[Wishbone]

Originally Posted by Rammsteinmad I'm not talking about the quality of the product, I'm talking about what internet fans consider the "prestige" of the titles. I guarantee, every single title in the WWE from this day forward will always be spoken about in the context of comparing it to it's "former glories", or how it can "regain it's prestige" or some other nonsense. There will never, ever be a day when internet fans will be happy and say how prestigious any specific title is. Not anymore.

Maybe the average internet fan would/does feel that way, but I certainly don't. There have been times when I felt like the title and the matches for it actually meant a lot, even as an adult. It all just came down to the story behind it and whether I thought said story was good. Oh, and the players involved of course.

For example I really felt the title held a lot of prestige throughout all of Lesnar's run with it. I also felt the same way when CM Punk had it because you had guys like the Rock even clamoring to beat him for it. It all just came down to the fact that the belt really felt like something major stars wanted. I think this deal with Sting is pretty great for that too. This is a guy that was the franchise player of WCW yet even he is interested in winning the belt. I'm not necessarily happy with him winning it (not angry either), but him wanting to fight for it at all is huge IMO since for years legends would just pop in and not even bother with the belt. Everyone should be ecstatic to get a shot at the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, even legends that are supposedly "above it". By making anyone above the title you sorta cheapen it.

Originally Posted by Rammsteinmad Also, in regards to comparing it to a kids show, you need to consider how your mindset has changed since your youth. When you were ten, you'd watch a cartoon and you knew it was a cartoon, nothing more. You'd watch wrestling and it was super cool seeing these other-the-top characters beating each other up, winning championships etc. Now, when you watch a cartoon, you know it's a kids cartoon and you enjoy it for what it is. When you watch wrestling, as a grown-up, with a better idea of the inner-workings of the business and with the ins-and-outs of wrestling so exposed today, you don't watch it with the same mindset.

Personally I still watch wrestling with a very similar midset to that I had as a kid. Sure, my taste has changed as far as who I think is cooler, but that's happened with cartoons too. However, I still scream at my tv while watching RAW. I still make condescending and snarky remarks to their points such as if HHH were to talk about being the man and not need others to Rollins I'd probably say something along the lines of "Because you totally didn't need Flair, Orton, and Bats did ya, Hunter?".

I don't know, maybe I'm just weird, but for me I've always still had the ability to disconnect from reality while watching tv. I know it's not real and all that jazz, but for those three hours RAW is on it doesn't matter. Meh, guess it all has to do with being a child at heart. Maybe I'm alone in this, but I always figured that if grown men and women could still enjoy wrestling they must be similarly young at heart. Maybe I'm wrong.