10 Amazing Signs Wrestling Is Entering A New Boom Period
3. Organically Over Characters
Many on the full-time crew are legit over themselves.
The best thing about acts like Roman Reigns, Sami Zayn, Cody Rhodes, Rhea Ripley and others is that WWE didn't need to force their current guises down fan throats. Y'know, like Vinnie Mac did with babyface Roman for years! It's no accident that Reigns is much more effective when he has more say over his own direction.
There's an altogether organic vibe pulsing through the roster, and that only comes when the core audience is genuinely invested in what they're seeing. People care about Zayn's slow-burning babyface quest to tear down The Bloodline, and they care about Cody's journey from AEW > WWE as he bids to honour the memory of his father.
It says everything that Rhodes was bang on the money when he recently claimed he and Sami wrestling Reigns is way more captivating than a comeback for The Rock at 'Mania 39 could ever hope to be. That was spot on, and it's because these full-timers are organically over.