Personally, i put the blame on the fans, especially does like us that like to be arm chair quarterback and critics every single move they make. The fact is, We don’t know what we want most of the time, We want Bobby Roode to be a heel, yet when he was doing the exact thing in NXT, everybody was cheering for him which made him a automatic babyface so when it was his time to get called up, they just put him in that babyface role because he was a failure as a heel.
And this happened a lot with The more hardcore wrestling fans, they don’t react the same way normal wrestling fans do, they react bases on who they know and respect instead of what the characters are which would cause anybody in charge of a major wrestling company problem to book bases on what fans want. So they play it safe and book bases on what sales and which who they can make money with which is way easier that trying to understand us fans since we are so unstable that you can make long term plans with us.
The product suffers because of this in my opinion, The fans especially us smart fans think we know better then them and we are more important then the wrestlers in the ring which makes for some horrible show on tv and makes it harder for creative to actually have something good for a show. But i don’t want to put the blame solely on us, Creative need to found a way to make the Shows especially Raw feel less like a chores, i feel if you could have a good mix between comedy segments and serious matches it would help Raw feel less like a chores every week.
For example, the last 2 weeks of Raw, my favorites segments we’re the BBQ segment, The tag team battle royal and the curt hawkins match, Reason being, they we’re the only segments that actually weren’t taking themselves seriously and we’re just plain comedy instead of being long 2 or 3 segments matches that will bored any regular wrestling fans. WWE as never being a wrestling company and never will, it’s a entertainment company and they need to back to what made them what they we’re in the 80’s and 90’s especially if they to continue with this Pg Era stuff. I’m not saying create over the top characters but i’m saying just Stop creating generic wrestlers that all look and sound the same. Stop being what you never we’re. stop trying to be a wrestling company and go back to being a sports entertainment company.
Don’t be scared to use enhancement matches on Raw, they have enough time on that show to do it and you can advance a feud with thoses matches as well by shooting a angle during or after the match. Also it help the lower card wrestler to a) actually look like a superstar, and b) look credible when face with a higher ranked superstar. That how they would do it back in the day and that’s why Koko B. Ware was as popular as he was even if he was a glorified jobber.
In the end, WWE is boring for so many reason right now. We all have a part in what’S happening right because we accepted what they we’re doing. The only way something will change is if the hardcore base decided to stop going to tv tapings and PPV because right now they know that no matter what they do, they we will show up so it doesn’t matter to them and will go and create a family friendly product that regular fans will like and we are still going to bitch and moan about how bad the product is or how boring the product is nothing will change because they will still be making a ton of money of that boring product that we hate and they will take it as a sign that they don’T need to change anything.
