Professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Eric Bischoff who is the former boss of WCW recently gave his opinion on the story structure of WWE. He believes WWE needs to change their story structure completely in order to stay in the competition.
It has been quite a long time since WWE is failing to book good storylines. Most of the storyline that WWE book these days are very weak compared to their previous record. There was a time when WWE booked great storylines which hooked the fans for a long time. Some of the storylines that WWE made during the Attitude Era and the Ruthless Aggression era are still considered classic.
Eric Bischoff Thinks WWE Needs To Change Their Story Structure
But since the end of the Ruthless Aggression era, WWE came out with a PG product and most of the storylines were quite weak. Except the main event storylines, all other storylines were terrible. It has been over a decade since WWE is failing to book non main event storylines. Every now and then WWE try to make some good storyline but poor execution made them totally vague.
There are reports that the writers in WWE are not in full control of writing storylines. It is Vince McMahon who has the last say and he single handedly rejects so many storylines, some of them must have been really good. A lot of fans believe that it is Vince McMahon himself who is burying WWE with weak storylines.
A lot of changes are immediately needed WWE wants to stay in competition with its rival promotion, the AEW, which is doing tremendously well. WWE does have to change its story structure. It definitely needs better storylines.
Eric Bischoff who is the former boss of WCW recently spoke on CBS Sports’ Shakiel Mahjouri where he gave his opinion on the story structure of WWE. He believes WWE needs to change their story structure completely in order to stay in competition. He said;
“It would be story structure. It would be taking a more pragmatic approach to story structure. Actually, discipline would be a better word than pragmatic. It would be first recognizing that a good story has to have structure. It would be no different than shooting a movie that doesn’t have a script blocked out and not really knowing what the end of the movie is. You couldn’t be in the movie business that way.
“You couldn’t produce television shows that way. You can’t even write a book that way. I think with WWE because of the sheer volume of products that they produce globally every week, it only creates a more significant need for a more disciplined and well-thought-out story structure.
That’s part of the flaw with WWE creative, at least in my opinion, is that there’s such a sameness to everything. OK, one show is red and one show is blue, and there are different names on the roster, but the look and feel, the story-telling technique, or lack thereof, everything feels so familiar and has felt so familiar for so long.
“I think it would need to be de-sanitized. The WWE is such a perfectly executed live production that it doesn’t even feel live anymore. It feels like you’re watching a feature film. I think with wrestling because of what it is, an arena-based event, you want the viewers at home to feel like their part of that event. Sometimes overproducing that show can take that away from the home viewer.”