Mainstream WWE, thoughts, opinions, ideas, remarks?

[The Fraze]

Mainstream WWE is hard to take. But it's so hard for me to turn away after all these years of following. I guess it could be just out of hope that the product will return to where it was when I started following. It's just a part of me I suppose. But there was legit competition back then. And it seemed as though the people hungered for more than the bullshit we see now. Because if they didn't get cutting edge, they'd just watch the other show. That's all fair and good. I like a lot of the guys now, sure. But it just seems so soft. Raw lately has been all jokes, and very little merit. Breaking the diehard's heart, just to please the casual fan. Shame...

[The Jayman]

Originally Posted by Fraze Mainstream WWE is hard to take. But it's so hard for me to turn away after all these years of following. I guess it could be just out of hope that the product will return to where it was when I started following. It's just a part of me I suppose. But there was legit competition back then. And it seemed as though the people hungered for more than the bullshit we see now. Because if they didn't get cutting edge, they'd just watch the other show. That's all fair and good. I like a lot of the guys now, sure. But it just seems so soft. Raw lately has been all jokes, and very little merit. Breaking the diehard's heart, just to please the casual fan. Shame...

I actually agree with this. It has alot to do with the Monday Night Wars. The WWE was putting on awesome shows because they had a strong competitor in WCW and it was vice versa. The problem really is not the guest host thing or the PG thing it's really the writing. The WWE has been laid back as far as the writing goes b/c they feel as there is no competition which is true. Yes there is TNA but Vince does not see them as a threat. Smackdown is a strong show as is ECW. So only time will tell.