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I'll bite.
The problem here is that in doing that, it goes to the extreme of "throwing shit to the wall and seeing what sticks", then keeping that until everyone is burned out and it doesn't stick anymore.
In comparison, it's a lot like the state of Hip-Hop. I hear often how people "don't like rap", but they base this hatred on what's cycled on the radio. I dont like the shit played on the radio. Everything is overproduced, autotuned, and simplistic raps catering to the lowest common denominator- that it has to be a "club hit" about fucking hoes while drinking expensive liquor. Now, I get how that's some people's cup of tea, but that isn't the whole of the culture- of the genre. It took what was "selling" and nitpicked the hell out of that much to the dretriment of the overall product.
Not taking any other factors into account (like the rises and falls of interest in wrestling) and using the "Styles/Daniels 20 min match" as an example, part of the problem is perception. If, say Styles was as big as Austin and Chris Daniels were as big as The Rock (roll with the fantasy, people, it's an example) and they're in the middle of an intriguing angle, with a stipulation that has some sort of dramatic effect on the landscape, then those two went out there and had a 20 minute match to close the show, you have something around the 7.0 range as a result.
On the other hand, you just throw those two on in the middle of the show- no hype or angle- just because you know they can go, and the only story being told IS the one in the ring, then yeah, you're mostly only going to attract the diehard fans and hit closer to that "dreaded" 1.9. You can't turn around and say "well, that doesn't work, fuck that" and never do it again. Wrestling IS THE POINT of wrestling.
My convoluted point is that Vinnie Ru doesn't seem to understand "happy medium". Or, at least feeding the working stuff into the non-working stuff without overdoing it. Not every match needs a screwjob ending because it's hot. Not every wrestler needs to be an over-the-top personification of what's going on in pop culture because it's hot. Not everybody needs to turn face or heel at the drop of a hat because it's hot. And, for God's sake, everything can't be based on the hottest moment. Then, it stops being the hottest moment and becomes average.
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