If there is any single reason as to why people are cold on WWE, it's a lack of empathy between the audience and the on-screen characters. It's the failing of everyone- from the agents to the writers to the commentators to the wrestlers themselves- in getting people to care about what happens to their babyfaces, and in effect, their heels. Jim Ross was superb at this. He was superb at finding angles with his words to connect emotively to the audience about any given segment or match. The audience rallied off of Jim Ross. If he cared, the people cared. Shawn Michaels was of the same mould. Through his performances in the ring and on the microphone, through the emotion he brought out, the people rallied. They cared. As for heels, it's the purpose of them to inspire the flip-side in the audience. It's why Vickie Guerrero was a superb heel. People emotionally invested in seeing her get put down. 2015 WWE has a notable lack of any of these personalities. Nobody gives a s*** about Michael Cole. Nobody gives a s*** about The Authority. And, frankly, aside from waving their cell-phones in the air, nobody gives a s*** about Bray Wyatt, primarily because most don't have a clue where he's coming from. They can't empathise. They can't emote. They can't connect. With the exception of Daniel Bryan, WWE doesn't have anyone right now that the audience wants to see 'rise above the odds'. They don't have anyone that people really want to see get put in their place. It's why people are questioning who is to win the Royal Rumble this year. It was supposed to be Roman Reigns. The problem is nobody is getting Roman Reigns right now because he's a guy with a bad-ass look spouting fairy tales. Why? If WWE wants to turn the corner in 2015 they need to take a step back and go back to basics. Give the fans a reason to care. Give them a story to suspend disbelief... because not one of them believes the man Roman Reigns would respond to getting attacked the week prior by confronting his assailant with a variation of Jack and the Beanstalk.
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