Is wrestling on its way out?

**Loose Cannon** · 04-07-2005, 05:15 PM

Yea, Wrestling is definately not at an all-time low. Imagine right now, but 10 x worse in the early 90's, from a financial and creative standpoint.

The thing about back then was most of us probably didn't 2nd guess what they were feeding us with thier product. We just accepted it and didn't complain, unlike today.

The WWE isn't going anywhere and they bring in more then enough revenue to cover them. Since they bring in the revenue, they will have advertisers on board, so the TV deal should be fine.

What's missing in the entire business right now is that there's nothing really there that gets people talking. It's just really bland kind of storylines. Nothing where your casual fan would go "That was so awesome, I can't wait until next week." I mean a lot of us on here watch cause we've been watching for so long that it's just programmed in us now.

Remember, it's the "stories" that usually sell, not the "wrestling." Stuff like Taker crucifying Austin you guys on here might of said "Man, this is ridiculous, I just want to watch wrestling." Well that's fine, but you're in a minority there. I remember the contraversy that got and I remember kids at my school, who weren't even fans, talking about that. Hey, bad publicity or good publicity is still publicity and at the end of the day, the ratings, PPV buys, etc.. were really high, so something clicked with people.

That's something TNA and WWE need right now. They need something that's interesting basically. Not rehashed stroylines or just this guy feuds with this guy and they fight at the PPV. It's just real generic right now is all I'm trying to say.

04-07-2005, 05:15 PM	#12
Loose Cannon I'm all there is Posts: 31,811	Yea, Wrestling is definately not at an all-time low. Imagine right now, but 10 x worse in the early 90's, from a financial and creative standpoint. The thing about back then was most of us probably didn't 2nd guess what they were feeding us with thier product. We just accepted it and didn't complain, unlike today. The WWE isn't going anywhere and they bring in more then enough revenue to cover them. Since they bring in the revenue, they will have advertisers on board, so the TV deal should be fine. What's missing in the entire business right now is that there's nothing really there that gets people talking. It's just really bland kind of storylines. Nothing where your casual fan would go "That was so awesome, I can't wait until next week." I mean a lot of us on here watch cause we've been watching for so long that it's just programmed in us now. Remember, it's the "stories" that usually sell, not the "wrestling." Stuff like Taker crucifying Austin you guys on here might of said "Man, this is ridiculous, I just want to watch wrestling." Well that's fine, but you're in a minority there. I remember the contraversy that got and I remember kids at my school, who weren't even fans, talking about that. Hey, bad publicity or good publicity is still publicity and at the end of the day, the ratings, PPV buys, etc.. were really high, so something clicked with people. That's something TNA and WWE need right now. They need something that's interesting basically. Not rehashed stroylines or just this guy feuds with this guy and they fight at the PPV. It's just real generic right now is all I'm trying to say.