WWE right now is the opposite extreme end of what happens when there isn't enough creative control given to the talent. Vince has too much of an iron fist and is interfering with good storytelling. You can tell that good storytelling is there with Triple H in the wings and what he does with NXT, but it's really starting to show that he's not being given much on the main roster (I think he's even been known to be frustrated lately).
WCW was on the complete other end of the spectrum, with too much creative control given to each wrestler, which resulted in a crap product with no consistency (egos also helped ruin it to boot).
Somewhere in the middle is the perfect balance. Have writers that guide the storylines generally, but let the characters and their traits develop based on the characters the wrestlers can actually play - NATURALLY. This can't be that hard to do. If Dean wanted to be Jon Moxley all along, surely there would have been 100 storylines that included Moxley as a character.
I also refer to the usage of Dustin Rhodes in his last few months in WWE as short skit, gag punchline character. Then when he debuts for AEW, his promos and his matches really played well to what he could do - and he's in his 50's. He had damn near the best match of Double or Nothing, and WWE would not allow him to demonstrate that at all.
Main roster WWE is unwatchable right now, and it's sad to see such a waste of talent. I'm hoping something there dramatically changes, because it's a waste to see guys like Cesaro, Luke Harper, and Samoa Joe be held back for what is probably a variety of trivial reasons.
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