My primary takeaway from this first episode was when The Undertaker (or Mark Calloway) said “less is more.” This is incredibly true and very applicable to the superstars of today. Sure, they can’t do everything you could imagine athletically, but at the end of the day it doesn’t matter if they can’t captivate and enthrall the audience. They have to make them care about their particular character and show them why their character is different from anyone else.
I personally love guys like Ricochet and want them to succeed more than anything. But, superstars need to be able to develop a mystique about them that makes the audience care and draws in the WWE universe if they want to truly get over and have longevity and marketability within the company. The process of getting over comes down to character every bit as much as, if not more than, athleticism.