5 Biggest Storyline Problems With WWE's New Era
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Vince McMahon said it was time to shake things up around and while many initially thought that meant a draft or an end to the brand split, McMahon offered nothing of the sort. In fact, he just made a bunch of open-ended promises to The WWE Universe, brought his family out and claimed they would do better.
Sure, the moment was enough to get the fans cheering and maybe even lift some of the doubts that have been cast on the company lately, but the company didn't do much to improve on that. Furthermore, WWE is now in a position that they can try anything and it still fits in line with their promise of changes.
With that being said and this supposed new era upon us, here are five problems with it and what effects it will have on the company long term. As always let us know your thoughts in the comments below and be sure to let us know how long you believe WWE will go along with this new era gimmick.
#6 Reliance on humour
Comedy in wrestling is fine and is sometimes just what a particular moment calls for, but to overly on it is just disgusting. Unfortunately for The WWE Universe, that seems to be what the company is now doing in hopes of winning the audience back, which was lost due to months and months of poor booking.
The problem with this, however, is that WWE's version of humour is sophomoric at best and absolutely crude at worst. For example, The Miz did a backstage segment where he asked for Mr McMahon's blessing in him being Shane's partner. While the moment was awkward and good for a short laugh, WWE's reliance on it is bordering on ridiculous.
Another example of this was the opening segment of Monday Night Raw, where The McMahon family watched Baron Corbin beg for his job. Of course, it was an interesting segment and did the right thing by dangling a final shot at power over Corbin's head, but they killed the tension that something like that could have created in the main event.
Instead, however, they completely made a joke of the idea by having him lose in a handicap match in the first hour of Raw that saw a rogue referee, a WWE legend's return for payback and pretty much everyone destroying Corbin. WWE later put the final nail in his coffin by having Seth Rollins punch him in a backstage segment, which left him in a crumpled heap.
In the end, WWE can do much better storytelling then this and should have at least played with the idea more of Corbin coming back into power. Maybe it didn't need to be the main event of the evening, especially after the home run WWE hit with the Women's gauntlet match main event, it could have at least been booked to at least give Corbin a chance.