>>7350507The one thing that truly killed american wrestling's momentum and is still stifling its potential as a storytelling medium is the complete lack of artistic direction on the shows, which makes it all look so damn lame. It's not the height of the wrestlers, or the flippy shit, that's just extra stuff. Wrestling always followed the zeitgeist in its presentation, whether it's having nick bockwinkel rap or limp bizkit on stage, but with the arrival of the internet age in the 2010s and the extreme diversification of people's tastes and interests, wrestling seemed to lose its compass completely. It's been almost 15 years of flavorless, generic presentations. From the colors on the shows, to the lighting, to the music, to the commercial packages...etc. It all makes the audience ask one question: What's the point of watching this?
Fewer things than ever have been grabbing the most prized and limited resource out there in the wrestling world: the general populace's attention. It's absolutely ridiculous that the biggest shows today have those horribly empty intro packages.
So why does this matter so much? Because it directly affects the entire show. A little difference in lighting can flip the atmosphere and push the storylines down a more exciting road. But alas, we're still dealing with the most inconsequential era of professional wrestling that has ever been witnessed. I mean look at TNA in 2007 and how much they stepped their game up when they hired David Sahadi, the main creative force behind the video packages that were used in the attitude era. You can't afford to underestimate this aspect of show business anymore.
The only ones that were doing this right recently were Lucha Underground, Broken Matt, and Darby's short films.
