10 Ways WWE Can Finally Get Their Audience Back

9. End The Spooky B*llocks

Big E
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Watch a typical episode of RAW, and Alexa Bliss in particular, and you will both see and hear a resounding answer to heavily-debated topic of wrestling discourse: does spooky bullsh*t belong in pro wrestling in 2021?

The answer is no.

The Fiend and latterly Alexa Bliss have their fans, but then, so do niche realms of internet pornography. They don't belong on a pro wrestling show any more than a winking evil doll does, at least in the world WWE has built. It's not merely an execution issue, not that the execution is good. The Fiend got booed out of every arena he ever worked that didn't have Daniel Bryan stood in the opposite corner. He was the Freddie Blassie of X-Pac heat. The idea of a wrestler with supernatural abilities is world-breaking bullsh*t that wreaks havoc on logic.

Why doesn't Alexa hypnotise everybody all of the time?

Bliss gets a reaction when she performs wrestling moves. You can clearly tell that fans recognise her strengths as a performer while also realising that she is drastically miscast. This entry is not counterintuitive to the previous entry. People don't want to see Alexa Bliss work 35 minute matches, but they don't want her to act as n*nce-lube, either.

Either create a world in which anything goes, or fix the world that is broken because anything goes.

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