10 Most INFURIATING Wrestling Narratives
1. Competition Will Magically Make WWE Better
Matt Riddle is the latest wrestler to welcome the arrival of a AEW under the belief that it will magically improve WWE. He was probably high, so must be given the benefit of the doubt, and this take in general is unleashed in a warm haze of half-remembrance. The WWF was better when WCW pushed back, people recall, as if the last 20 years haven’t fundamentally changed everything.
Think of WWE as a house with mould on the walls—the mould of 50/50 booking and over-production and assorted other total nonsense.
You remove mould by bleaching that sh*t with elbow grease. You don’t just paint over it, with dropped recent weekly exercises in T&A segments, NXT call-ups, more NXT call-ups, more NXT call-ups, a Superstar Shake-Up, an ongoing Superstar Shake-up, a permanent Superstar Shake-Up, a whacky new 24/7 Championship, or the genius move of…dimming down the arena lighting system because that’s what RAW once looked a bit like when it was popular.
The wall is f*cked. WWE needs a new wall.
For a more in-depth take on this fallacy, please read this recent editorial on the subject.