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Originally Posted by Nowhere Man
Despite there being a million threads like this in the past, and the rather irritating manner of Mr. Srnrew (how exactly do you pronounce that, anyway?) I'll at least answer the question he proposed.
1) Nepotism and Favoritism throughout the entire Upper Tier: It's nothing new for a promoter to push his family and friends over the other people, but it's still almost always horrible for business. Just look at how much good Greg Gagne, David Sammartino, Erik Watts, Jeff Jarrett, and just about all of the Von Erichs besides Kerry were for their respective companies. Just look at how WCW went from a multi-million dollar worldwide federation to absolutely nothing due to the croneyism of guys like Hogan and Bischoff. And WWE is no different. That's why Paul Heyman is off the writing team in favor of Vince's daughter, and why his son-in-law will hold the World Heavyweight Championship until the day he dies (or WWE goes out of business)
2) Ridiculous Mis-Management of Talent: I could go on for weeks about specific instances, but I think I can sum it up in just one sentence: WWE is the only place in the world that would willingly job Rey Mysterio Jr. out to A-Train.
3) Inept Creative Team: See above.
4) Inability to Recover and Deal with Loss of Fanbase: It's fairly obvious that wrestling is nowhere near as popular as it is in its heyday. And while the downward spiral it had been on has leveled out a bit, and it may be just only a matter of time till Vince finds his next Golden Boy and starts making billions again, it's still a far cry from the massive numbers WWE used to pull in.
Those fans who are left, even the marks, are greatly comprised of folks who have been watching for a long time, and are familiar with the usual patterns. Needless to say, a lot of these fans (especially the dreaded IWC) have grown jaded and overly critical. So how does the company react? By lashing out against their critics, the guys who pay $40 (sometimes $80) a month to watch their PPVs, buy their merchandise, and make Vince his money. Every time one of WWE's major players gets on, he has to make sure that we all know the company doesn't like us, and that our opinions aren't welcome or valuable. WWE may very well be the only company in the world that goes out of its way to verbally abuse its own customers.
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