#2 Predictability
Anybody who has been watching wrestling for a long enough time knew exactly what was about to go down the second a match between Kevin Owens and Goldberg was announced.
One of the biggest complaints from WWE fans is that we all eventually reach a plateau where things stop being surprising because we’ve seen it all before and we know how the creative team tends to operate.
More often than not, we can see past the current setup and assume not just what is going to happen in the immediate future, but a few months down the line, and whenever that is proven true, our instincts are to scoff and say that it was bad because it was predictable.
This derision is sometimes baseless, as there are people who think surprises for the sheer sake of shock value would somehow be a better option than a predictable outcome just because they didn’t see it coming, even if it were a horrible decision. While it might not be you who is reading this right now, someone out there would have been happy if Bo Dallas somehow walked away with the championship just because they wouldn’t have seen it coming.
The problem with predictability, though, isn’t just in how it robs audiences of fun twists to turn our heads for that particular moment, it also puts a damper on everything to come.
What is more entertaining: finding out who the murderer is during a horror film when the big reveal happens or being told spoilers ahead of time so every moment where the enjoyment comes from the pleasure of being left in the dark is ruined as you know what is going to be told to you 90 minutes later?
If we know how the next few weeks of Raw are about to go down, we are going to be less inclined to watch the show, which means all of the other feuds which need us to tune in to be able to get invested in won’t have that audience getting behind them.
On the other hand, if Owens had retained, then we’d all be wondering how WWE would bounce back with Goldberg and the ratings for Raw would probably spike in curiosity. Now, you’ll be hearing a less enthusiastic viewer base who might skip the show because they’ll catch up with the video packages on the Wrestlemania pre-show.
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