Modern wrestling has better matches and worse stories, discuss

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The in ring standard today would embarrass most of the classics, that part is barely debatable. Athleticism, pacing, safety, move variety, all far beyond what the average card offered decades ago. Put a random midcard match from today against one from the past and today wins nine times out of ten

But the stories around the matches feel thinner. Feuds used to simmer for months and a single punch could headline, because the punch meant something. Now everything is spectacular and therefore nothing is, and half the crowd is watching a five star classic while feeling absolutely nothing

Is this just the old fan curse, where the era that got you into it is forever the standard? Or has something real been traded away for workrate? Both promotions and both answers welcome, keep it civil, we all know how these threads can go