading into 2017.

Right now, the company's flagship show seems to be in a state of flux, perhaps best epitomized by the fact that, for the first time in well over a year, Raw has new tag team champions following Sunday's show.

But in essence, the bigger problems for Raw are at the top end of the card, as Sunday proved.

Here are the decisions WWE missed the mark with at Roadblock: End of the Line.

Kevin Owens' Title Reign Made to Look Weak...Again

Ever since Kevin Owens was given the WWE Universal Championship in such dramatic circumstances, it's just felt as if his reign as Raw's No. 1 guy has been held back from the start.

Triple H has never shown up to address his actions, and an explanation behind his decision to hand Owens the belt would make his reign seem more legitimate.

Owens has been winning matches controversially far too often, and when that happens—like it did on Sunday night—it makes his status as champion look weaker and weaker.

When you consider it was against the guy who WWE is seemingly intent on forcing upon fans in Roman Reigns, it makes things feel a whole lot worse. 

A clean victory against Reigns would have been a great way for Owens to build some momentum and look like he's finally being trusted to head up the company's flagship show.

Instead, another cheap victory does nothing for his momentum moving forward.

Yet Another Mini-Shield Revival

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There was a striking moment last year when, much to the surprise of WWE fans, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose sparked a mini-revival of The Shield.

With Rollins working as a heel and Reigns and Ambrose going as babyfaces at the time, it was a huge twist that understandably drew a major pop from the crowd.

Then WWE rolled it out again at Survivor Series last month. Again, it was nice to see, but the impact wasn't as strong.

Then again, on Sunday night—this time without Ambrose—Reigns and Rollins teamed up. 

After Kevin Owens had retained the WWE Universal Championship via disqualification, it was seen as a cool way to send everyone home happy. Except it didn't.

Is this going anywhere? Is The Shield going to reunite? If not, these mini-reunions need to stop in order to increase the impact.

It'll probably lead to a tag match on Raw on Monday night, with Rollins and Reigns taking on Owens and Chris Jericho. But in reality, not even an alliance with Rollins is going to get Reigns over with WWE fans right now.

Charlotte Flair Winning the Raw Women's Championship

This was the worst decision of the entire night from WWE.

There's nothing necessarily wrong with Charlotte Flair winning the Raw Women's Championship, but the fact that the title has been passed around like a hot potato throughout this feud has been disappointing.

It's enabled neither Flair nor Sasha Banks to get a run of momentum as champion in recent months—and just when it looked like Banks had done enough to get out of this feud with the belt, she had it taken away from her once again.

That Flair is now a four-time women's champion is concerning. So far, most of her reigns have felt fairly empty and left little legacy for the division.

It will be pleasing to see Banks and Flair move on and face fresh challenges following Roadblock: End of the Line, but here, having Banks retain would have been the smarter booking decision.