10 Reasons UFC's Dana White Should Replace Vince McMahon In WWE
9. Better Medical Care, Mandatory Rest And Better Creative Positioning For Wrestlers
If Dana White were the CEO of WWE, Daniel Bryan would thankfully already be retired. Dana White is successful as a businessman because he's learned the lesson that a) his fighters health is important and b) no fighter is greater as a draw than UFC is as a draw in and of itself. UFC has to deal with stricter commission regulations regarding fighter health than pro wrestling does. As well, there's absolutely no way that a Dana White-led WWE would deem it ABSOLUTELY necessary to have Daniel Bryan appear at Wrestlemania and be rewarded with the Intercontinental Championship if he were in poor physical condition. In the same way that UFC has seamlessly evolved past the era of Tito Ortiz to now being open-minded enough to push women's fighting as a draw, White would've likely convinced WWE creative to just "make a new star," and he would've figured out a way to push them.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.