There’s no denying that WWE has been on a roll over the last few years, but in recent months creative has been criticized by some fans on social media. While fans have been vocal when it comes to their opinions, it seems that they’ve been falling on deaf ears.
While speaking with Sports Business Journal, Nick Khan discussed the social media criticism and declared that it’s just not something the company is going to respond to.
“We will never respond to social media criticism. If ratings are down, if revenue’s down, if relevancy’s down, it’s up to us. A year ago, we got together. Triple H, [Chris] Legentil, myself, a guy named Shawn Michaels who runs our developmental system, Hall of Fame wrestler. And we said, ‘Hey, look, we have John Cena on his retirement tour. Rock came back and now he’s gonna be filming Jumanji and Smashing Machine at the time. Our other big stars, CM Punk’s 46. We got a number of men who are 40 years or older and they’re performing at the high level. We got to accelerate the next generation of talent. So what do we need to do to accelerate it?’
Shawn Michaels said we need to take them on the road so they get the crowd response of a live crowd. That’s part of what makes wrestling unique. If you’re getting cheered, great. If you’re getting booed, great. If there’s no response, terrible. So you need that live crowd to figure that out, so we made the investment in that.”