>>16777552It was the cognitive dissonance of wrestling at the time. The outdated idea that all you needed was to be big to be good with Vince still booking and pushing guys through this antiquated mindset too. Meanwhile fans had already moved on and seen through that shit, so none of them ever got over, and there was a groundswell of new, different looking guys with a fresher style that people did want to see. AJ, Punk, Joe, etc. Pretty much the early ROH/TNA X-Division sort of guy. That's what was popular everywhere else outside of WWE tv
