Guys are the same for so many years at a time now too. Bray Wyatt has been Bray Wyatt with very little development for three years now. It's coming on the same period of time for Luke Harper (who is awesome, by the way). It seems that everybody gets something sorta down, then they stay the same for ten years and play either a fiery babyface version or cowardly heel version of the same gimmick.
It's stale versus fresh. No one is really heading anywhere with what they're doing. Just look at the rosters for the video games. 2K have to keep putting legends in because otherwise there's very little reason to actually purchase the games.
PREEMPTIVE NOTE: I am not saying change for the sake of change is good. And I know that I'm talking about people's livelihoods and I do want everybody who can make a living in wrestling to do so. But looking at things from a creative/business perspective? Wrestling needs to be fresher than the same old shit every week.
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