Honestly, I don’t get why fans outside of New Orleans even care that WrestleMania got moved to Vegas. Maybe they announced NO too soon, maybe something came up and the city couldn’t host — either way, it really doesn’t affect the rest of us.
Them being money-hungry and the product feeling stagnant right now are two separate things. The shows get magnified because WWE is all over major outlets with these big business deals, but that doesn’t automatically mean the in-ring product is bad — it just feels more under the microscope at a time when there isn’t a hot storyline carrying everything.
With Vince, it was PG everything, promos written like they were for kids, no blood, no real weapons outside of a kendo stick, a terrible women’s division, and constant disrespect to new call-ups (not just the Black ones either). On top of that, you had dumb name changes and a refusal to even acknowledge past history — all while stripping away any edge like cussing or intensity.
Yeah, maybe HHH is coasting a little right now, but the product is still miles better than what Vince was giving us. He’s rebuilt the women’s division, given call-ups a real shot, and brought back some grit and logic that was missing before. There’s plenty of room for criticism, but acting like it’s just “profit over product” ignores how far things have come since Vince stepped away
