10 Reasons Why Old School Fans Struggle With Modern WWE

10. Scripted Promos

At King Of The Ring 1996, Stone Cold Steve Austin was coronated as the next major wrestling star in waiting.

He defeated Jake Roberts in a match which wasn't great, but it didn't have to be. It existed to put Austin over as a bad-a** - and he put himself over as a star in the incendiary aftermath. Grabbing the microphone, he delivered one of the great unscripted promos in history. It's sad that the demarcation even exists.

“The first thing I want to be done is to get that piece of cr*p out of my ring," Austin began. "Don’t just get him out of the ring - get him out of the WWF because I’ve proved, son, without a shadow of a doubt, you ain’t got what it takes anymore. You sit there and you thump your bible and you say your prayers, and it didn’t get you anywhere. Talk about your psalms, talk about John 3:16 - Austin 3:16 says “I just whipped your ass!”

The whole thing ran under two minutes. Austin didn't need fifteen minutes at the start of RAW, penned by a sophomoric writer, to get himself over. If anybody does, questions should get asked. Today, those writers script promos to the letter. The best talker in WWE today is Paul Heyman. He is entrusted to write his own stuff. Prior to that, it was CM Punk. He was entrusted to write his own stuff.

Why can't WWE spot the pattern?