Hugo Savinovich Says Fans Are Fed Up With WWE Storylines, Thinks Having No Fans Emphasizes WWE’s Lack of Creativity

– The Wrestling Inc. Daily recently interviewed former WWE announcer Hugo Savinovich. During the interview, he discussed WWE’s creative problems and claimed that WWE’s declining ratings during the coronavirus pandemic when everyone is at home shows that fans are fed up with WWE’s storylines. Below are some highlights from Wrestling Inc.com.

Hugo Savinovich on WWE’s ratings: “I reported on Lucha Libre Online that with all of the audience being at home, you have some of the worst ratings from SmackDown to Raw. Horrendous. So, it tells you that, it’s not that they don’t like WWE, it’s that the fans are fed up with the creative ideas. That also goes into NXT and AEW because regardless of who wins the Wednesday Night War, the two ratings combined don’t make for one good rating. There’s a big issue about getting it done right to hook the fans. Regardless if you are ROH, WWE, AEW, Impact, New Japan, you have to get the fans back and you’ve got to respect them. I think that’s the problem – with Vince it’s easy to put the blame on him because he’s the No. 1 guy. But all of us should take responsibility and improve them. I was just talking to Konnan and my deal would be to create fresh stories. We’re gonna be working to create a flamboyant character for AAA but we have to be careful not to piss off the fans like Lashley, Lana and that Rusev story.”

Savinovich on WWE pushing storylines fans do not like: “[WWE] wanna stick with stories that the fans don’t like and stories that have potential, they’re doing microwave airing where foods gotta be done in 30 seconds… Now with no fans at the arena, it shows more the lack of creative that you have or don’t have.”

Savinovich on the WWE business model: “Wrestling is not as huge as it was in Japan so they don’t have that incentive that Vince has. He has a contract that Linda got him that permission to make wrestling something you need. They would probably had to forfeit $200 million on the violation of the contract with FOX. I don’t know about the one with NBC but that’s serious money. So, for him, he has to make that money. Then the boys and girls make a lot of money. So, they can say they’re not being forced to go but there’s money and the company is running. You see Roman Reigns is not around and that’s huge. You don’t even see his name mentioned.”

His thoughts on WrestleMania 36: “You can never do WrestleMania without fans even though I loved the picture-movie with Undertaker. I hated the one with Cena and The Fiend. But I loved Edge and Orton. So, it was a mixed bag and the guys and girls did a fantastic job. But WrestleMania should have been held for after SummerSlam. If you can postpone the Olympics, then you can postpone WrestleMania. I don’t think it was a good call as WrestleMania has 90,000 fans and has the culture of getting together in a building with Japanese, Latinos, Australians – every walk of life. That’s the spirit of WrestleMania and we didn’t get that.”