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   WWEs AI-written future might actually be better than the hollow storylines on   
   TV right now   
      
   Date:   
   Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:28:39 +0000   
      
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   I love wrestling, but WWE is killing the sport by opting for profits over   
   making a good television show  maybe AI is the answer after all.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   If you told me ten years ago that WWE would one day turn to artificial   
   intelligence to write its storylines, Id have laughed and changed the channel   
   before the next twenty-minute promo hit.    
      
   Yet here we are in 2025, with reports that WWE has brought in a new senior   
   creative strategy lead to explore AI-based storytelling and integrate machine   
   learning into its creative services.    
      
   On paper, it sounds like the kind of soulless corporate experiment that could   
   flatten one of entertainments strangest art forms. In reality, I think it   
   might actually improve things, and even saying that makes me incredibly sad.    
      
   Because, as a lifelong wrestling fan, I have to be honest: WWEs creative   
   direction is in shambles. Its inconsistent, formulaic, and often completely   
   detached from the emotional storytelling that made wrestling special in the   
   first place.    
      
   The shows look slicker than ever, the talent is incredible, and yet the   
   product feels hollow. So when I hear that WWE wants to experiment with AI, I   
   dont immediately panic. I sigh, nod, and think: Well, it cant get much worse.   
      
   The state of WWE storytelling   
      
   Right now, WWEs storytelling feels like a never-ending loop of half-finished   
   ideas. Feuds begin with promise, explode for a week, and then vanish into the   
   ether. Wrestlers like John Cena, on his retirement run, flip from hero to   
   villain to hero again with no motivation.    
      
   Storylines stretch on for months without purpose, and the company that once   
   produced arcs as legendary as Austin versus McMahon or even the more recent   
   Roman Reigns' bloodline now seems incapable of following through on even a   
   simple revenge plot.    
      
   The WWE has gone through turmoil in the last few years, from scandals related   
   to its once CEO and pioneer of sports entertainment Vince McMahon, to a   
   growing frustration from fans with the current product owned by TKO (the same   
   company that owns the UFC) leading to an intense amount of sponsorships,   
   incredibly expensive tickets, and major events like Wrestlemania heading to   
   Saudi Arabia where all the money is. But even then, up until 2025 and a major   
   deal with Netflix, the storytelling remained stellar. It genuinely felt like   
   the golden era of wrestling, and as a fan, I was so excited to consume the   
   product.    
      
   Its not that WWE lacks creative talent, but I think the system suffocates it.   
   Dozens of writers work under layers of approval, with constant rewrites and a   
   desperate need to please sponsors, broadcasters, and stockholders. Every   
   storyline is a copy-paste job from the last one, and every promo sounds like   
   its been run through a focus group. Theres no chaos anymore, no spontaneity,   
   no reason to care, and thats why the idea of AI stepping in doesnt fill me   
   with dread. It fills me with curiosity.   
      
   Maybe AI is the answer?   
       
   According to the Wrestling Observer , WWE has already dabbled with AI through   
   a platform called Writer Inc. Early tests didnt go well, with one bizarre   
   suggestion pitching a returning wrestler as a culture-obsessed version of   
   himself who loves Japanese history.    
      
   It sounds ridiculous, but the truth is WWE has approved storylines worse than   
   that in the past, and even recently, there's been some very questionable    
   story beats, such as The Rock wanting Cody Rhodes' soul.    
      
   Wrestling thrives on long-term storytelling. You can suspend disbelief all    
   you want, but you need a world that makes sense. When one weeks big feud is   
   forgotten the next, the emotional investment evaporates. An AI system could   
   actually fix that. It could track continuity, remind writers when theyve   
   dropped a storyline, and keep character motivations coherent. It wouldnt   
   replace the human touch, but it might stop the constant creative resets that   
   make watching WWE week after week feel like dj vu.    
      
   Theres also the issue of scale. WWE has so many shows on television that it's   
   almost impossible to keep up with them all. Theres Raw, SmackDown, NXT,   
   premium live events like Wrestlemania and Summerslam, and an endless stream    
   of social content.  And as the number of weekly shows increases, the quality   
   of storytelling takes a nose dive. Don't get me wrong, most of the wrestlers   
   are still fantastic in the ring, and the top-tier talent like CM Punk, Iyo   
   Sky, and Rhea Ripley, to name a few, are still able to capture the magic that   
   made everyone fall in love with the sport in the first place.    
      
   That said, AI could help coordinate the bigger picture, identifying which   
   storylines are working, which wrestlers have momentum, and when an angle has   
   run its course. It could act as a creative assistant, not a replacement,   
   helping the writers keep track of dozens of overlapping arcs in a way that no   
   spreadsheet or group chat can.   
      
   I'm optimistic, but there's no reason for my optimism   
      
   Yes, I'm not completely convinced by my own idea, but this use of AI fills me   
   with more excitement than the harsh reality that WWE might just use AI tools   
   like ChatGPT or Google Gemini to quickly write scripts with very little human   
   oversight. I'd like to think that wouldn't be the case, but then again, every   
   time I believe WWE won't do a particular thing (ahem, bring back Brock    
   Lesnar, for example), I'm left with egg on my face.    
      
   And we all know AI can't replicate emotion; in fact, I'm sure it cant   
   understand why the return of CM Punk caused chills or why Daniel Bryans   
   underdog story worked so perfectly. Wrestling is built on human connection,   
   crowd energy, and the art of selling drama in real time, and I don't think    
   any algorithm can grasp that.    
      
   So it becomes a toss-up: More of the same without AI or hope that the WWE   
   implements this new technology with tact and improves its own storytelling. I   
   wish I could say that I actually believe AI is the answer to a better version   
   of WWE in 2025, but I don't think those running the shows actually care.   
   Nowadays, WWE is about multi-million dollar sponsorships, powerbombs through   
   the Slim-Jim Table, and actively doing anything that makes incoherent sense.    
      
   If I did have a belief in the WWE to do what's right for fans, then AI could   
   use the mountains of data from decades of crowd reactions, ratings, ticket   
   sales, and social metrics to form a better product. AI could help the company   
   actually use that information to tell better stories. It could analyse when   
   audiences lose interest, when a heel turn sparks excitement, or when    
   nostalgia fatigue sets in.    
      
   As strange as it sounds, AI might help WWE rediscover what made it special.    
   If a machine can remember that Cody Rhodes still wants to finish the story,   
   maybe it can remind the company that long-term storytelling actually matters.   
   If an algorithm can track fan interest, maybe it can nudge creative teams to   
   stop running the same match six weeks in a row.    
      
   I never thought Id say it, but maybe its time WWE embraced the machines. Not   
   to replace the writers, but to help them tell better stories, the kind that   
   make fans care again. Because right now, WWEs biggest enemy isnt AI. Its   
   apathy. And if it takes an algorithm to fix that, Ill be the first to cheer   
   when the robots roll the credits.    
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/streaming/netflix/wwes-ai-written-future-might-actua   
   lly-be-better-than-the-hollow-storylines-on-tv-right-now   
      
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