Vince McMahon always wanted WWE to go beyond the limitations of a wrestling program, so beginning in the mid-2000s, Vince began hiring new writers for his shows. The problem with this new approach involved hiring writers from Hollywood, TV writers, and those who specialized in writing soap operasin other words, everything except wrestling. Sohow can these writers put on a better wrestling show, even though WWEs an entertainment company? As virtually any fan will indicate, some of the best years in WWE history were when wrestling storylines were written by wresting writers. At one point, it was only Vince McMahon and Pat Patterson writing the shows. At other times it was Vince, Pat, Russo, and a few others, and they bounced ideas off one another in an efficient way that was based around long-term planning. Storylines would be set in stone months ahead of time, allowing for a streamlined process and crisp storytelling in the ring. Nowadays, Vince has scripts re-written so many times that RAW sometimes starts with an incomplete script. WWE writers are have to work ridiculous hours under insane conditions, are generally unhappy, and have considerable worker turnover. Part of this is because Vince is more indecisive than ever before; and maybe thats because he hired the wrong people to write his shows in the first place. But in the end, theres something very wrong with your mindset when you hire writers with little to no understanding of the wrestling business to write scripts and storylines for a show aboutwrestling.