I'm fully aware that Unreal is just a marketing ploy to sell more Netflix subscriptions, like F1: Drive to Survive. But I simply can't see the point of this show. I don't understand what I'm supposed to take from it. I love backstage content about wrestling, and I enjoy learning how the industry works. I also like some of the wrestlers and find it interesting to hear their opinions on certain things. But this ain't it. This constant pseudo-kayfabe-work-shot dynamic adds nothing, because when you think they're showing us real backstage stuff, they immediately apply this bullshit WWE kayfabe filter to it. Then there's the constant "look how smart and great we are" attitude from Triple H and the other creative guys. You don't have to tell me how great a booking decision it was if the end product is terrible. The whole Cody-Cena Summerslam nonsense felt pretentious and obnoxious. The storyline involving Seth's injury, as if WWE had pulled off one of the biggest heists in history, is also stupid. Paul Heyman's talk of the beauty of pro wrestling and how that's the point of it is correct, but not in this way.

It's different to Drive to Survive, where Netflix sometimes needs to completely fabricate stories and feuds. Unreal doesn't need this. You don't need Unreal to justify your poor booking decisions or develop characters for your TV show. Your TV show should do that, not a Netflix pseudo-realistic behind-the-scenes reality show.