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I was about to come in here and comment on that Rollins tweet, but two of y’all beat me to it. Yikes. I mentioned in another thread way back about how the morale could be backstage. A lot of current wrestlers that are in the WWE between 28-40 years old grew up watching at a time when there were such larger than like characters, engaging storylines, unpredictability, and general interest. But the wrestling they grew up with isn’t there anymore. That has to be so trash :picard::francis:imagine having a lifelong dream of making it to the WWE based on what you grew up watching, you finally make it, but the company that you remember it as is flat out dead, with not much hope in sight:mjcry:im not in that locker room, but I can 100% see how people can get fed up with the WWE and leave, or their spirit gets killed to the point where they just collect their check and let it ride.
 

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I was about to come in here and comment on that Rollins tweet, but two of y’all beat me to it. Yikes. I mentioned in another thread way back about how the morale could be backstage. A lot of current wrestlers that are in the WWE between 28-40 years old grew up watching at a time when there were such larger than like characters, engaging storylines, unpredictability, and general interest. But the wrestling they grew up with isn’t there anymore. That has to be so trash :picard::francis:imagine having a lifelong dream of making it to the WWE based on what you grew up watching, you finally make it, but the company that you remember it as is flat out dead, with not much hope in sight:mjcry:im not in that locker room, but I can 100% see how people can get fed up with the WWE and leave, or their spirit gets killed to the point where they just collect their check and let it ride.

This describes Zack Ryder to a tee, had his own show, US Champ, one of the more popular wrestlers in the company at his peak and they buried the fukk outta him, he don’t even care no more.

Tyler Breeze was one of the hottest acts in NXT and they turn him into a joke on the main roster.

Sasha Banks, poor girl, she’s trying but they done did her so wrong, right after she says that she would love to face Trish at Evolution, they turn around and book Alexa vs Trish. She’s stuck in time filling tag matches weekly.
 

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This describes Zack Ryder to a tee, had his own show, US Champ, one of the more popular wrestlers in the company at his peak and they buried the fukk outta him, he don’t even care no more.

Tyler Breeze was one of the hottest acts in NXT and they turn him into a joke on the main roster.

Sasha Banks, poor girl, she’s trying but they done did her so wrong, right after she says that she would love to face Trish at Evolution, they turn around and book Alexa vs Trish. She’s stuck in time filling tag matches weekly.
Did it to Ziggler too. Barrett got fed up and quit. Punk was clearly going through the motions on autopilot the last 4 months he was there. I think RVD was basically trying to get fired his last 6 months there before he left in 2007.
 

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these shows are not that hard to write.

Especially when you rehash the same matches over and over each week.

I wouldn't pretend to know anything about the process in which they create their shows, or even confidently assess the difficulty of the writing process, but excellence isn't even the standard fans expect every week, just pure competence, something that's thought-out and not slapped together is more than enough. And I don't think that's asking too much
 

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I wouldn't pretend to know anything about the process in which they create their shows, or even confidently assess the difficulty of the writing process, but excellence isn't even the standard fans expect every week, just pure competence, something that's thought-out and not slapped together is more than enough. And I don't think that's asking too much

you're giving them too much credit, though I do agree with your opinion.

Think about this, back in the late 80s/early 90s, it was just Vince, Bruce Prichard and Pat Patterson doing all the creative & angles etc. Granted there was less TV and less content then, but with a team of probably 25-30 writers, you should be able to

Especially since they focus primarily on he same top angles every week.

It'd be great if they let some writers handle the main event, then others handle the mid-card, on down the line. Whoever has the hot hand gets to be promoted to write the main event
 
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