10 Ways WWE Hasn't Learned From Its Mistakes

7. The Weird 'Trust' Issue At The Heart Of Everything

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So what happens, as the latest class of PC recruits are destined to fail, is that Vince McMahon anticipates them failing/doesn't believe them capable of succeeding and relies on the same crop of stars who, while bland, stale or overexposed, are nonetheless capable of fulfilling his requests for super-solid WWE-style action.

It's so weird; it's halfway understandable on a myopic short-term basis why Vince will lean on Goldberg and Brock Lesnar time and time again. They draw money. But the Bragging Rights class of 2010?!

It's bizarre. Vince's fondness for the familiar has mutated into a new and tedious strain immune to interest. English football fans experienced something like this a few years back: clubs, desperate to avoid relegation from the Premier League, would hire managers with experience of getting teams out of the muck. The football was dire, and functional to a fault, but they just about got the job done on an almost annual, rotational basis. Alan Pardew, Tony Pulis and Sam Allardyce are now Dolph Ziggler, Sheamus and The Miz.

WWE signed Keith Lee and Vince put the poor f*cker in a t-shirt after two years of feuding with Dominik Dijak, which he'd already done to death on the indies.

This.

Sh*t.

Is.

Pointless.

And.

It.

Isn't.

Working.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!