Good lord this company, its a miracle Wrestlers have a change of heart and think of their fans and decide to patch things up with that office in Stamford. Im not saying they're always in the right and Vince is always in the wrong (This punk example is one where its complex but even then I see his point about health). I mean goddamn, a year after acquiring WCW and ECW, think about it they nearly left on bad terms with Hogan, Rock and Austin the 3 biggest names in the business for a variety of reasons. I know at that peak's end was when a lot of mainstream and casual fans left wrestling too or watched only on and off cause they couldn't keep those dudes at least on good terms and part time apperainces (and yo I slept on so much piff from like 06-08 losing interest in WWE from like 2006-2011 cause the names were going. I take the L on that but I know I wasn't the only one)
Things fell off bad when Eddie died. He was untouchable and it was over just like that. Then the Benoit stuff..fans were so sick of Cena by that point that the E looked lackluster and backwards. The innovation was gone. The drive to be a force in entertainment was over.