Can Old School Booking Make A Return???

**Schlomey** · 04-02-2013, 12:52 PM

I mentioned in an active thread this morning about how I feel the WWE "jumped the gun" having CM Punk return so fast after his pipebomb. Many other posters and after watching a few shoots from "old timers" feel the same as me. They had something special. Something that they could have really drawn out. Yet they jumped the gun and had CM Punk return almost immediately and headline a minor PPV.

The old school formula where a feud or a storyline could drag out over the course of an entire year and not get old COULD have worked in this instance, IMO. Maybe not an entire year but way longer than a few weeks.

Is the idea of "old school" booking just that, a thing of the past? Or do you think they could be creative and find a way of inserting long term storylines that would make old school fans froth at the mouth?

My personal opinion is: No. Sadlly of course. The amount of TV hours per week and the short attention span of the current audience is enough to assume "old school" philosophies are dead and gone. 3 weeks off of WWE TV seems like an eternity due to the amount of broadcast hours and variety of shows every week.

What do you think TPWW?

04-02-2013, 12:52 PM	#1
Schlomey Black Sheep Jew Posts: 8,859	Can Old School Booking Make A Return??? I mentioned in an active thread this morning about how I feel the WWE "jumped the gun" having CM Punk return so fast after his pipebomb. Many other posters and after watching a few shoots from "old timers" feel the same as me. They had something special. Something that they could have really drawn out. Yet they jumped the gun and had CM Punk return almost immediately and headline a minor PPV. The old school formula where a feud or a storyline could drag out over the course of an entire year and not get old COULD have worked in this instance, IMO. Maybe not an entire year but way longer than a few weeks. Is the idea of "old school" booking just that, a thing of the past? Or do you think they could be creative and find a way of inserting long term storylines that would make old school fans froth at the mouth? My personal opinion is: No. Sadlly of course. The amount of TV hours per week and the short attention span of the current audience is enough to assume "old school" philosophies are dead and gone. 3 weeks off of WWE TV seems like an eternity due to the amount of broadcast hours and variety of shows every week. What do you think TPWW?