Current Events > WWE to focus on AI storytelling as part of new creative strategy

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WWE hired Cyrus Kowsari as the Senior Director of Creative Strategy in early October.
Cyrus wrote on his LinkedIn, If youve known me for any part of my life, you know how passionate I am about WWE. The storytelling, the production, and the athleticism combine to make the most exciting and enduring television and live events decade after decade. WWEs brand and product have captivated me and inspired my work for as long as I can remember. I am so excited to be here!

According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer, Levesque said that Kowsari would lead WWEs transition to AI based story telling and integrate AI into creative services like video and graphics. He said that this shift is inevitable when it comes to creative in pro wrestling. Kowsari said he would both manage AI storytelling and be a liaison to the White House as Levesque is taking on more duties in politics in some form. WWE has a contract with Writer AI, a platform which has already been fed WWE content.

The report also states, The AI software has come up with what one person with knowledge of the situation called absurdly bad storylines. They pitched a storyline where Bobby Lashley, who I guess AI thought was still with the company, could come back as a wrestler who was obsessed with Japanese culture and history.

Fightful will provide more information on Cyrus Kowsari and his role when it is known.

Kowsari said he would both manage AI storytelling and be a liaison to the White House as Levesque is taking on more duties in politics in some form.

Not gonna lie this made me laugh out loud, I would tune in for this:

They pitched a storyline where Bobby Lashley, who I guess AI thought was still with the company, could come back as a wrestler who was obsessed with Japanese culture and history.

On one hand I'll be glad when the AI bubble pops. On the other hand I'm not looking forward to the economic depression.

Not gonna lie this made me laugh out loud, I would tune in for this:

They pitched a storyline where Bobby Lashley, who I guess AI thought was still with the company, could come back as a wrestler who was obsessed with Japanese culture and history.

If there is one thing you absolutely cannot substitute with AI, it's personality-based entertainment. What the literal fuck are they thinking?

Have you seen how bad WWE's creative has been overall the last 20 years?

They'd be better off coming with storylines by pulling and stronger together random notes out of a hat

AI powered wrestling?

im pretty sure nobody fucking asked for this. same way nobody asked for AI powered anything...

To be fair people wanted AI power things forever because of Sci Fi movies.

Only problem is instead of C3PO we got the congealed goo of the Internet given voice, after being given a few good whacks to the head with a baseball bat.

They had a pretty noticeable uptick in quality once HHH replaced Vince McMahon but ever since the TKO acquisition they've been pretty shit

Yeah I don't know what the hell happened to Hunter but his style changed. When he first took over, that first year or so was incredible. Shows were fast, flowed well, everything flowed into the next from in-ring to backstage.

Now it honestly feels like they are right back to the old WWE formula except now they worry more about ads than ever before.

Yeah I don't know what the hell happened to Hunter but his style changed. When he first took over, that first year or so was incredible. Shows were fast, flowed well, everything flowed into the next from in-ring to backstage.

Now it honestly feels like they are right back to the old WWE formula except now they worry more about ads than ever before.

Meanwhile, AEW positions themselves as if they are giving away dream matches each week. And it works.

It works to their tiny garbage loving audience who will watch no matter what they do.

With all of AEW's flaws the one thing they consistently get right is actual wrestling in their matches. Wrestling tribalism is so funny to me because from the perspective of 99% of society it's all the same dumb shit.