HHH has said it...

[Theo Dious]

HHH isn't dumb, no matter what a lot of smarks want to think, and he doesn't lack balls. HHH is responsible for NXT, a product that gained a lot of popularity by being a wrestling-based product. The buzz has always been that HHH looks at the Crockett NWA days as a model for a wrestling product; I have no doubt that his solution will be making WWE more like that, more like NXT. I think he's been cherishing a long-term ambition, patiently allowing things to play out until he can implement a more wide-scale vision for what he's already been doing. It's how he's always worked, by doing a little bit of whatever the fuck he wants, waiting for it to get over, then pointing out how well it works once he has the results to prove it. Hell I'd go so far as to suggest that he knows how lead-balloonish the repetitive Authority promos are, and deliberately keeps doing them so that he can contrast that against what actually works. The product is going to turn over more quickly than it did from Diesel Power to the Attitude Era. The difference is that the same way things today aren't as centered around one guy as they were then, this turnover is going to go from over-scripted promos and lame presentation to a more wrestling-oriented product.

Don't doubt Triple H. Within the world of wrestling nobody else has gotten as much of exactly what they want as he has.

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Originally Posted by Theo Dious HHH isn't dumb, no matter what a lot of smarks want to think, and he doesn't lack balls. HHH is responsible for NXT, a product that gained a lot of popularity by being a wrestling-based product. The buzz has always been that HHH looks at the Crockett NWA days as a model for a wrestling product; I have no doubt that his solution will be making WWE more like that, more like NXT. I think he's been cherishing a long-term ambition, patiently allowing things to play out until he can implement a more wide-scale vision for what he's already been doing. It's how he's always worked, by doing a little bit of whatever the fuck he wants, waiting for it to get over, then pointing out how well it works once he has the results to prove it. Hell I'd go so far as to suggest that he knows how lead-balloonish the repetitive Authority promos are, and deliberately keeps doing them so that he can contrast that against what actually works. The product is going to turn over more quickly than it did from Diesel Power to the Attitude Era. The difference is that the same way things today aren't as centered around one guy as they were then, this turnover is going to go from over-scripted promos and lame presentation to a more wrestling-oriented product. Don't doubt Triple H. Within the world of wrestling nobody else has gotten as much of exactly what they want as he has.

Good post.

A lot of my friends who say they occasionally tune in to WWE get put off by all the talking. I understand that WWE and "Sports Entertainment" has always been as much focused on storylines and entertainment as it has in-ring action, but I think the market today is just different. This isn't 1980's Hulkamania nor is it 1999 Attitude. Perhaps a more wrestling-oriented WWE could help rejuvenate the product a little.

Especially because if people want "Artistic Combat" (Copyright Indifferent Clox 2010) they'll watch UFC and if they want drama and storylines, well fuck me there's countless TV series out there nowadays. Perhaps it's time for WWE to try something different with their product.