>>14449013Nah, it's an obsession among older guys in charge with the effort and dues that have to be paid in order to be permitted less restraint.
Characters can't develop organically if you consistently tell them word for word what to say.
Drew fucking sucked until he got to cut promos with Punk. The back and forth not only sounded like a natural conversation, it sounded like these guys legitimately don't like each other because they were free to speak any way they wanted.
This problem may not have started with Vince in 2002, but when Austin packed his bags and left, it was over being directed by idiots who didn't understand wrestling to say shit which the Stone Cold character would never say in cartoony, inorganic ways.
Other wrestlers suffered the same pressures but didn't leave, the money was too good. Jericho and Ric Flair for example have some diabolically rotten backstage segments from 2002, 2003 Raw on youtube. It's abysmal, go see for yourself.
Another batch of talent was trained to recite slop from the start. Batista, Cena just to mention a few.
