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Whatever vision the WWE has, it feels like a vision that wrestling fans don't really want to subscribe to. A "Roman Reigns era" akin to the Cenazoic Period isn't exactly compelling stuff, even for those who don't completely hate Reigns. Unfortunately there's no competition to force Vince's hand into giving people something more palatable with taste. He can force-feed whatever he wants to.
On a smaller scale, you can't really have vision for anyone else, because if you have an idea for AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, for example, then it goes to the next person at the creative meeting, who says "Oh yeah, Styles vs. Nakamura for the title would be great, but you know what I had in mind? Putting the belt on Jinder Mahal," and then someone else says "Yeah, and I thought that instead of pushing a Japanese wrestler you could push a Chinese wrestler." And instead of Styles vs. Nakamura you get Mahal vs. Tian Bing. And I'm sure if it doesn't work out, you get the blame for the initial idea, even though it doesn't resemble what you pitched in the first place.
Honestly, some of the stuff from modern WWE feels like the stuff that was being predicted for WCW in 1998/1999. The plan was for Nash to beat Goldberg and end the streak for a long time before it ever happened, and although no one really wanted to see it happen, lo and behold, that's the direction they go. They've got their idea in their mind, it's just not of consequence as to whether or not people want to see it.
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