WWE's three biggest mistakes of 2015
Who is to blame?It’s hard to look at the landscape of WWE without choking on a piece of popcorn or feeling your beer go down the wrong way.If professional wrestling had a chance at a mulligan, WWE would be the first to stand in line, begging the gods to forgive the writers for such a crappy job. And the sad thing is there is still more than two months left on the calendar to digest everything fans have been force fed and the entrees that are still to be served.Someone had better find a big bottle of Pepto Bismal, as it could be a long holiday season.While some might think the move to give John Cena time off will be a benefit to the company, I still see it as hindering progress, mainly because no one is fit to jump into his spot and carry the company on his/her back.It would be interesting if WWE switched gears a bit and made the feud between Charlotte and Paige, with a dose of Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks its main focus for Thanksgiving and Christmas, leading into the New Year’s Eve. Wow, the idea of Vince McMahon swallowing his pride and taking a page from TNA’s playbook. Now that takes Chutzpah!Besides the obvious choices of a hit-and-run with Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar and the problematic issues that anything Dolph Ziggler has been involved with after Daniel Bryan captured the Intercontinental Title, there are a few under the radar moves that have left me a bit perplexed, wondering if they can be repaired, repackaged and used effectively.I’m no expert here, like I have said before, but even the common fan can agree these moves could have meant a world of improvement to a product that is watered down as any southern watering hole right about now.Here are three huge mistakes WWE is living with right now.
#1 An announce team that gives a damn
When I was growing up, the delivery of the announcers on television was just as important to the broadcast as the performers in the ring.
Michael Cole, JBL and now Byron Saxton have forgotten what ti means to sell a program and deliver the call on a match. Nothing was more apparent that it does not matter what either say on Monday night than this past week’s show. The lack of enthusiasm drew the ire of former professional wrestling commentator, Scott Hudson, who made this comment on his Facebook page.
Honestly, could the Raw announcers have any less passion or fire?! My God, men! You had one job - put the product over. And you three just sat there. It might be horribly written drivel (it IS horribly written drivel, actually), but you are paid more than I ever dreamed of to put it over...so...PUT IT OVER!
Announcers are there to not only talk about WWE products and the upcoming pay-per-view events, they are there to tell a story, build an arc. They are there to make us want to be there live.