I brought this up because I got into a debate about it this morning. The guy appeared to been blaming the talent, threw up Daniel Bryan as a guy the machine was behind and they still lost money and ratings, said that the Indy's don't have the next mainstream star and that the WWE needs to develop homegrown talent as if the Performance Center isn't full of former football players and Cross Fit junkies. I wish I could link the thread but it's all over the place.
Said Rollins can't be mainstream and he's too busy trying to get himself over.
Said none of these guys look like wrestlers and when I said it's 2016 (implying that times are different) he maintained that casuals want to see guys who look like wrestlers and not fat guys. Cited Russo and Court Bauer as if Russo's opinions always hold weight.
Said the WWE has convinced us that these guys are the BITW. Cited ROH and Chikara as not being moneymakers and mainstream viable.
Basically, smarks are ruining wrestling. The WWE needs a mainstream audience. I said fukk the casuals because the casuals always leave when the boom is over. They left when Hogan left, I know tons of people that left when Austin and Rocky left, people are now leaving as Cena is on his way out. So many excuses.