>>17278096This is a deep subject that would take a while to break down. The tweeter's biggest mistake is in separating "overness" from a performer's in-ring abilities.
The go-to example here would be the organic emergence of Daniel Bryan's Yes! Movement in 2013 & '14 culminating with WM30.
RAW was a 3 hour show. Stephanie and the producers had shifted focus from the traditional conventions of booking to hiring experienced television writers who could script interesting "characters." Since booking a 3-hour show every week is difficult, they found themselves having to rely on performers capable of filling 3 segments on the strength of their in-ring abilities alone. Danielson was always capable of this. He would be able to carry anyone if he needed to + get over with the fans as an underdog on the strength of his selling and the overall quality of his matches. The WWE creative team turned away from developing his "character" and their storytelling was used to build up Orton and Wyatt at his expense, and yet he was more over than anyone precisely because he knew how to do this wrestling thing the fans tuned in for better than anyone else.
