How to turn wrestling "upside down"?

**Xero** · 08-28-2010, 01:26 AM

It's really time for another Vince Jr. or Paul Heyman to come in and shake shit up.

Vince Jr., of course, was the one who took the territories out and took wrestling as a whole, turning it into the entertainment spectacle it is today.

While some of Paul Heyman's ideas weren't exactly "new", he introduced A LOT to the US market (even if indirectly, as the Lucha craze would soon come to WCW, for example) and formed the "in your face" and "shoot"-style that was adapted to the Attitude Era by the big two.

These two men, in my opinion, were the sole creators of the modern US wrestling style. Whether it be in the big leagues with WWE, which is currently Vince Jr.'s vision from the 80s turned WAY the fuck up, or the indies with the likes of ROH and EVOLVE, which in my opinion are a scaled down, adapted version of Heyman's vision sans the extreme violence (for the most part).

So I think it's time someone comes in with NEW ideas. Not Paul Heyman, not Eric Bischoff, I honestly believe that if wrestling is going to evolve and not just stay the way it has for the past 15-25 years (I say this because I consider the current WWE to be a regression to the old style, which isn't BAD, but it isn't new) it's going to take someone from OUTSIDE the business with a fresh take to make things interesting again.

So what's your opinion on something like this happening? What could it be? Will an MMA-style product be adapted in the US eventually? Or would it be something completely different?

Would you even want to see something like this? Or do you think there doesn't need to be a drastic change, such as the two presented in this thread?

08-28-2010, 01:26 AM	#1
Xero He's Here Posts: 60,735	How to turn wrestling "upside down"? It's really time for another Vince Jr. or Paul Heyman to come in and shake shit up. Vince Jr., of course, was the one who took the territories out and took wrestling as a whole, turning it into the entertainment spectacle it is today. While some of Paul Heyman's ideas weren't exactly "new", he introduced A LOT to the US market (even if indirectly, as the Lucha craze would soon come to WCW, for example) and formed the "in your face" and "shoot"-style that was adapted to the Attitude Era by the big two. These two men, in my opinion, were the sole creators of the modern US wrestling style. Whether it be in the big leagues with WWE, which is currently Vince Jr.'s vision from the 80s turned WAY the fuck up, or the indies with the likes of ROH and EVOLVE, which in my opinion are a scaled down, adapted version of Heyman's vision sans the extreme violence (for the most part). So I think it's time someone comes in with NEW ideas. Not Paul Heyman, not Eric Bischoff, I honestly believe that if wrestling is going to evolve and not just stay the way it has for the past 15-25 years (I say this because I consider the current WWE to be a regression to the old style, which isn't BAD, but it isn't new) it's going to take someone from OUTSIDE the business with a fresh take to make things interesting again. So what's your opinion on something like this happening? What could it be? Will an MMA-style product be adapted in the US eventually? Or would it be something completely different? Would you even want to see something like this? Or do you think there doesn't need to be a drastic change, such as the two presented in this thread?