Enticing back the lost fans

Let's face it, it's WrestleMania next month and Nakamura is debuting at Takeover Dallas... They won't be losing any fans it's just typical butthurt extremism from the ones who don't like Roman Reigns.

Depends on whether by "lost fans" you mean people who used to watch wrestling when the characters and storylines were good, or if you mean the "lost fans" who boycott the show everytime Internet guys lose a match to non-Internet guys. Either way, WWE aren't going to start booking all the Internet guys to win every match. And WWE probably aren't going to start bothering with better characters and storylines either, so none of those "lost fans" are coming back.

I've not articulated my point well at all. What I meant was that they seem to be making another Super Cena in Reigns. There's very little going that doesn't benefit Reigns or Cena when they're involved. I don't mind Reigns. I always thought he was a great member in the Shield and had the look to be able to sit among the top of the roster, but there needs to be other people around him. They booked Rollins like a coward. Again, totally acceptable, but he was irregularly powerful and it seemed like the only reason he was there was because he was lucky, cheated and was the Authority's guy. Throw in a few other guys and there's less focus on the guys at the top meaning Reigns can get away with lackluster promos, you can book Rollins as a sneaky heel, but because these things aren't happening week in week out because there's no other top guys leaves the fans dissecting every little bit of every top guy.

I think WWE are right to treat the internet comments with contempt but some of them need to be listened to and I think they're forgetting that people on the internet are still people. People like Ryder and Ziggler needed to be pushed into meaningful feuds and used properly. That would make money! Not just tossed aside and losing whenever they get on TV! Like slippyfalco said, have these guys competing for a lesser title or just have them have meaningful feuds which in turn makes every match important and unmissable!

The difference is that with those guys the fans were invested 100% and often times the heel had the upper hand. Reigns RARELY if ever ends the show without having the upper hand. 

People are right to draw comparisons with Supermen of the past, Austin Hogan Cena Shawn Rocky etc, because it's a formula they've used to build the top guy for that long. I don't know what's expected of them with some fans really, it's never been any different and during all of those runs there were detractors who didn't feel it was the right direction through their own preference. It's never going to change, you either embrace it or watch something else.

The reality is, at this time of year in particular, there is enough going on to keep the casual viewer interested no matter how much they complain about the booking, direction of an over pushed superstar, etc. This is exactly how they build Cena, and it worked in spite of the boos and negative feedback.

Not really. We've been hearing people bitch about Cena for the better part of a decade now, Hogan was extremely hated by the early 90s and still winning everything, and the crowd never responded well to Shawn as a face until his return in 2002.

gotta love the 'wwe isn't doing anything wrong, it's just that the fans are dumb' perspective some people like to hold on here. sadly, it would seem wwe corporate and creative are equally as inept at seeing what the product needs, and therefore we're left to watch them diminish whatever is left.

the ratings and state of the company show: the fans aren't doing anything wrong, the company is.

Ryback had a huge following a couple years ago when he was being booked strong.

Bryan's win has absolutely nothing to do with anything. I'm talking about how he was booked. It was superman booking, he went over 3 HOF guys in one night. He no sold all of those finishers and going through the table and junk. But it's fine because he's a darling.

You're playing it very generously with the phrase "overcoming the odds". If you seriously don't think that WM30 was superman booking then I'd suggest you don't actually know what superman booking is. Go back and watch the match, it's far more cringe worthy than anyone using the term 'internet darling'.

Fact is, internet marks complain about Cena, don't want Cena near the product. Yet the product suffers in viewership when he's gone. He still sells more merch than anyone else. It's pretty much proof enough that the whiny internet marks are more vocal. That's all there is to it.

Roman has been turning in some fantastic performances over the past year, but those same whiny marks aren't going to give Roman credit for that, they'd rather just complain that we can't have a 15 hour Iron Man match between Owens and Cesaro as the main event of Wrestlemania.