10 Things WWE Has Forgotten How To Do

4. 'Anything Can Happen'

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There was a period during the late-'90s/early-2000s when WWE television was consistently unmissable. It wasn't that the wrestling was top notch (often, it wasn't), and had more to do with an 'anything can happen' booking style that rewarded anticipation.

That, fellow fans, has disappeared.

Take the aforementioned Vince, Shane, Stephanie and Triple H self-loathing skit in December last year as an example. There, the powerful quartet bizarrely promised fans they'd do everything to make programming more exciting again whilst they were doing precisely what they'd been doing to warrant an apology.

The fact they were "shaking up" Raw in a lengthy, show-opening in-ring promo that eventually fed into a match shouldn't be lost on anybody. That's not thrilling television, because it's so formulaic it hurts. WWE needs to do what Vince McMahon said and "get with the times". The broadcast format needs an overhaul.

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