KillerWolf
05-02-2005, 01:19 AM
everyone misses the glory days (from about 1997-2000), when wrestling was at it's peak of popularity. the ratings were high, and EVERYBODY was watching. lets face it, back then wrestling was trendy. there was a huge casual fan base. people who never watched wrestling were getting hooked. now, most of those casual fans are gone, yet Vince McMahon, for the most part, is still trying to cater to that fan base.
now, i still watch it. but it's not fun anymore. i still watch it, just like a lot of people, just hoping that it will get better. so , where did the ratings go? what made wrestling so much more fun to watch 7 years ago? what made it so appealing to so many people? it sure as hell wasn't lingere pillow fights. were the matches really better then? we still have 'classic' matches today. and i dont think that it was the much better storylines that got millions of people hooked. what made me, and every casual fan i knew keep tuning in to wrestling was the humor.
i remember my wife and i would sit through a whole 3 hours of NITRO laughing or smiling. and once that got stale, we would watch 2 hours of RAW laughing or smiling. we would get more chuckles from watching wrestling than from watching stand up comedy on Comedy Central. now, most people would rather watch some female jewish comedian ramble about her over-bearing mother.
wrestling just isnt funny anymore. other than the 5 minutes of Christian you get on RAW, how often does watching wrestling make you laugh? Eddie used to make us laugh, but now he's bogged down in a tag team with Misterio. Anyway, those two make me feel excluded because its always about la familia y la raza. no soy Mexicano, so i guess i dont count. Kurt Angle is getting heat from commiting dastardly deeds these days, not so much antagonizing the fans. then: we had Hollywood Hogan delivering pure gold on the mic. now: we have 30 minutes of HHH saying "i am the gaaaammmah!" then: we had DX dressed up as and doing their impressions of the members of the Nation of Domination. now: we have three 'divas' come to the ring and say "who wants to see us take our clothes off?!"
i say what made wrestling cool was the humor. you can say i'm wrong. you can say the way to get everyone back on board is to put the Heavyweight Title on the Hurricane. i'm just stating the opinion of myself, and everyone that i know personally.
now, i still watch it. but it's not fun anymore. i still watch it, just like a lot of people, just hoping that it will get better. so , where did the ratings go? what made wrestling so much more fun to watch 7 years ago? what made it so appealing to so many people? it sure as hell wasn't lingere pillow fights. were the matches really better then? we still have 'classic' matches today. and i dont think that it was the much better storylines that got millions of people hooked. what made me, and every casual fan i knew keep tuning in to wrestling was the humor.
i remember my wife and i would sit through a whole 3 hours of NITRO laughing or smiling. and once that got stale, we would watch 2 hours of RAW laughing or smiling. we would get more chuckles from watching wrestling than from watching stand up comedy on Comedy Central. now, most people would rather watch some female jewish comedian ramble about her over-bearing mother.
wrestling just isnt funny anymore. other than the 5 minutes of Christian you get on RAW, how often does watching wrestling make you laugh? Eddie used to make us laugh, but now he's bogged down in a tag team with Misterio. Anyway, those two make me feel excluded because its always about la familia y la raza. no soy Mexicano, so i guess i dont count. Kurt Angle is getting heat from commiting dastardly deeds these days, not so much antagonizing the fans. then: we had Hollywood Hogan delivering pure gold on the mic. now: we have 30 minutes of HHH saying "i am the gaaaammmah!" then: we had DX dressed up as and doing their impressions of the members of the Nation of Domination. now: we have three 'divas' come to the ring and say "who wants to see us take our clothes off?!"
i say what made wrestling cool was the humor. you can say i'm wrong. you can say the way to get everyone back on board is to put the Heavyweight Title on the Hurricane. i'm just stating the opinion of myself, and everyone that i know personally.