OFFICIAL WWE Backlash Thread - Can Jinder become unhindered?

[Destor]

Every angle on the show doesnt need to be for the same audience. It's never been that way. Wrestling has always been best served as a variety show. Jinder is no different. Post Nitro wrestling fans have such a sense of entitlement that the business has really suffered.

[Maluco]

Originally Posted by Destor Every angle on the show doesnt need to be for the same audience. It's never been that way. Wrestling has always been best served as a variety show. Jinder is no different. Post Nitro wrestling fans have such a sense of entitlement that the business has really suffered.

Think we are discussing two different things, albeit somewhat related. You are arguing about Mahal being a story to relate to a different group of people. I am talking about the abject laziness in the way he has been put there.

They didn't even try, just said, look guys, he is number one contender...now look, he is champion now...in two steps. He was getting embarrassed on TV three months ago. Not just losing a lot, but being the butt of jokes.

Its not about what appeals and what doesn't. It is smart to build in stuff that appeals to different markets. It is about how it is done. It is about the company's complete inability to build stars or even develop wrestlers personas and make you care about their feuds and interactions.

Case in point, just look at Dolph Ziggler. A talented performer, but what even is he anymore? He is a mess that is worth nothing. Not even talking about as a draw, just not intriguing or interesting in any way anymore. There is an inherent laziness on how WWE writes TV in an era where they are a monopoly.

Pushing Jinder is fine, but just cause I don't have to pay for it, don't give me him in the main event winning the title, mere weeks removed from being a jobber. Make me care first, make me want to see him wrestle. Make me care about Jinder or whoever is beating him.

You dont just go from zero to hero in a month and just go "He is great now btw". It is lazy, stupid and a symptom of the network era, in my opinion, of course.