It's been quite some time since WWE last felt like it currently does: lost. Lost in the bowels of an identity crisis that runs through the very spine of the company. Ratings are down to a 15-year low. Buzz for the Royal Rumble is flaccid. The children that formed the Cenation are older now and the vocal remnants of the Attitude Era continue to spite WWE at seemingly every turn. Yet, whether it's the children or the adults, it's clear people have slowly been abandoning WWE. But why? It begins with Vince McMahon. It ends with Roman Reigns. In the middle you have a John Cena now pushing 40 and the struggle to identify the man to take his place. The man who will define the next quote-unquote era of WWE. Era is the key word here. The eras of WWE that have been identified by a critical change in the overall product WWE has produced. It isn't just a case of PG vs. TV-14. It's commentary. It's match types. It's the stage and the pyro and the theme music. It's the image and the sound of WWE and, at the moment, it's all wrong. This article looks to examine how and why it's wrong. The reasons why fans are cold on WWE. Why fans are looking towards NXT, GFW and Lucha Underground for alternatives. These are the problems WWE needs to fix before it can recover from this slump and usher in a new era of professional wrestling.
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