10 Things WWE Has Forgotten How To Do
The view from the top of the mountain is obscured by clouds.
"We haven't been doing a very good job for you lately".
Those words from Stephanie McMahon, followed by Triple H's assessment that the "days of absentee management are over", haven't exactly changed much. Raw remains a three-hour slog that's sprinkled with (roughly) an hour of solid content, and the same problems are rife in the promotion across the board.
It's time to pose a question, one that's free of any smart-arsed joy: has WWE, wrestling's number one powerhouse, forgotten how to put on a consistently enjoyable product?
Some might point to the fact that WWE is primarily aimed at young children, and others will instead bemoan the lack of patience in lifelong viewers who have simply grown up and tired of an established formula. Though both arguments have a degree of merit, they shouldn't mask the organisation's own shortcomings or inability to really give its audience what they crave in 2019.
Somewhere in amongst all these public admissions that the product has been crap lately, there must be some self-reflection behind the scenes. WWE have stopped doing so much they once did right...