WWE RAW Superstar Seth Rollins recently appeared on The Gorilla Position podcast to discuss a variety of topics. One of the discussion points was the use of long term storytelling in professional wrestling in 2020. Rollins made some interesting points regarding the perceived ‘lack’ of longer term booking in WWE.
“In the age of instant gratification, audiences don’t have the patience for long term storytelling,” Rollins said. “When you can binge watch your favorite series in two days, as opposed to two months, it creates a different precedent for how we intake our entertainment.”
Rollins would also allude to the fact that fans might even ‘prefer’ to watch highlights of matches in gif form and on YouTube.
“We are consuming our entertainment differently, and wrestling is not immune to this shift,” Rollins stated while adding that younger audiences are wired differently and might not appreciate the product from earlier decades. “We have to adapt as well, to keep up with our audience. I am in my 30s so I grew up to the longer form of entertainment. But our younger audience isn’t wired that way.”
credit The Gorilla Position Podcast and a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.
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