The age of WWE’s creative team is once again under scrutiny, with growing talk that the company’s decision-makers are simply too old to connect with modern fans or the evolving wrestling world. Critics argue that WWE’s storytelling reflects a dated mindset—one shaped by people who’ve been in the business for decades and don’t see beyond the WWE bubble.
During the November 1, 2025 episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer said that while WWE has some younger writers on staff, the actual power sits in the hands of a much older group—Triple H, Bruce Prichard, Michael Hayes, and Paul Heyman. Meltzer explained that this top-heavy structure has made WWE’s creative approach stale.
“Yeah, you need people with ideas and open to stuff. They have a large writing team and a lot of them are young, but yes—at the top of the top—you know, like Paul is almost 56. Michael Hayes is older than me. Heyman’s 60. I believe Prichard is in his 60s… So yeah, it’s a lot of older people.”
He went on to say that this older generation of creatives has been shaped by WWE’s internal culture for so long that they rarely engage with other wrestling styles or ideas from outside the company.
“Most of them… their whole life is WWE. They’re not even watching AEW. Their whole life is WWE. So they’re not watching Lucha Libre. They couldn’t tell you a thing about what CMLL is doing or what New Japan is doing.”
Meltzer argued that without younger minds—and without people who pay attention to wrestling outside WWE—the company risks becoming creatively stagnant.
“You’re not going to keep learning if you’re only following your own company. You got to study the indies and you got to study other stuff… They’re missing a lot because they only know the way they grew up on. And there are new ways now.”
With wrestling audiences younger, more global, and more online than ever, Meltzer’s comments raise serious questions about whether WWE’s creative process can keep pace with today’s fans. It’s a harsh reminder that the same minds who once built WWE’s success might now be the ones slowing it down.
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November 1, 2025 10:19 am
