10 Biggest Fan Complaints WWE Don’t Actually Want To Fix

10. "The Shows Are Too Long!"

Money.

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The top line in this entire article, but predictably the bottom one for most decisions being made about quantity (and to a much lesser extent, quality) that impact every entry.

WWE have found ways to monetise most of the things fans loathe with arguably slicker skill than those they love. Want another Royal Rumble? Have a 50-man one at the back end of a five hour show! Really into what John Cena might do at WrestleMania? Expect multiple failed attempts (and a failed execution on the night itself) of working an angle that had neither the physical nor creative emphasis to survive the weight of expectation despite weeks and months of storyline. A big Seth Rollins guy? Get ready for 65 minutes of him on one episode of Monday Night Raw!

Time is money for WWE though. Literally so - the company were dishing out bonuses to staff and big numbers to stockholders for the 'minutes watched' stats they were able to deliver for April 2018. It was, for fans at least, the most bloated period in recent memory. More was more for Vince McMahon as usual, and his vault of billions still shouts louder than the once-labelled collection 'millions' that somehow still buy tickets to his one ring circus.

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