There is no single, collective, cohesive thought among the so called IWC. It always bugs the crap out of me whenever someone states in their thread something like "EVERYONE hates this, so WWE should do something else" or "I KNOW for a fact who should be pushed." If such statements represents a personal opinion, just say so and stop trying to assign it as the collective opinion of every wrestling fan.
WWE isn't perfect, never was and never will be because they can't placate or please everybody. At the same time, in this day & age, it can be much harder for wrestlers to get over for various reasons. Sometimes, the wrestler doesn't have the talent, their character doesn't work or the gimmick falls flat; that's how it is and will be in any era of pro wrestling past, present and future. There are some fans, however, who genuinely don't seem to want to do anything but gripe and complain no matter what. Part of the big problem with the internet utterly ruining the mystique of professional wrestling is that there are too many smarks who're cocky enough, or deluded in some cases, to run a wrestling company or book matches based simply upon what they like despite never working in the business a day in their life. These sorts of fans get it into their heads that if they like it, then it must be good and everyone else will think so as well. Sound familiar? It should because it's exactly the sort of mind set many of these same fans have assigned to Vince McMahon for the past 20 years.
In my opinion, and I stress MY OPINION, I do think that Vince is out of touch in some ways. It's fairly obvious that he's had more creative input on Raw for much of the past few months, you can tell by the major uptick in the "sports entertainment" segments like the return of the celebrity guest host and matches like Adam Rose & The Bunny vs. Slater Gator or El Toritto vs. Mini-Gator. Some elements of the Dean Ambrose promo this past Monday on Raw, with the mannequin and all, sounds like something Vince would suggest. I'm of the opinion that most WWE upper mid-card and main event stars get over best without resorting to lame comedy. Nobody in the audience thought Ambrose was funny, though Vince may have been having himself a grand ol' time backstage. For must of 2014, there's been a very, very noticeable lack of "sports entertainment" on Raw and I think it's led to a much better overall quality product. If you wanna do "sports entertainment" then at least try to do something that's actually entertaining rather than leading to an crowd mostly silent due to awkwardness.
