Backstage Reaction To WWE’s Very Odd Television Policy

They have a reason for that. Monday Night Raw and SmackDown are the biggest wrestling shows in modern times, with both being on the air for well over twenty years. They are institutions of WWE, but that does not mean things are always perfect. Both shows have some weird quirks at times and now we know both why one of them takes place, plus what some wrestlers think of it.

Over the last few weeks, WWE has had wrestlers make their entrances on television but not have their matches start for sometimes over twenty minutes. Fightful Select has spoken to several WWE stars about the situation, with the wrestlers saying they found it annoying. They have complained to WWE officials, who told them that the delays improve the flow of the show. One wrestler said that they would spend the delay talking to the crowd and getting annoyed at having to wait around for so long.

Opinion: I would love an explanation of how this helps the show flow, because all it does is make me forget that a wrestler is about to have a match. What good does it do to have the fans and wrestler go cold after the entrances are built up? This is one of those things that might make sense to WWE on paper but doesn’t exactly work out in practice, though I can’t imagine WWE actually changes it as a result of the complaints.

What do you think of the practice? How would you handle entrances? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 60,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 6,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his- Amazon author page with 30 wrestling books.

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