10 Very Bad WWE Ideas That Lasted For Years
7. Authority Figures
The authority figure device made sense in the Attitude Era.
Mr. McMahon was an extravagantly entertaining, sanctimonious piece of sh*t. Triple H was a power-hungry megalomaniac with storyline connections to the regime. It made sense for both men to destroy the integrity of the show and more often than not made for a thrilling one.
It makes no sense whatsoever for Adam Pearce to take issue with Drew McIntyre, which he inexplicably did before that storyline was dropped. It also makes even less than zero sense, since, on the January 21 SmackDown Pearce played good cop to Sonya Deville in her endless, inexplicable dispute with Naomi.
"This thing that you're doing? That I also do? It needs to stop!"
Is Pearce a heel, or...?
And if he is a heel, what exactly is (or was) his problem with McIntyre? The answer, seemingly, is this: it is simply what onscreen authority figures do in this company. With no philosophical purpose, they feud with wrestlers because that's what happened when it was big-time.
Even if the device made sense within the overarching narrative - as it did for a brief period in 2013 - it's still a terribly redundant thing to do.
Which acts as a segue to...