To me the writing has always been the biggest problem, especially after Stephanie McMahon-Leveque gained power. There were complaints about the writing (specifically RAW) for years dating back to when Austin was still an active wrestler. It's no surprise that the other show (smackdown) that she has very little imput on has put on the better product now for several years.
Brian Gerwitz, one of the main writers on RAW, has an entertainment background and doesn't know how to properly write a wrestling show. Add that to several factors (McMahons adding on their suggestions, wrestlers protecting their spot, move to PG era programming) and you have a giant
**** mess as you state.
I do think you have to blame Vince for two things--embracing the change from wrestling to sports entertainment and picking the wrong McMahon to run RAW. From all I've read, Shane would be a far better showrunner/main creative force on RAW, as I think he is more in tune with what us fans want. By "us fans" I mean the
**** wrestling fan base and not the kiddies.
You have a valid point in that the wrestlers main eventing now lack charisma and ability to work a match consistently. I will say that Cena does well in brawling style matches though. He can't really carry a match by himself.
You gotta add the Senate run of Linda McMahon to the reasons of the defanging of Raw. If she wasn't running for the US Senate, and WWE saw their bad ratings, I'd be willing to bet that they would at least try to change their PG format. They probably would return to the "Attitude era stylings" but I'd be willing to venture that they would at least embrace other ideas.
WWE isn't totally brain dead as they do put on a decent PPV show for most months.
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