10 Biggest Criticisms Of The WWE Right Now

1. Same Stale Names In The Main Event

Only recently has WWE tried to elevate anyone new to the main event level. They have recently pushed Bray Wyatt, the Shield, and Daniel Bryan. Bryan's title reign, even before his injury, was a total bust thanks to his horror movie storyline with a washed-up Kane and I'm still not quite sure if Bray Wyatt is a babyface or a heel. By the way, don't say he's a "tweener" because those have never drawn money and will never draw money. The Shield are the only ones who have been booked strong since the get-go. Roman Reigns in particular has been booked as a superstar and looks poised to break out and become a legit main eventer. However, they are the exception and have only been pushed out of outright necessity. The main event picture for roughly the last 12 years has looked exactly the same. Simply put, wrestling fans are sick of guys like Randy Orton, Dave Batista, Big Show, Kane, and Triple H. Sure, they might be household names but, as Jim Cornette says, garbage is a household name and it stinks when it gets old too. When I was a kid watching the WWF in the 1980s and 1990s, it honestly seemed like some of those guys were there forever. So, I went back and took a look at some of the main event players and their runs in the World Wrestling Federation and something very interesting resulted:

- Hulk Hogan, 10 years (1983-1993)

- Ted DiBiase, 9 years (1987-1996)

- Randy Savage, 9 years (1985-1994)

- Rick Rude, 3 years (1987-1990)

- Ultimate Warrior, 4 years (1987-1991)

- Jake Roberts, 6 years (1986-1992)

-Bret Hart, 13 years (1984-1997)

-Shawn Michaels, 10 years initial run (1988-1998)

Those are some pretty decent runs for those guys until you compare them to today's stars:

- John Cena, 12 years (2002-present) - Big Show, 15 years (1999-present) - Randy Orton, 12 years (2002-present) - Triple H, 19 years (1995-present) - CM Punk, 8 years (2006-present) - Kane, 17 years (1997-present) - Batista, 10 years (2002-2012, 2014) You also have to consider that today there is a ton more television time to fill in addition to a pay-per-view every month. Triple H and Big Show even had runs in WCW before coming to the WWF so Hunter himself has been around for more than two decades. Kane had a couple of failed gimmicks before his current character (Issac Yankem, Fake Diesel) so you could even add a few years to his run as well. The bottom line is that fans are no longer going to pay to see these workers any longer. The casual fan doesn't get excited when you tell him that the Big Show is wrestling Triple H in the main event at Summerslam anymore. Can you blame them when their combined years of television exposure is nearly 35 years? With Bryan's injury, the lack of depth in the WWE roster has never been more evident and the main reason for that is the stubborn refusal of WWE to push any new stars in the last decade. It's time to start putting over new stars like crazy and move the old guys to the background. I'm not saying Orton or Big Show don't still have value but their value no longer lies in being a main event attraction.