10 Lessons WWE Shouldn’t Forget From WCW’s History

10. Listen To Your Audience

In recent years, it seems WWE has gone from "we give the people what they want" to "we know what the people want to see more than they do." WWE has consistently ignored their audience when they have voiced displeasure at arenas and have also ignored the television ratings, which state that the product is stale and boring. Much like WCW, WWE is not giving the people what they want to see. in World Championship Wrestling, people were sick of seeing Kevin Nash on top of the promotion. Since Nash was the booker at the time, he responded by giving himself the world title and being featured in the main event portion of the show. Whenever WCW would arrive anywhere in the Carolinas, they made it their mission to embarrass Ric Flair at every opportunity. Why? Who knows. WWE did the exact same thing with Jim Ross anytime WWE had an event in Oklahoma. It was almost as if they were embarrassing their own talent just to make sure they knew who was in charge. WCW also ended Bill Goldberg's undefeated streak even though absolutely none of the people in the audience were ready to see it end. Not only that but they used the defeat as yet another excuse to reform the New World Order, a stale storyline that did nothing for their promotion. More recently, WWE absolutely refused to push Daniel Bryan despite how over he was with the audience. It wasn't until the live crowd started staging open rebellions at live events that WWE was forced to change their plans and put the title on Bryan at Wrestlemania. If you ignore your audience for long enough, eventually they will start to ignore you. Even Mick Foley wondered on Twitter if WWE hated their own fan base with some of their booking decisions.