5 Ways WWE's in-ring style is hurting the overall product

#1 Too many injuries

Daniel Bryan was forced out of the game, but did it have to happen?

This is not just a problem for the talents involved, but for WWE itself, and it’s not going away any time soon. Injuries are a way of life in pro wrestling, and that will surely always be the case. But heading into late 2015 and well into 2016, fans saw a dramatic rise in the number of injuries for WWE.

Sami Zayn, Cesaro, Neville, Randy Orton, Tyson Kidd, Bray Wyatt, Seth Rollins, Luke Harper, and John Cena, were all out of action. Sting went on the shelf with an injury, and has since announced his retirement. One by one, WWE Superstars have been hurt in the ring and have disappeared from the picture.

Each man has his own individual style of course, and not every one of them performed high-risk moves in the ring. But the fact that all of these injuries took place within months of each other, is a very telling fact. But perhaps the most convincing argument as it relates to the detrimental style of WWE is the departure of Daniel Bryan.

Daniel’s career was cut much shorter than need be, and the reason for that is his in-ring style. While fans certainly cannot blame him for his desire to entertain on a very high level, the most obvious question is the one that so many have asked to this point.

If he had tweaked his style and perhaps slowed down at least a half-step in the ring, could Daniel have added more time to his WWE career? He surely did not have to leave the way he did, and if he had just modified his game, he could perhaps still be an active wrestler today.

Fans want bang pow action from their WWE matches, and that is understandable. But when it comes at the expense of the talent’s health, as well as the overall quality of the WWE product itself, then it becomes clear that something must change. Until the company, and the Superstars themselves, can come to some sort of understanding, the fact is nothing will change at all.

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