[Cactus Sid]

Ok, I've got some time, I'll go through the first 2 posts and put some consideration into what I percieve to be some of the problems

1. Triple H: Whether or not you like the guy, or think he deserves the belt. The bottom line is his holding of the belt is frustrating fans to the point where they are sick of the product. There are plenty of wrestlers who have went months / years without a title and there is no reason Triple H should have the belt as much as he does. So I'd put it on somebody like Booker T.

I try not to be one of the Triple H haters, and I am still hoping that he is just going to be a transitional champion. He held the belt for a year, and has been

in every Raw PPV world title match since it was re-introduced. He has become stale, and has led to a downturn in ratings and lower buy-rates. There is no

arguing this, it is a fact. Ratings picked up with Goldberg as champion, TV was better with Goldberg as champion, this is widely agreed. If Hunter really

wants what is best for the business, he will step aside and allow other people to flourish, which will, in time, be better for him, as he will be able to work

programs for more money, as business will begin to pick up. Notice how deflated the crowd gets from Triple H whenever he wins a match.

2. TOO High Tech: I'd change the sets for both Raw and Smackdown to resemble the older days. I'd change the ring ropes to red, white, and blue... and push the wrestlers to have matches closer to what they were like in the old days.

No offence, but if this is one of your top problems, your really nit-picking. Red, white and blue? More encouragment of patriotism and antagonism of those

who oppose the US. Not smart for international audiences (and I would guess quite a lot of people in the US). I would agree with a more old-school

approach to matches, particularly with those who work a mainly brawling based offense. The one problem is re-conditioning fans to a slower style, rather

than the crash TV style adopted by all 3 major companies over the past 5 years.

3. McMahons: I'd still have the McMahons run the show, but in a much more normal way. Instead of having the McMahons come off as springer guests I'd have them be a lot more fair. You'd barely see them outside of their office, and they'd make matches that made the crowd pop every week. 2 McMahons working together per show.

The McMahons need to be gone altogether. The shows are actually far more entertaining recently with all but Vince off TV. Fortunatly he's been restricting

his appearances, which has helped. The McMahon novelty has worn off. Vince's gimmick of evil boss vs the plucky defiant babyface has been done to

death, Stephanie in my opinion is just a pair of tits these days, that is the only reason I'd even consider keeping her on the show (i'm a full-blooded male,

what can I say)... actually, just keep her off TV, she brings nothing good. Shane.... charismatic, but not enough to carry a show, his fued with Kane was

shocking, and produced very little in the way of a result. Linda, I think is good for the odd special announcement, but that's it. I think Bischoff and Heyman

make far more entertaining on-screen personas than any of the McMahons.

4. Cruiserweight Division I don't know about you but when I think about Cruiserweight, the last thing I care to see is Jamie Noble vs Tajiri over, and over again. I'd bring in guys like Psychosis, Blitzkreg, Essa Rios, Juvi, and LaParka for action. I'd also bring in guys like Dean Malenko who could match up with a guy like Noble a little better than Tajiri.

Man, Dean Malenko vs Scotty 2 Hotty is like one of the most underrated matches in the past 5 years. Anyone remember it? The thing with the cruiser

divison, simple, NO air-time. When they first did the split, they had cruiser action, and it was good, they PUSHED the belt, Matt Hardy as champion made

for some great matches, Rey Rey is magnificent. Tajiri, now he needs to be allowed to work the way he did in ECW, then you'll see some matches. I love

this division, if the WWE decide to push it, make it more like the X-Division (early days) make people care about the talent, and give them some slack,

these guys have been doing what they do for years, and i'm sure they haven't had too many injuries, so let them do what they do best, and make the belt

mean something again.

5. ECW / WCW: You have Paul Heyman, You have Eric Bichoff... you have tons of ECW talent, you have tons of WCW talent. USE THAT! I don't think we need shows like Velocity and Heat. Give ECW a show, give WCW a show, and make it work this time.

Let it go. Its not gonna happen, and no-one is gonna buy it. What your essentially doing is splitting the WWE's current fans into 3 types, which isn't gonna

bring in any extra money. Also, do you really want Vince to shit on the legacies of these companies? Trust me, it'll happen. Its better to remember

what was good, and move on to the future.

6. Controversy: Okay, it's old. It was big back in 97 / 98 cause we didn't EXPECT Stone Cold to flip somebody off before a stunner. We didn't EXPECT D-Generation X to get somebody to flash. Now we expect to see a thong every week, a middle finger and a beer every time we see Stone Cold... etc. I'd take all of my energy out of creating controversy and put it into storylines people give a shit about, and matches people WANT tos ee.

