Sure, but the promoters are the ones who sells the audience on expectations based on the card they build and the bookers book accordingly. If you book people taking high risk moves, you expect high risk moves. And now it's become baseline to just do this for the clicks and socials.
I don't think a match of Carmelo Hayes vs. Dragon Lee would be received by fans well if it was all arm drags and sleeperholds. And I don't think Michaels would allow at 35 minute storytelling extravaganza.
Sure the wrestlers have some degree of match agenda, but the bookers are the ones ultimately responsible for how they want the storylines to develop and the card to play out, including the style of wrestling they want to exhibit.
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