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My personal counter-points to Mr. Venis' original post:
1.) As thedamndest mentioned, I'd be all for getting rid of ECW. WWE as of now is airing 6 hours per week of wrestling shows, not to mention an average of 3-6 hours of Pay-Per-Views in a given month (i.e., June, for example will have WWE Extreme Rules on the 7th and then The Great American Bash on the 28th), which is roughly 24-27 hours per month. Something needs to be cut, and soon.
2.) Nobody forces you to read wrestling related articles on the web. Sure professional wrestling has been affected by it as much as anything else. But if you don't want to know ahead of time what will be happening, ignore all the articles, don't read posts that leak spoilers, and if anyone tries to tell you what they have seen online about a future wrestling event, politely tell them you'd rather find out on your own.
3.) Well, I don't know what clowns you are talking about, but WWE has made who knows how many cuts already this year just to cut costs. I think the roster size is fine where it is.
4.) There are superstars who deserve the spotlight longer than others, and those who do not. If every match was turned into a 20-minute or half-hour reversal-, counter- and/or spot-fest, nobody would give a damn anymore, and we'd all be tuning in to other programming.
5.) Um, yeah...Orton took his time before speaking at the beginning of RAW Monday, because he won his 4th overall world championship at Backlash, and I applaud him for giving himself time to think about what he had accomplished. I don't think he was trying to feed his ego at all, just taking pride in himself (which is not feeding his ego), and I can't fault him for that.
6.) The reason there are so many twenty-something superstars in WWE trying to make a name for themselves can be summed up in a single word: Demographic. In case it hadn't occurred (sp.?) to you, WWE is looking to attract mainly males within the 18-49 demographic. Nobody is going to watch 60- and 70- year olds and older wrestle. This is why I take issue whenever I see Mae Young or used to see Moolah on television. It was ridiculous, and disgusting, and nobody wants to watch a sex-crazy, elderly woman in her late 80's gyrate in the ring and throw herself at the young guys.
7.) GM's help maintain some semblance of control on the shows, and Vince has only made 2 visits to RAW over the past several months. I have no problem with Shane and Stephanie right now getting air time. They are part of a storyline that is one of the main ones right now, and we will see where it will all lead. Hell, if need be, I'd even support Linda showing up eventually to nip it in the bud. But ONLY after the storyline has run it's course.
8.) RAW and SmackDown! need heel commentators, ECW has Matt Striker. However, if ECW were miraculously discontinued in the future, I'd like to see Striker get a promotion to SmackDown! and see if he would be any good paired with J.R.
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