Raven Thinks Pro Wrestling Bookers Need To Be Younger
Raven thinks pro wrestling bookers need youth on their side
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Apr 10, 2023
Raven is commonly noted by wrestling fans and insiders as having one of the best minds for the business, with the nihilistic former ECW Champion winning a legion of fans in the 90s for his thought provoking, game-changing - and violent - work.
Whilst having Raven in a creative role would likely benefit any wrestling organisation, Raven himself disagrees, telling the Under The Ring podcast that younger bookers need to be running things:
"You have to stay current," Raven said. "That's always been a problem with the wrestling business — is bookers aren't current. They don't have any youth [on] the... booking committee, so to speak, who know what pop culture is, and what's trendy and what isn't."
Raven continued, “I think I would've been a great booker back then [the 90s]. Now I'm not as good as I would've been because, even though my wrestling knowledge is more, my pop culture knowledge [isn't]. ... I'm 58 years old, I don't stay current anymore."
In the latter years of his run atop WWE creative, many fans pointed at Vince McMahon’s advancing age and outdated pop-culture references as a hindrance to the product.
H/T: Wrestling Inc.