by Bruce Bostwick

Created on: March 30, 2008

The WWE learned that perhaps victory isn't as satisfying as you would think. Without a true form of competition, it makes a company seem complacent and stagnant. In short, it makes it very hard to make a living in the wrestling world unless you become huge in the WWE. This is what it seems like in North America, in particular The United States. As part of a hypothetical guess, about 95% of the wrestlers that some see on the Independent Circuit probably wants to at one point go to the WWE. Even then, there is no such thing as guaranteed success.

They also learned that too much of anything can be a bad thing. Take for instance the nWo storyline that helped propel WCW to the top. It was running out of steam and got to the point of ridiculousness with having about nearly half the roster on that side. It needed to come to a close but the problem was that nothing else was even being developed as the successor to it. Had they gotten beyond it and kept up the momentum, perhaps WCW would still be around and help in the Monday Night Wars keeping it going. That is something that you can learn and also trying to recreate popular storylines hasn't seem to get the same effect as before. Take for instance the storyline of the New World Order being reformed. That was a complete and utter failure and would have never worked again. Things are once in a lifetime and can never be duplicated one more time.

The final thing that I can gather from what they learned was that you can't rely on the past all the time to work. Don't get me wrong, it's ok to have something from the past once in a while but it can't be the center of the show. There has to always be an evolution and come up with something new. It might have left WWE stuck on not knowing how to come up with something new since it seems everything had been done. Very rare if ever do they have World Title bouts on TV as it is now a PPV ordeal. You can't create your own competition as it is seen as artificial and not natural. Though I think they got rid of that idea, it is something that can't be done alone as it needs another company to step up and challenge the WWE. Victory may be sweet but it can be sour in the long run.

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