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Old 08-12-2012, 11:56 PM   #50
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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan View Post
WWE can lay down (More so than they seem to be doing now at time) and TNA wouldn't make it interesting. They just don't have any way of getting the mainstream recognition to be a serious contender to WWE.
Yes, they could. The fact that they're still around and on TV and employing guys 10 years later instead of being just another indy fed or bankrupt shows they can. Their problem is that it would take time to do so, and they take the "HOLY SHIT WE HAVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL RITE FUCKING NAO!!1!!" route too much.


WWE didn't even get to where WWE is now overnight. WCW didn't reach its peak in 1 to 2 years and suddenly kick everyone's ass. Every WWE castoff is the "biggest aquisiton ever" and only recently seem to be starting to break away from screwjob finishes every other match and no clean title switches that was the hallmark of their shows. Every regime change is a new turning point where they blow everything up and start over... now, they've relaxed on that shit. They're starting to build some stars, start their own trend (like with the BFG point system). If they keep things like this up, they could, one day, be seen as a true second place fed. They just need to ditch the notion that they're going to overtake Vince in 6-12 months anytime they do something considered big.


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I've said before, some of us keep watching- or suffering, as it may be depending on the product at the time- through shows partially out of habit, and partially because that next hot angle, next big moment, next amazing promo, next tear-the-house-down match might be that turning point we're waiting for. Waiting for the promise of something better that is sure to come, we just don't know when.

Then we get that angle, or moment, or promo, or match, and hope we get more, as opposed to being cockteased into watching months worth of more shit because that moment was a one-off and not a trend.
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