Internal Conflict Reported Within WWE Creative Team

There has been dissension reported among the members of WWE’s creative team.

For over a year, the company’s creative struggles have jumped to the fore, with fans constantly calling it out for abrupt endings, underwhelming storylines, or mistreatment of talent.

Add skyrocketing ticket prices to that, and fans have every reason to lash out.

On a recent edition of the Self Made Sessions podcast, host Self Made Pro revealed that earlier dealing with varied opinions was a part of the process for Triple H & Co. However, the same process appears to be hurting WWE.

Here’s something I was told. At the height of this regime, having different opinions in the room was actually helping the product. People would give their perspectives, Triple H would give his, and he’d highlight a little bit of everybody’s views on wrestling. I’ve now been told that this is kind of hurting the product.

Self Made Pro also said that, unlike a couple of years ago, only perspectives exist at the moment, and no direction.

There are so many disagreements and different perspectives, and at times there’s tension in the creative meetings — that’s how it was described to me. There’s a lack of a unifying vision about what the product should be right now. A lot of people have differing perspectives.

WWE Creative Team Divided On Handling Of Feedback

For years, fans have been an integral part of WWE’s creative path. Members have often admitted that they sometimes consider sentiments of the Internet Wrestling Community before pushing or demoting a wrestler/storyline.

Apparently, the company’s reaction to feedback is a reason behind the divide, too.

There are people in the WWE creative room who really push back on the idea that they need to capitulate to the desires of the online fandom. You get that anti-Meltzer sentiment in the room. Then there are others who argue that, beyond dismissing it as Twitter, this is what the hardcore fan base wants.

Self Made Pro said that the struggle behind the scenes is real and WWE needs address this issue to get back on track.

For example, someone might say, ‘Hey, we should follow up on this storyline we set up. If we don’t, people are going to point it out. The online crowd will call it out.’ And then others respond, ‘Who cares about that?’ But you can dismiss it as hardcore fans all you want — every version of your audience deserves cohesive storytelling.

The bottom line is this: nobody agrees on anything anymore. It’s a mess — a jumbled mess of different opinions and perspectives — and it’s not coming together the way it did two or three years ago.

H/T: Ringside News