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Originally Posted by ThugLife
I quite like the idea of the crowds chanting 'boring' in every edge match, like they did when he faced Y2J.That should give them the message clearly.
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Actually, I don't think they'll get the message. They hear the fans, but they don't understand them at all. A good example is that they ran with the Katie Vick angle because the overrun got good ratings. That's flawed logic because they didn't tune in to see Katie Vick, they tuned in to see the Big Red secret.
More recent, less drastic examples include the turns of Orton and Cena. They heard the pops, they didn't get what people liked or what they were popping for.
I'm pretty certain the WWE simply won't get the message, no matter how it's sent. When people turn the channel or turn off their TV, it's never because the product is bad. It's always because the smarks are ruining it. Championships aren't drawing? Couldn't be because the championship is taking a backseat to Hunter, it's because nobody likes Benoit.
Dead crowd? Shows how over the guy is--They're awestruck. Booing crowd? It's because he's a successful heel. Chanting for someone (Matt)? It's because he's a successful heel. Walkouts? It's because he's a succesful heel. People turning off their TVs? Well, even people here have argfued that being hated enough that you turn off your TV makes good business sense and puts Trips over as the top heel, so why not other people?
LEt's face it: Even Cena's not a champ because we wanted it. We wanted it 6 months previous. Most people have a diminished interest in him now, and they're doing it to market his CD.
The WWE will do what they want, which may sometimes coincide with us, but they don't get what we want. They don't get us or what we like and dislike. They're more out of touch with their market than Eminem at a gay pride festival. And they don't care. They don't even seem to care when they start losing viewers, or the quality of the show sucks so bad that they're in danger of being dropped by TWO networks.