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Originally Posted by Corkscrewed Replying to the topic: The Dudley's are old, but it's not entirely their fault. Frankly, for many months, they WERE the tag division. That's a key recipe for getting stale. If the division actually shifted around and incorporated a lot more teams, the Dudley's wouldn't be as tiresome, even if they used the same gimmick. I agree that they're much better as destructive heels, but it seems like the WWE is afraid of doing stuff like putting women through tables or whatnot because they'll lose sponsors--this despite their whole attempt at trying to be edgy. It's as though the company's lost touch with ingenuity. Sure, there are still some great angles (Jericho/Trish, Guerreros Civil War, HHH/HBK, Mick/Orton, John Cena, Benoit's chase), but there used to be a LOT more.

Further proof that WWE needs to hire writers who actually like wrestling.

As an aspiring screenwriter, I've read about how somebody breaks into writing for television.

You submit "spec scripts," which are basically sample scripts (properly formatted) of pre-existing series. For example, if you were applying for a job writing for "The Simpsons," you might send the producers of that show a sample script you wrote for an episode of "Will & Grace" or "That '70s Show" or some other half-hour sitcom that lets them know you understand the formula and understand how to work with pre-existing characters without disrupting the story flow.

That becomes a problem in wrestling, because you get brought on in (what I'm assuming is) a similar fashion, so you're working with pre-existing characters and pre-existing expectations. These writers are, most likely, afraid to rock the boat story-wise because that's not what got them the job in the first place.

A wrestling fan, however, with some writing experience, would know what they like and do not like to see on their wrestling shows and can translate that into how they write. For instance, if they don't like how the Randy Orton/Mick Foley thing is playing out, they can add a new twist to make things more interesting for themselves and their fellow fans.

As long as Vince is insistent on hiring professional writers who do NOT follow wrestling, he's going to keep getting the same stories over and over again, and he'll continue to wonder why people have turned so hard against the Dudleys, Triple H, Steve Austin, and all the other characters we've had shoved down our throats over the last several years.