#2 Understand the state of ‘Kayfabe’
Gone are the days when babyfaces in the ring were mono-dimensional good guys, who hardly put a foot wrong in any situation in life. Storylines, and characters included, do much better when they channel reality nowadays, as fans have started seeing through kayfabe to a large extent.
Vince McMahon, in all fairness, seems to be oblivious to this concept. Yes, John Cena learnt to roll with the punches and the polarizing response that he garners from the audience, but to expect all the top babyfaces that succeed him to follow suit doesn’t bode well.
Just ask Roman Reigns.
Triple H, on the other hand, promoted the Demon King character as the face of NXT, and the audience lapped it up. It isn’t as much about ‘good versus bad’ anymore as much as it seems to be about knowing how to deal with the grey areas in characterization and getting the Superstars over by embracing that.
Surely, Vince can take lessons from Triple H in that department.
