Thread: When WWE lost it
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Old 10-31-2009, 03:33 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by EDWARD View Post
A few days ago i posted a thread discussing if wwe was on the verge of being good again. not that they aren't good right now, but as good as they were. some of you agreed with me and some of you didn't. know i want to know when you guys thought wwe had lost its luster that they are trying to get back? what event or series of events caused the entertainment downfall of the wwe?

p.s - juan i will stop with the laughing "ostrich" videos, just cause you asked nicley
To me, the WWE went into decline right after Survivor Series 2001....when they discontinued heel Austin, turned him into the old Austin, and had absolutely no plan afterwards. Having the alliance 'win' at SS 2001, would have also kept things intriguing for awhile since the WWE will have been "taken over" (and at that point, you could have had WCW vs. ECW...with WWE alumni eventually joining up on whatever side they preferred....ECW could have gone over HUGE as this point since the fans loved chanting 'ECW' like sheep, while guys like Goldberg, Nash, Steiner, Bischoff, could have joined a lot sooner).

The WWE then pissed away Jericho by making him look like a complete joke as a world champion (i.e. fluke victories over Rock and Austin, getting squashed by Triple H at Mania, etc.), while also completely shitting the bed with Austin. No wonder Austin was pissed at the Creative team, and I'm glad that he walked out on them.

If the WWE had been smart, they would have kept Austin heel (and champ) until Wrestlemania.....and THEN have a face Triple H go over Austin at Mania. Austin's massive credibility would have given Triple H that credible victory. Instead, the crowd was completely dead (after Rock/Hogan) once Triple H defeated a not-so-well-built-up Jericho.

The WWE have also had ample opportunities to get back to the "glory days", but have pissed away the opportunity on each and every one of them (i.e. Lesnar, RVD, Jericho, Angle, Orton...in both 04' and 09'). Each of the 5 names that I just mentioned could have been HUGE stars that could have drawn huge had they been pushed right.
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