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**Kane Knight** · 12-20-2007, 09:53 PM

I wouldn't say it's in a "very good" place. I think the current state of wrestling is indicative of something that is mostly treading water.

We will see the signs when a boom period comes, though. It's a thing you can tell, and it usually starts with a singular moment, be it Hulkamania or Austin 3:16.

I gotta say, though, that the last boom period was a series of happy coincidences. Austin's character happened to catch on. Hogan "turning" and Hell, the Outsiders going over to WCW. DX catching on. The Rock. Hell, the Rock and Austin would be screwed nowadays, because they wouldn't be allowed to shine. The Outsiders wouldn't have the capacity to go to WCW and trash the titles. I'm not even sure spoiling Raw would make a difference right now. Noncompetition, rigid definition of character, ignoring the fans, these are poison.

However, I'll say one thing. Whatever the next boom period is, if it ever comes, it'll not look like the Attitude Era. It will either be sheer dumb luck, or a major reformation. In the case of the former, we will see the change in advance, and it ain't on the horizon here. In the case of the latter, we'll know it when we see it, but this still ain't it.

The potential's always there; the series of random events that sparked the last one should indicate that. Kind of a worthless statement, because anything really can happen, no matter how hard Vince tries to stop it.

I really do think Vince McMahon is the biggest enemy to another boom period.

12-20-2007, 09:53 PM	#48
Kane Knight Ron Paul 4 EVA Posts: 152,467	I wouldn't say it's in a "very good" place. I think the current state of wrestling is indicative of something that is mostly treading water. We will see the signs when a boom period comes, though. It's a thing you can tell, and it usually starts with a singular moment, be it Hulkamania or Austin 3:16. I gotta say, though, that the last boom period was a series of happy coincidences. Austin's character happened to catch on. Hogan "turning" and Hell, the Outsiders going over to WCW. DX catching on. The Rock. Hell, the Rock and Austin would be screwed nowadays, because they wouldn't be allowed to shine. The Outsiders wouldn't have the capacity to go to WCW and trash the titles. I'm not even sure spoiling Raw would make a difference right now. Noncompetition, rigid definition of character, ignoring the fans, these are poison. However, I'll say one thing. Whatever the next boom period is, if it ever comes, it'll not look like the Attitude Era. It will either be sheer dumb luck, or a major reformation. In the case of the former, we will see the change in advance, and it ain't on the horizon here. In the case of the latter, we'll know it when we see it, but this still ain't it. The potential's always there; the series of random events that sparked the last one should indicate that. Kind of a worthless statement, because anything really can happen, no matter how hard Vince tries to stop it. I really do think Vince McMahon is the biggest enemy to another boom period.