10 Failed Concepts WWE Needs To Revise And Revisit
7. Wrestling Isn't Wrestling
WWE has experimented with wrestling beyond the ring over the last 18 months, as either a half-a*sed attempt to imitate the BROKEN Universe or a misguided attempt to throw any supernatural sh*t at the Bray Wyatt wall.
The genius of wrestling is in its theatrical collaboration; strip that element away, and it's the results tend to alienate the fandom. WCW's Junkyard Invitational was a disaster because even the magic of the camera wasn't enough to bring the action to us; the company's blundering production staff failed to capture the action in the pitch-black setting.
That said, the fact that those matches firmly imprinted themselves on the wrestling psyche prove, if nothing else, that they are unforgettable - and if the line between genius and insanity is membranous, there is surely a means of revisiting wrestling outside of the ropes. In fact, there definitely is; received either as a disgrace or a revolution, Matt Hardy nonetheless BROKE the internet by devising a completely new genre of the wrestling art form in 2016.
WWE is either great, terrible, or painfully average. So-bad-it's-good territory remains elusive - but the odd bit of b*llocks banter would surely alleviate the tedium.
Can't Samoa Joe next challenge AJ Styles in Wendy's?