Many years ago late 80s and early 90s i was a massive wrestling fan hulk hogan/andre the giant/legion of doom/tug boat/ultimate warrior etc were all massive larger then life personalities. And of course back then i was under the illusion that it was all real and kayfabe was well in force back then(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe).
But after a while when i got older i got bored of it the superstars i really liked all left or were past there best days and if i am honest the talent roster i felt got more grounded in reality rather then the larger then life personality though i still may catch the odd show every now and then.
Now the reason i am doing this blog now is i have watched the past 2 royal rumbles and it does seem like the fans are getting a lot more in the know and not reacting how i imagine WWE would want them to react.
Now i can see WWE could be in a bit of pickle if they bow down to the fans then it is the fans running the show or if WWE do there own thing i can imagine fans leaving so really from there point of view it is what makes financial sense .
WWE is a planned written show but with real people and i think they have to really be there for the fans. I was trying to think of TV shows that did there own thing but fan outrage caused them to back pedal and i cannot think of many. Imagine if game of thrones killed of a fan fav character would the viewership plummet ? i doubt it but if something happened in a tv show and the audience abandoned the show they would have to address it the most famous one i can think of was dallas and the whole bobby thing where they literally had to scrap a season and restart.
In the end what with UFC it is getting harder for the WWE to really stay on top and they need to be a lot more flexible.
One thing i will say now is while i do not really follow wrestling one of the big things i am a fan of is the shoot interviews there are so many entertaining ones out there so if anyone wants to see a top 10 list let me know
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