The problem is, it's pretty difficult to create intrigue when most angles have been done. Think of something new which people will care about. Some angles

just don't work because they are so hokey and unbelivable. The WWE has created one interesting angle recently, and that's the Jericho/Trish angle.

Controversy works if done correctly. But it should be a good kind of controversy, not a "what the fuck, that's the stupidest, dumbest most disgusting,

distasteful thing ever". They should create controversy around something which will get press attention, but wont give them a bad rep. The main thing for

the writers to do, is get the wrestlers over so that people will care about the angles when they come around. Of course, with the glass ceiling this is

difficult.

7. Interference / Rule Breaking: I've seen enough. Once again if it happens every so often it has no suprise elment and it gets ****ing old. If we didn't see a Steel Chair every week, when one is used it would get a much bigger reaction.

Agreed, 100%

8. The Divas: I'm guilty of being glued to my TV waiting for Trish's thong to pop out or waiting for Stacy to find a clever way to show off her ass so I can get off on it. But it's old. That's not why I watch wrestling. Sex is sex, wrestling is wrestling. I think this is Vinces own personal way to still see a good piece of ass cause his wife is getting old. Cut down the thongs, cut down the sex, let Stacy be pretty, let Trish be a wrestler... and lets get some Wrestling going. They'll attract twice as many viewers when it comes to youth than they will lose with old horny men.

I'm not sure where I stand on Divas. I agree, some of these ladies are great wrestlers, let them wrestle. The womens division was at one point the

"hottest" (doctor evil pinky to the mouth) part of Raw, they need to get that going again. Create "chemistry" (oh my god, I'm good) between some of the

ladies. Victoria/Trish were amazing last year, give the ladies time to work together and find things they can do in the ring. Also, let those who don't

wrestle use their charisma. Stacy has good mic skills, as does Dawn Marie. I also think that to a certain extent you can use the sex appeal but turn it down.

Let Torrie or Sable, those who don't have ANY talent, mic or in the ring, use their assets to effect. It gives you some TNA that attracts the horny old men,

and randy bugger teenagers, as well as creating something for the wrestlers to work with. It gives you some angles as well (as bad as it was, Henry

Godwinn and Sunny a couple of years back, could have really worked with a better male wrestler in the fold) Look at the Trish/Bubba angle from 3 years

and a half years ago, that created intrigue, and added TNA (no pun intended) to the mix. I think they can find a good mix of TNA and Wrestling, if they

seperate the 2, and make the TNA more subtle. Of course in the last 2 years, wrestling has been pushed to the forefront, which I agree with. I believe the B

& P match a couple of weeks back was the first for about 9 months, at least on Raw.

9. CONSISTANCY: Every week it's another story with the GM's. They're scrapping storylines with no follow up. Characters seem to change direction 2 - 3 times a month. Vince is on TV, Vince is off TV. We need some CONSISTANCY. Get rid of the soap operah ****ers and give us some good Wrestling storylines.

Agreed.

10. Making It All Happen

What you've suggested wont 100% change the course of the WWE, but at least you've made a go of it. (y)

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Now to Dark_Kane.... you have no problems with the WWE, fair enough. Your post is pretty good, but I do take issue with your first thing about Triple H.

That's why the writers/bookers keep giving HHH the belt. Because they know it's very frustrating to the fans. They are doing it on purpose because why? HHH is one of the top heels. I am beggining to think that the writers/bookers did a great job on getting everyone to hate HHH. I mean everyone. He's a heel. He is supposed to be hated. Bunch of marks, I'm telling ya.

LOL, bunch of marks. That's the funniest thing I've heard in a while. You don't quite understand this concept of good and bad heat do you. For a start,

listen to a crowd when Triple H steps out, he gets a MILD FACE reaction. What does this suggest to you? To me it says, he doesn't have heel heat, despite

being a heel, and not many people care about him. He's supposed to be the number 1 Heel on Raw right? Given the title to frustrate the fans in a heelish

manner? NOPE, it makes people go.... fuck this, I ain't watching. That means that ratings go down, it also means that people are less inclined to buy

PPV's, it means less money for the company etc.... etc... etc... Triple H is a stale character, holding the belt for all but 4, of the last 15 months (i think), and

he has done nothing but put the company in a rut. Now, read what I have just wrote again, and call me a mark. I LOVE watching wrestling, I DO NOT LOVE

watching bollocks, which is exactly what Triple H has become in the least 2 years.

Also, your final comment was un-called for.

Might consider doing one some other time, its something I wanna put some thought into.