WWE has been stagnating creatively for quite some time now. During the period now known as The Attitude Era, WWE was constantly blighted by rival promotion WCW and was thus forced to try new things, to create new stars and to constantly re-vamp its product. This gave WWE (then known as WWF) events an irresistible anything goes feel that connected well with audiences around the world and made for great television. However, following the companys initial jubilation as the Monday Night Wars came to a close, storylines became repetitive, gimmicks became lazier and WWE has consistently demonstrated an increasing unwillingness to shake up its product. In truth, without another company hot on its heels, the house of McMahon falters and gets, well, a bit boring. ...And if WWE gets boring, then wrestling as a whole goes into recession. With less new fans discovering professional wrestling via its tried-and-true standard bearer, the industry starts to sag, the indies lose gate receipts - and when that happens, everybody within the industry loses out. With TNAs days looking decidedly numbered, things could get even worse for wrestling, as investors will be unwilling to back any serious competition to WWE. This will lead to yet more coasting, re-cycling and uninspired John Cena title runs, with no apparent end in sight.
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