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Old 12-16-2012, 11:44 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by Schlomey View Post
I don't know about most folks I only know what I like.

Personally, I loved not knowing the secrets when I was little. I remember RUNNING to the other room when Papa Shango made green slime spew out of Gene Oakerland. I was any number of the kids shown in the crowd in total awe of the Undertaker.

As an adult, I love having the info at my fingertips and I love having so much product available at my fingertips. Also, I love having places like TPWW where we can talk, argue, fantasy book etc.....


There is good and bad with everything, I think. While the magic is gone from when I was a kid I can appreciate this as a business and a sport which, as an adult, is way more appealing than following false gods.
While ratings are not an end-all metric, I think it's worth pointing out that the Attitude Era did at the very least coincide with the hottest crowds and the biggest fanbase. I know that it wasn't exactly the social media era, but it was the start of this whole thing. With social media, I don't think reality has to take over anyway. Just a different market to "work." But even then, I don't think WWE should try and go the route of "Real," because other places do it better. That's why mimmicking MMA is probably a bad idea, too.

Personally, I find a good match today can still enthrall me, and I have to think that if that's the case, there has to be some other source of "magic."

To paraphrase Douglas Adams, isn't it enough that there is a remarkable performance going on, one that can make you cheer or sit on the edge of your seat, without also believing in some fantasy heroes who can punch people out with no repercussions and survive weapon attacks with nothing more than a cartoon band-aid on their head the next night?
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