10 Easy Ways Of Injecting Realism Into WWE

10. Clear The Gorilla Position

The main offender in WWE's anti-pro wrestling, pro-sports entertainment crusade is the opening clusterf*ck segment seen on almost every episode of RAW and SmackDown. Take this week's opening segment for example, in which Finn Bálor interrupted Braun Strowman's introductory promo. It's just as well he was donned in his wrestling gear because, despite not appearing on a nonexistent call sheet, Kurt Angle booked him into a match with the Monster Among Men...

"...right now!"

He must have just been swanning around nearby, ready to cue up the sound guy because, in a fortuitous coincidence, his music blared up as well. That, or his DNA triggered a sensor near gorilla after he parted the curtain. That is a facetious assessment, obviously, but WWE's hysterically contrived match-making process - so easily resolved by simply announcing cards in advance under the pretence of an actual plan - invites apathy and suspicion.

There are several deflating aspects to this trope. So many unanswerable questions. Why don't authority figures have a schedule planned out for their incredibly expensive television production? What would Angle have done, had Bálor not decided to essentially book himself into a match?

Why must every single opening segment ruin suspension of disbelief, setting a dire tone for the remainder of the broadcast?