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Old 02-10-2021, 01:56 AM   #27
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Originally Posted by Tom Guycott View Post
Like others have pointed out, my "hardcore" interest eroded over time with WWE's constant need to sign and waste talent - used to be from people who made a name on the indy scene just to warehouse them in a contract so they can't make noise elsewhere, but now with nearly everyone they sign - made way more obvious with the post-reality show style "contest" version of NXT we have now. It went from "OOOH! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE X ON THE MAIN ROSTER!" and "HOLY SHIT!! THEY SIGNED Y?!? NO WAY!! THE PASTABILITIES ARE ENDLESS (breadsticks and salads)!!!" down to "Oh. Welp, let's see how they ruin *this* talent when they get called up.

The company has found a way to just beat all hope out of anyone. And that's the worst of it. Any time they seem like they're going to push someone, the reaction isn't "about time!" anymore, it's "yeah, sure, how many weeks is this going to last before this plug gets pulled?" WWE is rivaling Google with projects they kill off, but they don't have a website dedicated to listing wasted talent names like the "Google graveyard" does.

A secondary reason is semi-related to the first, in that once they have the idea that something should happen for business reasons, they'll do whatever shitty gymnastics to get there. Trying to invent a replacement for Rey Mysterio from whole cloth multiple times. Pushing Jinder Mahal on the transparent notion of gaining Bollywood market share. Hiring a bunch of latino talent to make a push for the Brazil market that went nowhere, and then dropping that idea and leaving that same latino talent to be lower midcard at best. Not letting Roman Reigns progress naturally and trying to make him the next top babyface of the company through hell or high water for the last few years. Trying to kill Daniel Bryan (figuratively, and possibly literally).

But thinking back, I think the decline for me started in the Smackdown Six era, when it seemed like people were getting over on SD and it was way more fun and exciting to watch than RAW, so then Vince and co. would devise contrived reasons for that talent to start appearing on RAW instead, or later, both shows (defeating the purpose of even having it separated) instead of putting the same care and attention into the talent and direction on RAW that the Smackdown wrestlers were getting.
The brand split died this time the exact way it did last time. First they get rid of show exclusive PPVs, then they start letting people be on both shows, then they pretend there is some HUGE brand loyalty when people are on both shows and guys like K.O. and Miz get drafted back and forth every single year.
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