13. A Lack Of Long-Term Planning
No matter how many times this next point has been criticized, the writing team continues to ignore the importance of long-term planning. There are valid reasons to change plans, scripts and formats at the last minute, but dropping storylines and booking on the fly should not become the norm. Unfortunately, that is exactly what's happening in WWE. The latest example is the whole Lana/Rusev/Ziggler/Summer Rae storyline that, as bad as it was, was completely abandoned after Lana, on Twitter, revealed her real-life engagement to her fake-life rival and ex-boyfriend Rusev that was picked up TMZ. If that was a one-off, I'd be able to forgive the WWE for it, but it's not. Most likely the fault lies with Vince McMahon as he may decide at the last minute to change things around, but regardless of who's to blame in this case, the only way to get back on track is to write and book for the future. Start at the end and work backwards. WCW was ridiculed for constantly dropping storylines and not booking long-term. Now, it's become common on WWE programming as well.
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