10 Out Of Touch Ideas Holding Back WWE

Vince, it's time to admit you're wrong.

World Wrestling Entertainment's at a crossroads. Regarding creative as well as taking a closer look at the in-ring product, there's probably 60 years of dogmatic beliefs passed down from Vince McMahon, Sr. to Vince Jr. that are being dispelled every day. Every time that Kevin Owens his John Cena with a pop-up powerbomb, presume that not just the elder McMahon, but so many other WWE legends are recoiling in surprise that the WWE Universe is going wild. Since the advent of Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1994, the traditions of the pro wrestling industry have been knocked to the ropes. The Attitude Era and Monday Night Wars saw a bizarre synergy reached between the past and the future. From Hulk Hogan going bad guy with the New World Order to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's character as a top WWE performer as well as WCW's cruiserweights and hardcore wrestling, the shift started. Exit Austin, Hogan, The Rock, Mankind and more, the mid-to-late 2000s saw WWE as the only mainstream game in town bravely attempting to push classic wrestling. Comparatively, on the international and independent stage, the changes brought by the Attitude Era, Monday Night Wars and the rise of mixed martial arts as a progressive fighting brand altered the industry even more. It's now 2015, and WWE's finally seemed to catch up with the times. With that being the case, here are ten of the dregs of "classic American pro wresling" holding back WWE.

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Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.