We are in the midst of what many wrestling writers and fans alike have dubbed the "reality era". When it began is up for debate, but most point to sometime around 2011. Blending real life issues with scripted story lines, this new reality era has been an exciting time to follow the product, and it seemed to some that another boom period could be imminent. Things had been on fire in the early months of 2014. WrestleMania XXX was great, Daniel Bryan was riding a wave of popularity not seen since Stone Cold Steve Austin, the WWE Network launched, and the company was bringing up some very talented young NXT talent. However, over the last couple of months the product has started to falter. The wrestling quality is still right up there and rivaling any era in WWE history, but the storylines and momentum had has all but disappeared. Let's exam some of the reasons as to why the WWE finds itself in this current predicament and why the reality era as a whole is faltering;