10 Reasons Why WWE Fans Are Rapidly Losing Faith
2. Too Few Major Stars
WWE’s inability to create new stars is one of their biggest problems in 2017. The reason guys like Goldberg and The Undertaker were placed in big spots at WrestleMania 33 is because the full-timers can’t match their star power. The veterans drew bigger crowd reactions than anyone else, and thus, they occupied much of WWE’s pre-Mania schedule.
As great as the likes of Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins can be, they're not stars on the same level as the Goldbergs of the world. WWE have completely failed in turning them into potential franchise players, with 50/50 booking, a lack of strong, consistent pushes, and inconsistent characterisation the primary reasons.
John Cena and Brock Lesnar aside, WWE have no major stars anymore. They’ve tried to make Roman Reigns ‘The Guy,’ but it hasn’t worked, and he remains the most hated man in the company. Many of WWE’s main eventers operate on roughly the same level, with no distinction between their pushes. They’ll never become transcendent, attention-grabbing megastars in this environment, and without such figures to latch onto, it’s no wonder that younger fans in particular are turning away from WWE programming in droves.