10 Ways WWE Are Misreading What Their Fans Want From The Product

10. Talking Smack's Cancellation

If Talking Smack's recent cancellation as a regular show proves anything, it's that WWE's decision makers are as disconnected with their audience as they've ever been. A weekly Network chart-topper, the post-SmackDown show became a 'must watch' affair from the very first episode, with the studio environment allowing performers to engage with the audience on a completely different level.

Talking Smack birthed the epic Miz/Daniel Bryan rivalry that carried the current WWE Intercontinental Champion through his awesome SD run. It gave us the revelation that AJ Styles might be a flat Earth truther, and allowed guys like Baron Corbin, who struggle projecting to live audiences, to show levels of charisma that fans never knew existed before. It was a major success, and when it died, SD's wrestlers were robbed of valuable platform to help get them over.

Cost-cutting was cited as the reason, but WWE scrapped one of their most enjoyable weekly shows when Talking Smack was done away with. The affable Daniel Bryan/Renee Young hosting combo were always fun to watch, regardless of their guests, and their camaraderie is greatly missed by the show's old weekly viewers.