Former WWE champion Seth Rollins has voiced his displeasure at wrestling fans who “don’t have the patience” for long term storytelling.
Discussing his Monday Night Messiah persona on The Gorilla Position Podcast, Seth Rollins said:
“Although I have been careful to craft the character, nothing has been perfectly planned out for months in advance. There has been no timetable on how things are going to go. In the age of instant gratification, audiences don’t have the patience for long term storytelling. When you can binge watch your favorite series in two days, as opposed to two months, it creates a different precedent for how we intake our entertainment.
He added: “We are consuming our entertainment differently, and wrestling is not immune to this shift. We have to adapt as well, to keep up with our audience. I am in my 30s so I grew up to the longer form of entertainment. But our younger audience isn’t wired that way.”