Wrestling is like anything: it is discussed by anybody with an opinion, and opinions, famously, are “like ***holes”. Certain narratives persist when they were only ever true of a certain time period. Certain narratives persist because people simply wish to believe in them, even if they aren’t true.
Certain narratives persist because some people were so influential in the space that their opinions have taken root and cannot be shaken. Wrestling is sometimes so unspeakably bad that the alternative is considered the solution. The key example here is WCW dinosaurs in the main event = bad, ergo push the cruiserweights to the top of the card.
It was never that simple, but because it seemed that way for so long, a narrative persisted even when it made little sense: WWE should present authentic, exciting junior-style wrestling. This take was echoed long after the junior and heavyweight styles blurred into one another, making the former virtually obsolete. Tribalism predates the formation of AEW.
Opinion is often so extreme that it gets in the way of logic. This is true, sadly, in every walk of life. Pro wrestling is no different.
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The Booker Ruined This Wrestler’s Career Vince McMahon broke the way in which pro wrestling is received. His dire legacy haunts every conversation surrounding the medium, even indirectly. This is a broad false narrative to unpack, but because Vince was so atrocious at his job for so long - by wilfully destroying careers through his inability an.
