1. WWE Actively Fights Against Its Consumer Base
Everything else on this list can honestly be explained away by ineptitude, negligence, ignorance or oversight, but not this one. For the past two years or so, WWE has been at war with the fans they as to spend money on their product. It probably wasn't their intention, but once it happened, they've done very little to curtail it. Sure they gave them Daniel Bryan's WrestleMania moment, but they had to be dragged kicking and screaming to do so in the face of outright audience revolt. They've positioned themselves as onscreen villains and it's put them in the position of real life heels as well. The WWE philosophy on booking seems to be "ignore the wants of the fans and give them what we think they want." Vince has been credited as saying he knows what the audience wants better than they do - well, that statement is now unequivocally false. The fans wanted more Daniel Bryan; they got more Roman Reigns. They were rabid for Dean Ambrose and he was turned into a new millennium Doink. Crowds have been screaming for Ziggler and he gets one big moment and goes back to being an afterthought. Fans are tired of Kane and Big Show so we they give them to us in multiple segments on every show. It's frustrating to feel like your voices and opinions on a product you're asked to spend money on aren't being taken into account. Eventually you stop trying and invest your time and money elsewhere. All evidence points to that happening with WWE,even if only in small numbers. So how can these numerous problems be fixed? Give these people raises...
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