10 Reasons Why WWE's Stagnation Will Never End
7. Pushing Unpopular Performers
There are exceptions, but WWE generally do a poor job of taking stock of their crowd reactions and altering their course accordingly. They're going to push who they want, when they want, and they don't care what the audience think about it.
Roman Reigns has been far less obnoxious in 2017 than he was in 2016, but his No Mercy performance suggests that he's about to be positioned as WWE's franchise player once more, giving weight to the idea that he's being shoved down the audience's throats. On SmackDown, Jinder Mahal shows no sign of getting over as a major heel, yet he continues to hold the WWE Championship instead of guys like Shinsuke Nakamura, whom the fans would love to see in the spotlight.
The company obviously can't cater to their audience's every whim, but they must be receptive to how the fans are reacting to certain stars. Main events should be WWE's biggest selling point: instead, they're a convoluted, frustrating mess, populated by "top guys" that nobody wants to watch. Realigning this is key to ending the company's stagnation, but it doesn't look like happening anytime soon, unfortunately.