The State of the WWE

I watched the crapty Redskins Vs Cowboys game in its entirety. It was a snooze fest throughout. I clicked over to RAW during the main event segment because of commercial and it was disenchanting.

It was painful to watch. Drawn out. Little real emotions shining through. It's sad..

Time to call in Vince Russo and Eric Biscoff

I agree with the op

Sheamus as wwe champ = the sh*ts

Been watching over 20 years; will always be a nerd level wrestling fanatic. The current product is in easily the most disconnected, unfocused and scary states it has ever been in; which seems to be obvious to all of u and many others.

In trying to pander to sponsers, current PC standards and shorter attention spans, the decisions involving the most important thing in the business, the CREATIVE, are made for all of the wrong reasons and completely fly in the face of any organic growth or natural fan response. Imagine if they ignored the growing cheers of stone cold in 97 and instead tried to push Rocky Miavia before he ever had a chance to truly get over. History would be different and likely, for WWE, a lot less successful. Listening to fans has been crucial in making the wwf/e what it is flr the last few decades and they are choosing to now go almost directly, suicidally against it.

It seems like vince only gives into getting real serious and innovative when his back is against the wall and right now it isnt like 97 when he thought he would lose it all. The sponser money keeps this sh-t going, basically. With the amazing roster they have they would need to shrink the creative team and keep the creative more consistent and disjointed and really listen to the fans and they could mwybe be taking over the world right now. People leaving before the last seg says something. Hoping for a turnaround

On the subject of things being a mess, there's something in particular that has been bothering me lately that most people seem to overlook, and it's a little thing, but it represents a larger problem.

Where is John Cena? I don't mean literally. Of course, we know he's on break filming a reality show. But what about in the context of WWE television? Where is he?

Why didn't he want a rematch with Alberto Del Rio? Why did he, for the first time in his career, tuck his tail between his legs and go home? Is he injured? Did he quit? What?

Perhaps most importantly, why didn't he want to be in the title tournament? Why didn't he demand it? This is a 15 time champion on his quest for a 16th with a perfectly ripe opportunity to take it. Why didn't he call the authority and demand to be in the tournament?

Of course, all of these questions are explained away with a simple passing mention on commentary, "John Cena has chosen to take some personal time and he'll be back soon." Hell, even a simple pre-recorded message from Cena would've sufficed. Instead, they just pretend he doesn't exist until he magically shows up in a couple of weeks. It's so stupid.

They just can't decide whether to be transparent or blindly guarded. It's okay for Stephanie McMahon to completely break character on a weekly basis during the show with a charity package, but it's not okay to just tell us that John Cena is on a much deserved, much needed vacation after ten plus years of non-stop dedication and hard work. It makes absolutely no sense.

I suppose it is your opinion however, I really enjoy most of NXT's works

IMO, 2015 is the second worst year of wrestling after 2007. Everything sucks right now-the in-ring matches, the storylines, the ratings. Mondays is the busiest day of work for me but I would always have Raw to look forward to after work. Now sitting through 3 hours of Raw is becoming a chore itself.