8 Major Ways MMA Is Influencing WWE
6. Feuds With Minimal Bells And Whistles
Just as Lesnar's title reign has been booked like an MMA spell of dominance (with sparse appearances, and even less frequent matches), numerous feuds are now resembling the build to a big fight - as opposed to the wacky, incident-filled rivalries of days gone by.
Lesnar and Orton is a perfect example. There was no backstory to their SummerSlam 2016 clash - they were simply booked against one another, and proceeded to enjoy a very minimalistic feud (with the exception of Randy's sole RKO on the Beast).
Nowadays, more and more big matches are built around nothing more than a simple pairing. Currently, Roman Reigns' rivalry with John Cena has been given no solid reason for existing - just a vague implication of one superstar attempting to snatch the torch from the other.