The wrestlers themselves are marks. They dont get why people dont like the show. "I had a three commercial match with 12 false finishes, why are they complaining!"
No characters, no story. I havent watched shyt in years. Nobody really gives a shyt about your matches. When the ratings were at their peak it was all about fukkery, nobody went to school the next day talking about how amazing Taka vs Brian Christopher was, they talked bout what wild shyt Austin, Mick, DX, and the Rock did.
Thats why i hate when fans are like "attitude era wasnt that good". Revisionist history from nerds like Meltzer who ruined everything about what made wrestling good. Characters, shyt talking, etc is what made pro wrestling good, not highly rated matches from some balding nerd who hated wrestling when it was at its hottest.
Then again, when I went to shows in the 90s, us kids wanted to see Austin, Rock and Taker. Not choppy pee pee, Mae Young’s hand, or any other Russo bullshyt. The ‘moments’ gotta be created with context and buildup. Russo tried to create a ‘moment’ every week. That’s why he’s an unemployed loser today