5 productive things WWE can do while on a "hiatus"

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#2. Give Superstars a chance to pitch new ideas

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You often hear of WWE wrestlers discuss how they would pitch idea after idea to Vince McMahon and his writing staff, only to have them rejected. Now, to be fair, there could be a number of legitimate reasons for that. Maybe the idea doesn't fit into their current story plans. Maybe it's just not feasible on a technical level. Or, maybe it's just not - horror of horrors - a very good idea?

I imagine, though, that a lot of the time, ideas get rejected because they're juggling a lot of ideas from both their teams as well as other Superstars, and they simply can't entertain them all. Why? No time. Writing and producing that much weekly content is a hectic proposition - especially when you know that your entire plan can be scrapped and redone by the boss at the last minute.

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You give everybody a break for a while, however, and that's more time for the wrestlers themselves to get more involved in the creative process. Writers, producers - heck, even Vince himself - now have more opportunities to go over proposals and incorporate ideas from their performers they normally wouldn't because there normally just isn't enough time.

Fans will invest more in a pro wrestling angle when a performer is invested in the angle. This is the perfect opportunity to get performers invested in upcoming angles - because they'll have more of a say in them.

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Kevin Christopher Sullivan has been writing online professionally since 1999, which makes him probably older than you. He's written for sites such as Uproxx and Austin.com. He's also performed stand-up comedy, attended Butt-Numb-A-Thon and E3, and owns some pretty cool t-shirts. He lives outside of Austin, TX with his wife, daughter and four annoying cats. And, yes, he knows who he has the same name as.

When he's not watching and writing about wrestling, he's probably playing video games, advocating for mental health issues, or yelling at something in his house for not "working the way it's supposed do, dang it!"

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Edited by Akhilesh Tirumala