10 Reasons WWE Is Incapable Of Creating New Main Event Stars
9. Part Time Attractions
WWE has singularly failed to bridge the evident gap between the part-time stars parachuted into the company at springtime and those who toil for little reward all year round. This year, WWE has widened it.
Brock Lesnar used to wrestle competitive matches on pay-per-view, but that was a whole lot like hard work, so he has since either phoned it in or finished his job more quickly than when you lost your virginity. Goldberg is smashing through established WWE stars like they're Van Hammer. Triple H hogged one quarter of the four hour-long WrestleMania 31 event with his ludicrous entrance, longest match on the card with 55 year-old Sting, and interminable, unnecessarily long segment with Stephanie McMahon, Ronda Rousey and The Rock. Meanwhile, fans suffer harsh winters in which star power is as low as the sun. The autumn months are barren in WWE. No prizes for guessing why.
WWE should take the Fully Loaded 2000 approach, and attempt to transfer veteran star power to the next generation - but the approach is more Undertaker Vs. Kurt Angle eight minute burial than Triple H Vs. Chris Jericho twenty-five minute back and forth war.
WWE feels the need to utilise part-time talents to tap back into the mainstream consciousness via shortcut, but the trend (sadly, that designation is probably no longer apt) has surely peaked. Shane McMahon and Goldberg were left-field choices, and as well as they have been received, both are in danger of being booed out of the stadium in Orlando.
That should send a message to WWE - but they're still pushing Roman Reigns like he's Hulk Hogan, so it's unlikely they'll hear it (or deign to acknowledge it).