10 Realistic Storylines That Would Be Perfect For Today's WWE

Because blurring the line between scripted and reality the right way is really what's best for business.

One of the biggest factors in a wrestling program€™s success is how much or how well the viewing audience can suspend their disbelief. It€™s one of the most significant reasons why pro wrestling was so popular in decades past: fans believed in what they were watching, and were willing to invest in a storyline because it has a least a kernel of truth to it. Fast forward to 2015, and a lot has changed. The advent of the internet, the surge in €˜insider€™ information, and Vince McMahon€™s revelations, have all created a different WWE Universe. This new fanbase is more critical, jaded and skeptical about what they see from WWE; so much so, that it€™s incredibly hard for the company to create storylines that the WWE Universe can really believe. With WWE€™s creative direction in dire need of something fresh and innovative in order to garner increased fan interest, it€™s time for them to come up with something more in tune with today€™s zeitgeist. It€™s time for WWE to begin implementing creative storylines that skew perceptions of reality more than the current ones, as well as tell far simpler stories based on real-life events and relationships. This article will propose ten storyline ideas that blur the lines between fiction and reality in a way that would create far more compelling wrestling programming than the ones being presented right now.

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Alexander Podgorski is a writer for WhatCulture that has been a fan of professional wrestling since he was 8 years old. He loves all kinds of wrestling, from WWE and sports entertainment, to puroresu in Japan. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University in Political Studies and French, and a Master's Degree in Public Administration. He speaks English, French, Polish, a bit of German, and knows some odd words and phrases in half a dozen other languages.