WWE has a real problem with booking its midcard. If there's more than one rivalry that needs to be moved on, it is becoming increasingly customary to simply throw all of those involved into a haphazard multiman tag team match. Team bouts involving six, eight and even ten participants are now a major part of the booking toolkit for midcard rivalries, including those involving the Intercontinental, United States and Tag Team championships. This has the obvious drawback of the fact that it makes all of the feuds involved look equally unimportant. If two men really want to tear each other apart, it's pretty illogical to expect them to wait patiently on the apron for a tag before getting involved. Fans will be far more likely to invest in a rivalry if there is particular television time attached to it, rather than presenting the distraction of other superstars. An overabundance of multiman matches betrays the lazy booking logic at the heart of the modern WWE. It's easy to throw midcard feuds together into a single match rather than constructing segments that will individually further each one. With this logic affecting so much booking outside of the WWE's main event picture, it's difficult for the company to put together an undercard that feels emotionally charged.
Freelance film journalist and fan of professional wrestling. Usually found in a darkened screening room looking for an aisle seat and telling people to put away their mobile phones. Also known to do a bit of stand-up comedy, so I'm used to the occasional heckle.
