The bigger a company gets, the more disconnected from its audience it can feel. Especially if the people in charge have been in their positions for a long time. It’s easy to overdo what was once a clever idea, but this ensures it will become formulaic.
Therein lies the biggest problem: the unchallenged audience will be uncomfortable with the way you speak to them.
According to reports, the average age of WWE fans is around 50 – so why is WWE programming degrading its audience like a kid’s show? Shouldn’t it aim to surprise, entertain and amaze? Instead, fans are treated to the same tired dynamics and shortcuts.
This list will touch on some of the worst aspects of WWE in the way it talks and interacts with its audience. From the stories he tells and the way he tells them, to the presentation details that leave the WWE Universe unfulfilled. Hopefully, with the upcoming changes in the future, we can all look back at this list and laugh.
Still, these issues have been a part of WWE programming for a long time, and the company treating its audience as if they all share the same brain cell is part of WWE history.
Let’s start with the thing that almost certainly comes to mind when you think of how WWE treats its audience like children. We’ve heard for years about Vince McMahon’s penchant for suddenly getting bored with an idea or wanting to tear up scripts on a whim hours before the show airs, but that shouldn’t mean the company assumes its audience has a complete lack of attention spans either.
Doing things that are suggestive as such, like endless replays of moments that just happened, actually has a Pavlovian effect on your viewers. You’re telling them that it doesn’t matter if they pay that much attention because they’re just going to be shown what happened over and over anyway.
Whether or not WWE fans get the luxury of a commercial break or a backstage segment before the show, they are obnoxious at best and a complete bore at worst. It’s become frustratingly common for a segment to end, be summed up, and then, after returning from commercial, be summed up again.
Filling a three-hour episode of Raw is a challenge for any booker, but cheap gimmicks like spending minutes of the program showing previous events is just plain tiresome. Fans can also go and watch the YouTube clips of the show as they will see all the highlights – but they only see them once!
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