Why WWE Is In For A Rude Awakening
Fans aren't going to go banana for a very good 18 minute match that ends in f*ckery. A "shame about the booking but this was solid and I can't complain!" analysis will mean nothing in the live arena. How are live fans going to react to a third roll-up finish on one show? They're not going to cheer it wildly just because it's a novelty or because they just watched a broadly good ***1/4.
"Hey, it's nice to see AJ Styles after all this time. Shame he's been made to look like a t*t for falling for a distraction, but woo! Isn't it great to be outside, eh?"
They're going to take a gigantic sh*t on it.
WWE is removed from the real world in general, and this, if WWE persists with these nothing finishes to nine-match programmes, will become very literal. Imagine a world slowly crawling towards normality. Joy becomes an emotion once again. Everything feels hotter than it ever did before. A sort of irresponsible euphoria sweeps over every sporting event. And there's WWE RAW, reducing its crowd to near-silence with some meaningless disqualification bullsh*t or other after a few weeks of returning names and a modicum of effort. WWE shows are such that a live crowd probably isn't going to react much to the very best material which, of course, is very rare. The actually great, physical matches on WWE TV rarely end cleanly.
And how are live fans going to respond to the quiet monologuing of Roman Reigns?
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