For many of you complaining about the current product, a lot of your anger should be directed here to this point, as Stephanie's promotion is what has been viewed as the beginning of the era where the majority of WWE writers are from Hollywood, with no wrestling backgrounds at all. To some, that may not seem like a huge deal. The writers have backgrounds writing all kinds of shows, so it's not like WWE hired a plumber, a McDonald's drive-thru worker, a construction worker, and a truck driver to write their shows, right? However, these new writers, without working in wrestling, don't always understand the business and what it is that wrestling fans (of all types) want to see. When you don't quite understand what wrestling fans want to see, there's a disconnect with the product you're putting on television, and that's exactly what we're seeing with WWE these days. Stephanie is also rumored to be the reason that Paul Heyman no longer has any sort of creative power anymore. Heyman, of course, is one of the best wrestling minds the business has ever seen, and actually understands the fans, unlike what the McMahons have shown recently. Word is that Steph doesn't really have much creative power these days, but being married to Triple H, who does have power, still means she can have her say, and she admits to talking to him about all kinds of creative and behind-the-scenes decisions on a near-daily basis. It remains to be seen if things change with how the WWE product is put together now that she is out of power.
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