10 Ways WWE Can Improve Its Product In 2017
2. Present A Babyface Who's Actually Popular As The Top Star
Remember when fans used to cheer for the top star of the company? Whether it was Hogan/Warrior, Austin/Rock, or more recently, Daniel Bryan, the top babyface used to genuinely elicit a majority of cheers. For whatever reason, WWE's been dead set on pushing, as Diesel said in 1995, "a corporate puppet that [Vince] decided to create," in lieu of talent that's actually popular.
John Cena was rejected by half the audience (if not more) for over a decade before Roman Reigns made Cena look like Stone Cold. Is it a coincidence that WWE's popularity has waned considerably ever since they changed philosophies on what a top babyface is or needs to be?
WWE wants to control everything and everybody. They don't want anyone getting too big for their britches and risking another 2004 Brock Lesnar situation. Still, there're plenty of superstars with strong enough support that would be better received than Cena or Reigns have been over the past two decades. But despite all their posturing and lip-service, WWE's actions prove they really don't listen to the fans or care what they think. It's really only concerned with the opinion of one man...