10 Major Challenges Facing WWE In 2018
7. Style Clash
WWE is the closest it's perhaps ever been to being all things to all people, with technically excellent matches almost assured on one of the weekly broadcasts even if the sheer quantity of content results in an emotional absorption of substantially less.
The bite of the injury bug is not the only issue WWE faces now that contests have risen in quality exponentially from the muscle squash 1980s and 'Crash TV' 1990s. The company aren't even the best at being the best.
Tag team wrestling in the company has undergone a bottom-up renaissance over the past few years thanks to the collected works of The Revival, American Alpha, #DIY, The Usos, The New Day, The Bar and The Shield, but 2018's 'best-of' list already has a contender thanks to The Young Bucks' superlative spectacle with Roppongi 3K at Wrestle Kingdom 12.
If the supposed best wrestlers in the world can't have the best wrestling matches, then should they even bother trying so frequently? A complete philosophical shift on television in particular may be required to reverse the company's most recent homogenisation as long as the competition has the corner covered.