Over the course of it’s history, professional wrestling has changed a lot. Even looking back to the 1980’s, things are completely different than what can be seen today on shows like WWE Monday Night RAW or AEW Dynamite. In the past, in-ring action took a backseat to characters, which some like Jake Roberts feels was a much better way to run the business. While in-ring action is great, things might be too rushed – leading to talent being lost to time.
Jake Roberts Feels Everything Is Too Rushed, Not Enough Time Is Given To Develop Character
During a new interview with WrestleRant – Jake Roberts would air some grievances with the current state of professional wrestling. Roberts feels everything is rushed, and no time is taken to develop characters.
“You know, everything they’re doing now is rushed so much. They’re not taking the time to develop characters. They’ve got a lot of great athletes going out there flying through the air and doing inconceivable things to their bodies. At the end of the night, nothing sticks. What was that? What are they gonna do next? It’s because there is not a character involved and I’d like to see them start working on their characters. Of course, they’ll do that with interviews, that’ll help a lot, and hopefully I’ll be able to help some of those guys do better interviews. That’s my new job in AEW and hopefully I’ll do a good job of it. But, the product is still needed, it’s still wanted, but it gets frustrating when you see the same mistakes going on and on. Sometimes I’m like, if I had some teeth to pull out I would but these are connected.”
This falls in line with other recent comments from Roberts, who recently said that most modern wrestlers are doomed to be forgotten. You can read more about that here.
Do you agree with Jake Roberts? Should there be more focus on characters in modern wrestling? Let us know what you think in the comment section down below.
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