The REAL Reason WWE Fans Are Living In A Fantasy World
The internet loves fantasy booking. It always has, but the social media age and /r/SquaredCircle's rise to relevance have brought forth an explosion over the past decade.
Images like the above are everything: just throw any high-workrate wrestler's name and "dream match" into your favourite search engine and you'll find them. There's nothing wrong with this, of course. Envisioning a wacky future where Cesaro and Apollo Crews can headline WrestleMania is usually nothing more than a fun spot of escapism, but it becomes a problem when the fantasy bookers buy into their own bullsh*t and curse WWE for failing to make their delusions a reality.
A world-class in-ring mechanic he may be, but Cesaro can't cut a promo like Charlotte Flair or Becky Lynch. Crews can flip, smile, and flex all he wants, but he'll never be 'The Guy' until he learns to infuse his work with personality. The same goes for Ricochet, Ali Cedric Alexander, or any other "underpushed" cult favourite. They don't fit Vince McMahon's idea of a model main eventer, so any outrage focused on the company's refusal to promote them as such is no more than wasted energy.
Unfortunately, implausible "workrate" 'Mania headliners aren't the only problems in the WWE Universe's fantasy land.
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