10 Bad Habits WWE Must Kick In 2019
No more scorched earth.
Any list such as this invites much skepticism; WWE, never more lucrative, doesn't have to do jack sh*t if they don't want to.
But.
A recent episode of Being The Elite alluded to a revelation on January 5th, one anecdotal evidence suggests concerns the formation of the billionaire-funded All Elite Wrestling, and one Cody, the self-styled new Game, has claimed is “bigger than anyone thinks”.
We’re already thinking big. It can’t not be, if the Elite have elected not to re-sign with Ring of Honor. We’re thinking Cody et al. must have already secured a considerable TV deal—what else could the ‘Tuesday Night Dynamite’ trademark refer to?
WWE is already thinking big, too, and have responded to the speculation by snorting a line of middling grade talent—talent, with all due respect, you can’t imagine would have been raided before Cody’s battle lines were drawn. Talent, recruited only to spite the enemy, that will enter a garrison of anonymity. In another coup de main, WWE has blockaded its existing “localised” UK talent, and disallowed them from performing behind enemy lines.
We are entering a war of economic gain, but this military tactic of WWE’s seems counterintuitive. The discrepancy between the quality of the roster and the product should, but does not, make clear that talent isn’t the issue.
WWE needs to safeguard its existing talent, and forge an alliance with its audience…
10. Overstatement
Everything in WWE is big.
Major.
Earth-shattering.
This bluster once conditioned us to accept no imitators, but increasingly, the incessant hyperbole makes it seem like WWE is the high-range sports car obscuring a small dick. The desperation is a complete turn-off.
We’re talking wrestling promotion here. WWE can’t not sell its upcoming events, but some restraint is sorely needed. Not every injury is a career-ender. Not every segment is must-see. Not every backstage assault is “heinous”. Not every announcement is “shocking”. Not every lame comedy segment is “hilarious”. Not every kick-out is this mind-blowing display of fortitude; it’s OK for a wrestler to merely wind an opponent to gain a tactical advantage, and to attempt a pin to exact something other than defeat from them. The worse the product gets, the more desperate WWE is to tell us how great it is. In a sense, Evolution needed to be as good as it was; if it wasn’t, we’d laugh at it and remember the time WWE thought they’d won women the vote.
Just let…things…breathe. Naturally. Or, just let things breathe, in this never-before seen main event, as we return to Monday Night RAW!