Top 5 Times WWE Pissed Off It's Own Fanbase.

Intro.

Fanbases are a funny thing, because everyone has an opinion, from the toxic side of Taylor Swifts Swifties, to the evergrowing demand for content. This can annoy anyone fanbase, alongside varying quality of the product that you're consuming. WWE is no differant to this state of affairs, because this has been going on for as long as I can remember.

5. The Right To Censor.

The Summer of the year 2000 was a stark reminder for the then WWF, that they had to listen to what their audience was telling, this was evident with the Right To Censor faction. This was a direct dig at multiple parent orginisations, who were trying to tell the head of creative He Who Shall Not Be Named, to clean up his act. With these controls being done on a state to state measurement. This annoyed fans, they ruined Matches, and this allowed the whole situation to become an annoyance, and not a parody that was lost on fans.

4. Eat Your Food.

If you were a fan of the WWE in 2015, the there's a chance that you remember how the company acted like ignorant pigs, when it came to listening to it's fanbase. From force feeding fans the idea of liking Roman Reigns, to reducing Daniel Bryans role, to the incontinental Championship. This felt like a slap in the face to the fans that had stuck with the product.

3. HHH's Reign Of Terror.

I do feel that this is a double edged sword. On one hand this caused a lot of division within the fanbase. To me, this time period left me feeling a whole mixture of emotions. The first one was anger, because there was quite a lot of talent that got buried in this period, and the storylines ranging from the compelling, to weird, to outright offensive, this led some fans to not want to watch the product, so those fans turned off. Even this time period leaves me with two thoughts. If you were a hardcorist, then this wasn't for you, but if you were a fan like me, then the WWE was doing it's job, because they created a toxic heel, that I used to love see get his arse kicked. With that said. I do understand why some fans didn't like it.

2. Cm Punk Quits.

With Punk now being back in the company since late November 2023. You could make the argument that things have been going okay for the voice of the voiceless. This couldn't be said back in 2013. From having to work injured, and lingering tension from within the company, this all paved way for what came the night after the 2014 Royal Rumble. Because right before Monday Night Raw went to live. Punk had walked up to He Who Shall Not Be Named, and quit outright. This had been building for some time, and it goes to show. If tension is allowed to build, then the outcome could be catastrophic.

1. TKO Merger.

This is going to sound a bit hypocritical coming from me, because I've just purchased a ticket to WWE Friday Night Smackdown on the 16th of January next year on presale, and I had to spend £160 pounds on this little treat, But just because I was lucky enough to get a ticket, others might not be as fortunate. I saw a report last week that said, that when the TKO merger was finalised in September of 2023, how the ticket prices have gone away from the hands of the fans, and I get that business is business, at this point. The last time I bought a ringside for a WWE show was back in 2021, and it cost £85 pounds and this go around in January, I nearly ended up forking out £340, so you can see the aspect of were i'm coming from. Their are many fans who can't afford these prices, and it's going to get worse as time goes on. I just want what is fair for all fans.