Exposition is Important in Wrestling

Back in the territory era and prior wrestling was simple and the feuds were clear cut for the most part. As a fan you knew who was the good guy and who was the bad guy and why they had an issue. Even if you didn't at first the television announcer would catch the fans up or the promos the talent did would help fill in the blanks. It didn't matter if it was something simple like good vs evil or something a little more complex like Jimmy Hart turning on Lawler in a promo after Lawler broke his leg. Either way the fans were never left wondering why exactly two wrestlers had been paired together. 

Nowadays we are lucky to get even a highlight package on a weekly program. More often then not weekly programming is changed week to week and it often leaves us wondering why two random wrestlers were put together other than just, because. It is rare to be given much context if any at all, and the fact that there is very little exposition to feuds that doesn't help the talent get more interest from the fans. Meaningless feuds only gives talent television time, but with little character development it doesn't help them move forward or put them in a different of a position then they were in to begin with. In my opinion, it seems like most writers have forgotten that wrestling can be simple if you tell a good story with psychology, but it isn't about psychology or the story anymore it's more about the match and less about the reason for the match. It is an important part of the wrestling puzzle that has fallen by the waste side.