5 Things WWE Cinematic Matches Should NOT Do (And 5 Things They SHOULD Do)
1. DO: Let The Imagination Run Wild… With Emphasis On 'Imagination'
Yup, that entire segment sure was special. The references, the humour, the horror, the victimisation of a haplessly conventional John Cena. Damn, what a ride.
The Firefly Funhouse match was unlike anything, and that was its power. It sure as hell wasn’t wrestling, It wasn’t an A-B story either. It was like The Fiend himself had crawled his way into a video package and infected it with his madness. For this one-time deal, WWE had raised the bar on their own imaginative boundaries, and it paid off tenfold.
Letting loose with some avant-garde creativity might be a gamble, but how the hell is it any worse than some of the latter delves into cinematic territory? Surely it’s better to steer clear of tired horror tropes and Benny Hill-style comedy skits and risk a nugget of mainstream disdain by turning this project into a multimedia, fourth wall-smashing, headscrewing endeavour, unlike anything else anywhere. If WWE wanted to give these packages the David Lynch treatment, nobody could stop them, and they’d get some commendation for at least trying.
In short, they’ve got nothing to lose… literally nothing. It doesn’t have to be brazen or edgy, just original.