12 Reasons WWE’s Ruthless Aggression Documentary Is An Absolute Mess
1. Was F For Federation, Or Fix...
...because despite Gary from Friends' best efforts on narration, business didn't magically pick up immediately after splitting the brands and getting Vince McMahon to scream in Booker T's face or whatever f*ck the first episode was daring to suggest.
Plenty of things worked to a point, some worked very well, but enough didn't to the point where ratings were never recovered to Attitude Era highs and buyrates were solely dependent on temporary spikes from the likes of Cena, Batista et al or the type of gimmick match that eventually became the overblown theme of the show. Even the established ones faced the axe - Survivor Series' numbers almost convinced McMahon to bin off the fan favourite event after years of under-performance during this supposedly fruitful period.
Fantasist bullsh*t, the lot of it. Watchable, fascinating fantastic bullsh*t. An absolute mess.
Here's to next week's episode!