Think technology is aprt of the WWE's undoing?

[Kane Knight]

Disclaimer: For the msot part I blame the lack of solid programming on behalf of the WWE for their failings. It's hard to keep interest in something when the characters are boring and the wrestling is lackluster. However, for a moment, consider the following:

In the last 50 years or so, we've gone from a nation that was impressed when we turned a camera on its side to make George Reeves fly to a nation that nitpicks how realistic the hair on Aslan's mane is. Entertainment, be it music, TV, or movies, is more about slick production

As a more recent example, we went from a culture that marvelled at the effects of Star Wars, where a sock puppet chased the millenium falcon, to a culture that balked about how unconvincing CGI Yoday was in the new Star Wars. In about 25 years.

I think that we, as a culture, are losing our imagination. Do you think this affects how we're viewing wrestling? Do you think people are no longer as capable of suspending disbelief as they once were, to the point that they really don't "buy" wrestling anymore?

Imagination is a key component of making wrestling work. You have to let yourself believe in this shit. Even great wrestling requires your mind to do some work, to believe in it.

Now, I don't absolve poor writing or boring wrestlers, but between the Hulkamania era and the Attitude era, you saw an increase in production value and the "believability" of wrestling. Since then, the production has remained roughly the same, and the workrate has really gone down for the most part. At the same time, we're seeing bigger, better, flashier and shiner objects everywhere else. Does this hurt its pop culture appeal?