10 Ways Wrestling Is Ruining WWE
3. I Can't Make You Hate Me, If You Don't
Nobody knows what they want anymore.
Endless, free-flowing choice in just about every aspect of entertainment (or consumption in general) has resulted in people trapped in a constant state of flux on how to best spend their time, money and energy. Wrestling fans are no different, and the ones that attend shows have changed dramatically from even five years ago to make it almost impossible to determine what makes a great heel or top babyface in the modern age.
Twitter (or social media in general) has given unprecedented access to the 'real' lives of performers, blurring the lines even further. Kevin Owens is supposed to be a top heel, but splits between verbally eviscerating fans and challenging for father of the year, depending on how he uses his 140 characters. It's difficult enough to boo him in arenas when he's often genuinely funny and performs moves designed more to wow annoy.
Baron Corbin resembles neither of those remarks, and then gets buried for his inefficiencies. Fresh off a debate with Dave Meltzer about how crap his armdrags are (probably), 'The Lone Wolf' went all in as the same pr*ck he portrays on television, then had his push completely destroyed because he happened to have a pop at a soldier. He looked a worse heel for apologising afterwards.
The modern world simply doesn't foster a sensible framework for wrestling to even exist in. At least allow the characters to be characters before audience response knackers them anyway.