10 Biggest Misplaced Complaints About WWE Today
For Vince McMahon, if it makes dollars, it makes sense...
Few entertainment companies attract as much criticism from their own fanbase as WWE. Having gone through numerous facelifts over the years, their product is almost unrecognisable to what it was at the turn of the century, and they've alienated large portions of their audience along the way. It often feels like they're completely out of touch with their consumers, such is their propensity to disappoint, and barely a week passes without WWE angering at least one corner of the internet.
WWE are far from perfect, but unfortunately, their harshest critics tend to go overboard. Being frustrated when something you've invested time and effort into following lets you down is understandable, but if you only listened to WWE's most negative fans, you'd think the company are in disastrous shape.
This simply isn't the case, as proven by last year's record-breaking revenue figure of $792.2m. While some of WWE's most frequent criticisms seem egregious from a fan's POV, there's usually more than meets the eye. If nothing else, Vince McMahon has proven himself as a smart, ruthless businessman over the years, and while many of the complaints within are valid, the outrage is often misguided, and ignores the bigger picture...
10. Wrestler X Is Underused
There’s much to be said about the flaws in how WWE utilise their workers, and particularly the way they inexplicably make the largest talent pool they’ve ever assembled feel undermanned every single week. The Raw & SmackDown rosters are unquestionably populated by wrestlers who could be doing more, but that doesn’t mean they should be, and fans routinely go over the top in declaring their favourite wrestlers under-pushed or misused.
Cesaro is one of the finest wrestlers on the planet, and deserves the opportunity to dazzle audiences with his in-ring skills on a weekly basis. He doesn’t always get such chances, but is it accurate to call him “underused” when he and partner Sheamus are featured in a semi-prominent role every Monday night?
Similarly, is the constant clamour for Sami Zayn to be thrust towards title contention logical when his whole wrestling career, from ROH to NXT and beyond, suggests he’s far better suited to a slow-burning underdog story?
There are only so many seats at the top table, and WWE can’t push everyone at once. This means that some fan favourites will never break through the glass ceiling, but they’re still occupying key spots for the biggest company in the world, and that should be celebrated