5 Reasons Conor McGregor is more popular than all WWE stars

#3 Unscripted promos

There’s always an element of uncertainty in what Conor McGregor says

Why do hardcore wrestling fans consider Talking Smack to be the best show that WWE produces nowadays? Well, the answer is simple. It is because the show is highly unscripted, and a lot of times we are shocked by what the wrestlers have to say, despite today’s sterile product.

The era wherein wrestlers would cut promos that would make us wince, are now replaced by a politically correct era, where every promo is scripted to the absolute finest detail! McGregor’s promos have an element of danger in them.

When he said ‘I would like to take this opportunity to apologise to absolutely nobody’, at the conclusion of UFC 205, there was a reaction that hasn’t been seen in WWE for years now. The era of improvisation is gone, replaced by a new age where sponsors dictate what works and what doesn’t.