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1. There needs to be just *ONE* show! Just like there was in the old days! No Smackdown! No ECW! No WWE 24/7! Just Monday Night Raw, and weekend morning shows like WWE Superstars on Saturday, and WWE All American Wrestling on Sunday's to show highlights and previews of Monday Night Raw. I'd even be okay with a Sunday Night Heat type of show so the mid-card guys can have a program.
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That is retarded. The company is so full of top-level guys that if you cut back to one show, the entire thing will be nothing but the top guys. Or do you have an idea for a way you can cram Edge, HHH, HBM, Undertaker, Orton, Batista, the Big Show, Cena, et all into one show?
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2. This has a been a problem for years.....but they need better control of keeping secrets off the net! The internet has played a big role in ruining wrestling in my opinion. There's no more surprises. In my day, we had no world wide web so when a older wrestler returned, or a guy turned heel or babyface, it was a big deal, and it was shocking, and it made for good TV!  |
Impossible. It's not WWE's fault, it's the age of information communication that we now live in. They might be able to keep a lid on a thing or two here and there, but it's impossible to book past a week and keep secrets down.
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3. They need to cut down on the roster. There are WAY too many wrestlers on the roster, and just about anyone can get a job in the WWE these days Literally! Half of those clowns need to be fired! In my day, when you got to the WWF, it was a big deal, because you were in the big league, but now....ANYONE can get in the WWE. It's not a huge honor to work there anymore!
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Again, if what you prescribe was done, half the midcard and the entire undercard would be axed and you'd be left with a bloated main event and no way for new talent to grow.
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4. They need to make the matches longer.
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Agreed.
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5. Randy Orton took WAY too long to come down to the ring last night for the opening skit. Don't milk out the fans! Just come out the second the music starts, and don't peddle around so much!
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You might not want to look at Orton for whatever reason, but that was grade-A character building stuff. That was the conqueror's triumphant march with the head of his slain opponent. Don't knock something that was actually done right. If you want to trim that segment, cut Vickie's time instead.
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6. They need to stop giving all the attention to the twenty-something year old kids! Those little boys need to be mid-carding right now! The older guys need to be running the show! Orton, and his stable are TOO YOUNG! They're just kids! Rookies! Babies.....who need to work on their mic skills!
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Yeah, because the mid-card is so great right now? Orton is exactly where he should be, and Rhodes and DiBiase are in the best place to learn. With the current pace of wrestling, if you don't start a guy young, he will have no shelf life by the time he hits the main event.
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7. The GM, President, Commissioner, whatever you wanna call it......needs to take more of a backseat role, and not be on the show every dang week! Just every so often like when Gorilla Monsoon was president, so whenever the boss DOES show up, you know something exciting is gonna happen, and someone's probably gonna get their butt chewed out! They should set it up for where when the boss shows up, you know someone is in trouble! So when their music hits, everyone's standing up, waiting to see the heel get what's coming to them! Or is scared for the future of the babyface!
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Somewhere about halfway beteen where it is and where you want it is probably the best place.
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8. They need a heel play-by-play man! Jerry Lawler was so amazing back in the day, and was too funny for words. But for almost ten years now, he's been a babyface/half-butt heel. I guess you could call him a tweener, but he's more of a face in my view. I personally miss the heel play-by-play men like Jessie Ventura, Bobby Heenan, the 90's Jerry Lawler, and Paul Heyman in his 2001 run.
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Agreed, but fuck you for leavng out JBL.
You make a few decent points, but very little of what you are saying a) would ever fly with the modern audience, and b) could possibly happen without a drastic restructuring of how the business currently works.