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Belief that WWE’s camera cuts and zooming style won’t change even if Kevin Dunn leaves

Aaron Rift

WWE’s style of quick camera cuts and zooming has been criticized by fans over the years with executive producer Kevin Dunn often being the person that is blamed for it. During Wrestling Observer Radio, Bryan Alvarez of F4WOnline.com said the following in regards to the complaints…

“I know everyone flat out says it’s Kevin Dunn and I’m sure that he’s part of this. But I was told there are other people there that like the shaking and the zooming and the cuts and that you shouldn’t expect that if Kevin Dunn left tomorrow that we suddenly wouldn’t have that anymore. People there like it, I have no idea why. It’s absolutely horrible. It’s vomit-inducing. You can’t even see what’s going on…” (quote courtesy of WrestlingNews.co)

In May of 2022, former WWE VP of Global TV Production Mike Mansury spoke with Conrad Thompson on the The Insiders podcast via AdFreeShows.com and revealed that the style wasn’t Dunn’s idea…

“I will choose to protect the nameless person, but I will say the rapid camera cutting, to my recollection, that came into play when The Shield debuted. The whole purpose behind it, was to make what you see on-screen with the three characters of The Shield and the push, was to make it seem all that more chaotic. At the time, it worked. I can see now, after so many years of doing it, a lot of viewers feel like they’re on a queasy thrill ride, but that was the intent of it initially. A lot of it is done to protect the magic. You don’t want to expose the business. A big part of the business is how it’s done on TV. If you’re exposing the magic, you’re killing the fun for everybody. That’s the approach and the rapid camera cut situation, it was born out of creating and exciting and chaotic feel for when the Shield were doing the three-on-one beatdowns early in their run. It’s hard to break some habits, but shoutout to the gentleman who shares my initials who created that concept.” (quote courtesy of Fightful.com)