8 Simple Ways WWE Fans Can Help Improve The Product
Want a better show? Be part of the solution!
Unlike most forms of entertainment, the relationship between wrestling and its fans isn't one-sided. There's an interactivity in wrestling that makes it easy for the audience to influence the show, for better or worse.
Of course, as a great philosopher/comic book uncle once said, "With great power comes great responsibility." Those words are just as fitting for wrestling fans as they are for everyone's favorite web-slinger. Because, as tough as this may be to accept, if fans want the overall product to be at its most watchable, they may need to do more than just complain about the its flaws on the internet.
About that last point: It's understandable why people spend so much time criticizing WWE these days. Wrestling is still an extremely personal thing to a lot of folks. And when you love a certain piece of entertainment that hard, you want to see it at its absolute best. And you will take offense if you think someone behind the scenes is messing it all up. (Think of Vince McMahon as the George Lucas of pro wrestling.)
That said, there are better ways to use WWE's wide scope of fan interactivity than simply grumbling about its apparent failings on Reddit.
8. Vote For NXT's Year-End Awards
Let's start things off with an easy one. Every year, NXT hosts its own awards show, which is not entirely unlike WWE's Slammy Awards. The main difference, however, is that NXT opens up its voting process to viewers like you. And, more importantly, those votes actually mean something.
That's not to say that whoever wins Competitor of the Year or Match of the Year is automatically going to shoot up the company hierarchy and be pushed into the main event of WrestleMania the following year. It's not American Idol. The voters don't have that much influence.
Still, these accolades don't go completely unnoticed by WWE brass. Any proven, data-based praise the fans give to a certain performer will result in at least a small push. For instance, Aussie tag teamers Peyton Royce and Billie Kay enjoyed an immediate (albeit short-lived) boost in their booking after winning Breakout of the Year in 2016.
If you're looking to do the bare minimum in trying to impact the future of the company, keep your peepers peeled around the beginning of the year for the open voting period.