Discussion about the writing in the WWE

[BigCrippyZ]

Originally Posted by Heyman Instead of making the WWE/world title(s) mean less, what the WWE needs to do is have the IC and US titles mean MORE. Back in 1998 for instance when The Rock fought Triple H at Summerslam, fans really bought into the prestige of the IC title.

Definitely. Although I guess it didn't hurt that Rock & HHH had a great chemistry, but they really put it all out there and they both wanted to show that they should be in the main event scene.

I don't get that impression from very many (if any) guys on today's roster. I don't know if it's the talent's lack of talent, talent's lack of drive/ambition, or the lack of opportunity or freedom to show that they belong in the main event scene (whether through too much scripting/fear of discipline/firing?), or a combination of all three.

[#1-norm-fan]

Originally Posted by BigCrippyZ Definitely. Although I guess it didn't hurt that Rock & HHH had a great chemistry, but they really put it all out there and they both wanted to show that they should be in the main event scene. I don't get that impression from very many (if any) guys on today's roster. I don't know if it's the talent's lack of talent, talent's lack of drive/ambition, or the lack of opportunity or freedom to show that they belong in the main event scene (whether through too much scripting/fear of discipline/firing?), or a combination of all three.

You don't get that feeling because the IC Title is not put in a situation where you care about who wins it. If Rock and HHH were fighting over a title that had as much meaning as the current IC Title has, you wouldn't look back on it as fondly either.

[XL]

Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan I don't think everyone needs to be working their way up for a potential main event breakout. But everyone needs to be serving a purpose entertainment-wise. This used to not be a difficult concept. Now it doesn't seem like anyone outside like 5 or 6 guys has direction. As is evident by the example I gave earlier of the pathetic job of doing something so simple as building matches for PPV so you don't need filler. There's more people on the roster than before and they can't build PPV matches all of a sudden. It makes no sense.

That's what I'm talking about, not everybody is cut out to be a main eventer, a lot of the talent have a very low ceiling but that doesn't mean they can't be used on an effective and entertaining way.

There is always something entertaining going on as Gertner pointed out I just wish there was more going on across the show. Virtually everybody on the roster has something to offer but they are being let down by the writing.

Sandow is a great character but he hasn't had anything in the way of an elongated feud. A feud with Ryder would be do easy to write and he's over. How has that not happened.

I know Noid gets a lot of stick on here but some of the ideas he has for the lower card guys are great and he proves that it's not hard to write intriguing, fully formed stories for the guys at the bottom of the card.

It's a travesty that a guy like Johnny Curtis isn't on the main roster with something to do.