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Also, concerning the WWE writer discussion.

Sami Zayn on Talk is Jericho managed to more effectively explain the writing system in a way people can understand that actually is more reasonable. Granted, he still sounds like it's a frustrating system that he doesn't exactly seem too fond of, but he basically said the following:

We shouldn't blame the writers because there are way too many moving parts to the show and that there are so many channels and avenues they need to go through to make any sort of changes to the show (but he makes it seem like he doesn't have any idea what is going to happen on RAW until it happens, which contradicts what Jimmy Jacobs made it seem like with the road writers talking with talent to figure out the next route). Because if they change one thing, it disrupts the whole show and how it works, because there is a certain amount of time allotted to the entire show. Sami also says that if he wants to change one thing, he has to go through the writers, the road agents, and he has to make his way up the chain of command to the top for Vince's approval to get it changed, and that takes way too much time and since the show is sometimes put together so close to the air time, that might not be possible. Jericho chimed in that it's ultimately up to Vince anyway and Vince has his reasons (though, admittedly, he did seem more frank and probably the most anti-Vince I have ever heard him to be, which is mildly critical).

So like, this all makes a lot more sense than anything Jimmy Jacobs has to tell us. But it does prove this entire system is still absolutely busted, and Sami seems to understand that. And Sami seems to conflate the argument that people blame the writers for pushes and such when I don't think fans say that for the most part, so I don't agree with his reasoning here, especially when people who complain about the writers usually blame them for actual writing issues and crappy segments, which granted aren't always their fault in their defense. But the fact that everyone acts like this is a delicately balanced house of cards and that one thing can disrupt it (despite them having to re-write and change things so close to the actual show starting and giving it a poor foundation as a result), and that they are purely at the whim of this broken system or more horribly Vince McMahon just proves this system is absolutely awful and should be changed to something that isn't a total mess that hurts everyone except for the one guy who keeps ruining everything.
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