10 Reasons WWE Is Incapable Of Creating New Main Event Stars

3. Lack Of Competition

WWE apparently welcomes competition, according to Stephanie McMahon.

They have a funny way of showing it, what with desperately cobbling together a United Kingdom Championship tournament mere weeks after another promotion appeared on mainstream British television. It also prohibits those UK talents from appearing for certain promotions despite not being under an exclusive agreement. That wasn't surprising, since WWE still insists on referring to those who are under exclusive contracts as "independent contractors".

When WCW in the 1990s was close to supplanting the WWF as the top wrestling organisation in North America, McMahon was forced into a corner. He had to adapt and change with the times, eking out niches that Ted Turner was hesitant to fill. Turner was reluctant to let his performers blade, lest it tarnish his corporation's family friendly image. By 1998, WWF performers were slicing up their foreheads to underline the company's new edgy, contrasting approach. Nothing was sacred. Nowadays, there is no threat to the empire. McMahon can and does do what he pleases. Nobody is going to stop him.

Unfortunately, there is little chance of any promotion challenging WWE's stranglehold over the industry. Television production alone is so prohibitively expensive that it would take someone of Ted Turner's wealth to even try - a remote possibility - and even then, the market share WWE enjoys is enormous. Few would actually want to, either.

The word "wrestling" is so (ironically) intertwined with WWE that it would be near impossible.