World Wrestling Entertainment or better known as WWE, is actually an American integrated media and entertainment company that is primarily known for professional wrestling. The WWE name also refers to the professional wrestling promotion itself, which was founded in 1953 as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation. It is the largest wrestling promotion in the world.
Unfortunately, fans have slowly stopped watching WWE even though it is such a huge hit before. It is so sad to see such an adrenaline-rush and also amazing show become flop after years of its glory. There are several reasons that contributed to this. These are 5 of the reasons why fans stopped watching WWE.
1) Turning PG
In 2008, WWE turned PG because of Linda McMahon’s campaign to run for senate. This turned away a lot of viewers. People enjoyed watching WWE because it includes violence, blood, and suggestive language. When this all went away, a lot of people didn’t have a reason to stay anymore. The company was appealing to kids and it makes a lot of sense. Many people even nowadays always ask for WWE to become TV 14 again but that is hardly going to happen.
2) Legends Retiring
After the death of the attitude era, fans continue watching WWE for the wrestlers that they connected with. However, more and more legends are retiring every year. ‘The Rock’ and ‘Stone Cold’ retired in 2003. ‘Ric Flair’ hung up the boots in 2008. ‘Sean Michaels’ stopped wrestling in 2010. ‘Batista’ officially retired in 2019. ‘Triple H’ and ‘John Cena’ have been secretly retired for quite some time. ‘Kane’ makes some appearances here and there but he’s pretty much done with wrestling and he was focusing on being a mayor. The ‘Undertaker’ had his final farewell in 2020. That was truly the end of an era. With that era coming to an end, some people don’t have the reason to keep watching anymore because some of their favorites are no longer in the WWE.
3) Too Much Content
For the fans who do try to watch the live WWE TV, good luck to them. This is because WWE produces way too much content that it’s actually led to people not wanting to watch anymore. The more you shove something in someone’s face, the less they wanted hence why less is more was created. People cannot watch seven hours of content on a weekly basis excluding pay-per-view weekends. This forces WWE to produce crap content instead of focusing on the quality of their shows.
4) Poor Writing
Poor writing is affecting the WWE in the worst way possible. The characters aren’t written well, the matches are decent at best, the promos are way too scripted, the feuds are made up within the very last minute, and those are why people do not want to watch WWE anymore.
5) No Stars
WWE used to have so many stars that could draw millions of people to watch the show. ‘The Rock, ‘Stone Cold’, ‘The Undertaker’ and also ‘John Cena’ are some of the biggest names in professional wrestling. But now, that is not the case. WWE only really has ‘Roman Reigns’ as their main star. The lack of stars has let people not really wanting to watch. That is really a major problem.
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