10 Most INFURIATING WWE Quirks
4. The Name On The Marquee...
...is repeated constantly because we, as viewers, are treated like we are as thick as pig sh*t.
Every last moment of the WWE product - and it's WWE TV, it's fairly easy to follow, it isn't f*cking Eraserhead - is explained away by the commentary team. Every hashtag, in addition to being literally spelled out for us on the screen, is repeated more often than a Bar Vs. Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose match. We have reached a saturation point at which WWE has contrived to lessen anticipation for the most anticipated events on the calendar because branding has completely superseded any organic storytelling. WWE sells pay-per-views like Shawn Michaels sells for Hulk Hogan.
WrestleMania 33 was the 'Ultimate Thrill Ride'. Even the Undertaker said it. It was only a thrill ride in that the ascent up the rollercoaster made you sick with dread. No segment escaped the branding. It was water torture. SummerSlam was the Biggest Party Of The Summer. At six and a half hours long, WWE, at least, could not be accused of false advertising. Survivor Series was the one night a year RAW and SmackDown battle for brand supremacy. Except for TLC. And the Mixed Match Challenge. Still, SmackDown placed RAW #UnderSiege, which really put the whole thing over...as a plot hole.
This is acceptable - standard practise - for the commentary teams. When WWE instructs its wrestlers to parrot this b*llocks, they appear less like wrestlers and more like marketing undergraduates. Nobody talks like that in reality. Immersion becomes impossible. Wrestling is written off as soap opera by those who know nothing of it.
In terms of dialogue, those who know of it know that it is worse.