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As for kayfabe: Wrestling works better when promotions try to have some sort of integrity. It’s a large part of why AEW sucks pond water. Wrestling that trivializes itself in its own context is pointless. WWE does a better job not doing this these days, which is hilarious given that a lot of the performances are still clearly wooden and rehearsed/only possible within a realm of fiction.
The press conference was great. People talked like they were somewhat real (even if they have a flare for the over-dramatic and performative). The reasons for their conflict seem “real.” Good stuff. It’s not too much to ask.
When all the Rock/Cody drama was going on (which is found a bit annoying, because it was obvious they were going to do SOMETHING, you just had to wait to the press conference), I thought to myself that it would be great if WWE wrote articles about WHY the fans were reacting like that. Thread that in to the reality the wrestlers obviously exist in. Politics could be a valuable dimension to WWE programming — as long as they aren’t done like WCW.
Just treat it like it’s fucking real.
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