1. Everybody can’t be pleased
Triple H had the following to say regarding people hating on their Top Stars:
“People will say all the time that we don’t listen. There was such a large period of time where half the people were booing John Cena, and half the people were cheering him, but he was packing arenas. He was selling more merchandise, he was more popular than ever; everything that we did, John was so far ahead of everyone else it doesn’t matter that half the people hate him. It’s difficult now to find the one that every single person likes.”
Hunter said that nowadays, they try to appeal to all age groups, races & religion.
“When we don’t tell the story well – whether that’s bad writing, bad execution, whatever – people don’t buy it. Especially when they know the reality of it. When you look at what we did from a storyline aspect: Daniel Bryan’s eliminated early, Roman Reigns goes to the end of the Rumble and he ends up winning. Years ago you just follow that storyline – he must be good, he won at the end. The ‘Reality Era’ says ‘no, they’re pushing Roman Reigns. I don’t want them to push him.’ We were holding back Daniel Bryan, because whatever reason we’re holding back Daniel Bryan.”
