So when do you think wrestling will be cool again?

**The Naitch** · 03-24-2004, 05:57 PM

I still think the general public has a soft spot for wrestling. It's fun. The problem is that wrestling is just viewed as lame because of shoddy booking and the way some WWE personality is being portrayed (Mark Lloyd and his gay cell phone just ruins the coolness)

The thing that puzzles me is Vince knows how to make it popular, thanks do the Attitude Era, but it seems like he's not even trying. His ego gets in the way too. That aside, everything mostly lies in the booking.

I think if they bring some of the retro back (and the World Life logo

) they can make John Cena the next star to bring it mainstream a la Stone Cold. Randy Orton could be like The Rock, but something is still missing: Catchphrases! Not to say they should be Stone Cold and Rock wannabes, but the formula is there. I'm sure you all know this, so I won't go any further.

I know that wrestling is tartgeted to young kids, but if they targeted heavily toward older teens and younger adults, the young kids will eventually agree and follow along. It's hard to explain, but it's kinda like this: Kind of like looking up to your older brother when you were small. He'd go out, party, smoke weed, so most kids thought that was cool, so they tried to emulate that. Monkey see, monkey do.

Maybe Smackdown could be purely a classic show similar to the 80's. While RAW could be more in your face. Keep the scratch logo for RAW. Have the Word Life logo for Smackdown. The parent logo could be the scratch logo on top of the block W, (I think they had this for a while in 1997)

Right now it's a shade of grey. The shows are too similar, image wise.

03-24-2004, 05:57 PM	#1
The Naitch RAPTURE READY. Posts: 31,936	So when do you think wrestling will be cool again? I still think the general public has a soft spot for wrestling. It's fun. The problem is that wrestling is just viewed as lame because of shoddy booking and the way some WWE personality is being portrayed (Mark Lloyd and his gay cell phone just ruins the coolness) The thing that puzzles me is Vince knows how to make it popular, thanks do the Attitude Era, but it seems like he's not even trying. His ego gets in the way too. That aside, everything mostly lies in the booking. I think if they bring some of the retro back (and the World Life logo ) they can make John Cena the next star to bring it mainstream a la Stone Cold. Randy Orton could be like The Rock, but something is still missing: Catchphrases! Not to say they should be Stone Cold and Rock wannabes, but the formula is there. I'm sure you all know this, so I won't go any further. I know that wrestling is tartgeted to young kids, but if they targeted heavily toward older teens and younger adults, the young kids will eventually agree and follow along. It's hard to explain, but it's kinda like this: Kind of like looking up to your older brother when you were small. He'd go out, party, smoke weed, so most kids thought that was cool, so they tried to emulate that. Monkey see, monkey do. Maybe Smackdown could be purely a classic show similar to the 80's. While RAW could be more in your face. Keep the scratch logo for RAW. Have the Word Life logo for Smackdown. The parent logo could be the scratch logo on top of the block W, (I think they had this for a while in 1997) Right now it's a shade of grey. The shows are too similar, image wise.