10 Misconceptions WWE Has About Their Fanbase
Where does WWE have it wrong when it comes to their fans?
Wrestling is fake. It doesn't hurt. The real Ultimate Warrior died.
For decades, numerous misconceptions have existed about professional wrestling and WWE. Many fans of pro wrestling haven often come to the defence of these mistruths, especially when spread around by an outsider, or someone who wouldn't consider themselves a "wrestling fan".
They're all gay. You're gay if you watch them because they wrestle topless and in their underwear. The Montreal Screwjob was a work. They all take steroids and use drugs...
...but misconceptions in wrestling aren't always limited to just the performers or those on the inside. Fans too, especially supporters of the biggest and most heavily criticized professional wrestling promotion in the world, WWE, have also experienced being classified in a certain inappropriate and inaccurate way.
While the wrestlers are often the targets of wrestling outsiders, and we're not talking Hall or Nash, the fans are often miscast by personalities within the wrestling industry. From promoters to talents, office personnel and dirtsheet writers, numerous misconceptions exist as it pertains to WWE fans with a number of them coming from within WWE itself.
10. Fans Love To Boo Roman Reigns
Let's start with one of the biggest misconceptions - and that is the notion that fans boo Roman Reigns because it's the cool thing to do!
This is WWE's party line to try and get Roman Reigns accepted as something - anything - other than the rabidly despised character that he currently is. After all, what self-respecting entertainment company focused on "putting smiles on faces" could justify positioning a near-universally despised character at the forefront of their family-friendly, babyface brand?
Fans boo Roman Reigns because they don't like him, plain and simple. Furthermore, they don't want him in the position as WWE's top babyface.
Do some fans boo Roman because they think it's "cool"? Sure. But these are the same fans that will boo any face, and cheer any heel, just to go against the grain. While these fans do exist, they are far from the majority of WWE's fanbase, thus qualifying as a misconception.
Instead of admitting failure in "Roman Reigns, Premier Babyface", Vince McMahon has arrogantly persisted with an insane, by definition, plan of continuing to push Reigns as a fan favorite, despite unanimously negative results time after time, ongoing for 3 years now.