WWF New Generation Vs WWE In 2020: Which Was Worse?
6. Aesthetics
In 2020, WWE did what WWE does and answered a rhetorical question.
It turns out that if a tree falls in the woods and no-one's there to hear it, it does make a sound. That sound is the one that comes out of the ThunderDome speakers when somebody backstage presses a button that says "tree reaction.wav".
It's unfair to be overtly cruel about WWE's various attempts to present a workable solution through the unfathomable circumstances of the last year, but over the last year WWE were an overtly cruel company that were unfair to a lot of people, so let's do it some more. The piped-in "Holy Sh*t!" or "This Is Awesome!" chants provide the literal opposite of a real audience's intent, reminding the viewer that the noise - and thus the emotion - is artificial.
That's if you can even see what's supposed to be so awesome. Kevin Dunn's direction gets worse with every passing year. Visually disgusting at times, the amounts of cuts and zooms are jarring at best and nauseating at worst. There are things beyond bad creative that make a show unwatchable. None of these were half as evident in 1995, even in all those tiny venues.
Which Was Worse?: 2020