SAJ Forth
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Post by SAJ Forth on Oct 17, 2015 14:10:00 GMT -5
As stated, WWE's biggest problem is not letting wrestlers figure out what fans are looking for out of them. Every time they say a wrestler has to get themselves over, they run with that wrestler for a while, then destroy them for distracting them from feverishly trying to force the next big star.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2015 17:10:06 GMT -5
The biggest problem with the "New Day succeeded because Creative got out of their way" thing is, even that's not telling the whole story. The one common thread on lowercard gimmicks is, and always has been, the following: If it's obvious just watching the show that the wrestlers are clearly having WAY TOO MUCH FUN out there (not like JBL/Cole/King would claim, but the fans' seeing it for themselves), then the fans will pick up on it and get behind them just because of how much fun they're having. If nothing else, you can't deny that New Day are clearly having way too much fun out there as heels, and people are picking up on it and getting behind them because they're just so much fun to watch. The only problem with that? They were having way too much fun out there as babyfaces TOO, when people despised them. The only thing that stopped them then was that their face turn was destroyed, in large part because of all the fans coming to the same conclusion of "but...but...my FANTASY BOOKING said they were going to be the New Nation of Domination! My fantasy booking saided it and that's a promise from you- so you promised they'd be the New Nation and you lied to me and it's because you're racists they're NOT a bunch of angry black men out to kill all the white people, as if that gimmick in and of itself isn't also a racist gimmick too- so we VOW to ruin the New Day until you repackage them like that!". Only the New Day turning heel, and people realizing just how great their gimmick worked as heels, silences that. The only thing the New Day's success is teaching in the modern era is that the "Reality Era" secretly ended at the Royal Rumble 2014 and the "EWR Era" is in: If WWE doesn't book their shows exactly how the smarks' fantasy booking decided they should book it, the smarks will derail the show until they get their way- and only a world-beating success by the WWE will even make it possible for the hardcore fans to say "okay, we'll give you this one...I GUESS...but you OWE US ONE, and next time we WILL call it in!" This is an example of a powerful mind tying itself in a giant knot. I hate the term "overthinking" most of the time, but I think it actually applies here. Things really can be as simple as "they sucked as faces. but when the fans gagged on it, the performers understood why it happened, rolled with it, and did an amazing job."
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