10 Reasons Why WWE’s Future Is Brighter Than You Might Think

10. Talking Smack Backlash

WWE created an online furore this week with the bizarre cancellation of Talking Smack - a convenient and inexpensive show to produce beloved by fans and those who appeared on it - in its weekly format

In true trademark trolling form, WWE announced that Jerry Lawler is to replace the affable Renee Young for the Battleground edition - which is either a surefire way to kill it altogether or a total failure to grasp its appeal. The company is not beyond either suspicion. This might, however, not be disastrous for those fans crying out for more organic promos on WWE television. We know from recent history that WWE rarely gets anything right first time. They had to be dragged kicking and screaming into giving Daniel Bryan the big push, into Zack Ryder's U.S. Title win, into delivering a Cruiserweight division. Many if not all of these acts of reluctant benevolence were nonstarters - but it's hard to imagine the overall WWE landscape looking as it does today, where AJ Styles is a former WWE Champion, if demand was completely ignored.

That demand is now there following the fallout. The seed for improvised promos has been planted. You cannot stop the rain from falling, and black clouds have formed over the company in the wake of the controversy.