my latest deep dive for @ringer looks at cain velasquez and tyson fury in the context of all those other boxing and MMA stars who have crossed over into pro wrestling.https://www.theringer.com/2019/10/11/20909573/wwe-shoot-fighters-brock-lesnar-cain-velasquez-tyson-fury …
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That was a great read and indeed a thoughtful and serious question going forward
I don’t mind mma-style wrestling, like Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport events, and I don’t mind people who work a hybrid style, like Matt Riddle, but I think the overall preference from knowledgeable fans these days is for “wrestling-as-wrestling”
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I mean, kayfabe has come back to the extent that ESPN’s coverage is a bit like the publicity coverage wrestling used to get in the 50s, and fans who “know better” are now throwing themselves into booing and cheering per kayfabe rules
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That's the thing. WWE production has turned into a show geared toward a new set of fans more into the narrative than the actual wrestling as a sport (at least to my eyes) and that makes me highly doubt they changing direction as the WWE seems to have recaptured its mojo a little
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Is there any chance the WWE ever ditch its scripted storylines tho? I think that is where the problem is. Mixing characters from the WWE universe with "real-life" fighters ultimately collides. As you wrote, if this was real wrestling or MMA or other style, the latter'd prevail
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