10 Things Missing From WWE Today

2. Microphone Freedom

Daniel Bryan The Miz Talking Smack
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There's a reason 'Talking Smack' has done more for characters like The Miz and Baron Corbin in the last few months than anything on SmackDown Live. That reason is the fact that the talent will go on the show and speak without a script, speak without anything more than an A point and a B point. By allowing the performers to speak freely, you are instantly making them more likeable (or in Corbin's case, dislikable).

A number of scripts for WWE programming have been leaked over the years, and these scripts seem to be increasingly detailed. It can only be hampering young performers to have to follow this script, reciting rehearsed lines as opposed to being given pointers and the freedom to go wherever they like from there.

Heck, you could argue that one of the reasons Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in the recent US Election was because he spoke like an actual human being, as opposed to a robot reading from a teleprompter. WWE superstars could benefit from removing their paper teleprompter.

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