Kevin Nash and Sean Oliver criticized WWE’s long-standing production tropes, arguing that the constant use of predictable music cues and manufactured shock breaks the audience’s immersion. Kevin Nash pointed out that commentators repeatedly fake surprise when a wrestler’s music hits, despite having the format in front of them.

Commentary’s Fake Surprise

“How many f**king week after week after week. Does somebody in the middle of a sentence, they start the music and they just go and then stare up to the ramp,” Kevin Nash said. He noted that for realism, the announcers should acknowledge the planned occurrence: “For realism sake, don’t you think you now should go and…Well, and here comes Roman. We know this was gonna happen. What’s gonna happen now?”

The Soap Opera Analogy

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