Necrophilia.

**Nacho Man** · 02-22-2004, 10:24 AM

In every argument there are two points of view, and I wanted to try and raise a few points that do not seem to be commonly shared on this site:

Necrophilia regarded as positive by at least One fan shock:

This point may have many people rolling their eyes, but I would like to suggest a couple of reasons as to why the angle could have been, and was, a success-

-As an instrument through which HHH was able to show his sense of humour, the shocking image of him straddling a corpse was one that wrestling fans never thought they would be able to see, much like Hogan Vs Rock: Perhaps in retrospect the WWE would have been better served by making Necrophilia a weekly bit, like Piper's pit, used in a farcical manner, i.e. HHH dressed up as Kane 'Necro-raping' a famous person who had died in the last 7 days. I believe this would have increased ratings, if only because people would be tuning in to see how far HHH would go- would he rape the pope for example, and so forth.

-HHH took one for the team- it was an angle that was unlikely to be very popular, and he was willing to involve himself for the good of the WWE- which if it had taken off, would probably have resulted in a surge of buyrates, and selling of t-shirts.

-People forget that this angle was Kane's main event rub, HHH used this angle to degrade himself, and to some extent the sport, to help Kane get over in his gimmick- a necrophiliac. This may be a controversial point, but I believe that Kane would still be in the midcard had it not been for the necrophilia moment that defines his career.

-Ratings WERE up in the week that Necrophilia was used, and the week after ratings dropped (Perhaps because there was no necrophilia)

-Vince McMahon found the angle to be hilarious, and believed it would get over. He may not always be respected as a man who always does the correct thing within the business, but he is shrewd, and it was right to make an effort to increase ratings by using controversial angles- who's to say what might have happened had they NOT used necrophilia when they did. Can anyone think of anything else that happened in the WWE in the period of 2002 when Necrophilia became so prominent?

That's my 2 cents, please consider with an open mind accepting that someone's truth isn't necessarily gospel.

02-22-2004, 10:24 AM	#1
Nacho Man Wont be Wearing the Shoes Posts: 185	Necrophilia. In every argument there are two points of view, and I wanted to try and raise a few points that do not seem to be commonly shared on this site: Necrophilia regarded as positive by at least One fan shock: This point may have many people rolling their eyes, but I would like to suggest a couple of reasons as to why the angle could have been, and was, a success- -As an instrument through which HHH was able to show his sense of humour, the shocking image of him straddling a corpse was one that wrestling fans never thought they would be able to see, much like Hogan Vs Rock: Perhaps in retrospect the WWE would have been better served by making Necrophilia a weekly bit, like Piper's pit, used in a farcical manner, i.e. HHH dressed up as Kane 'Necro-raping' a famous person who had died in the last 7 days. I believe this would have increased ratings, if only because people would be tuning in to see how far HHH would go- would he rape the pope for example, and so forth. -HHH took one for the team- it was an angle that was unlikely to be very popular, and he was willing to involve himself for the good of the WWE- which if it had taken off, would probably have resulted in a surge of buyrates, and selling of t-shirts. -People forget that this angle was Kane's main event rub, HHH used this angle to degrade himself, and to some extent the sport, to help Kane get over in his gimmick- a necrophiliac. This may be a controversial point, but I believe that Kane would still be in the midcard had it not been for the necrophilia moment that defines his career. -Ratings WERE up in the week that Necrophilia was used, and the week after ratings dropped (Perhaps because there was no necrophilia) -Vince McMahon found the angle to be hilarious, and believed it would get over. He may not always be respected as a man who always does the correct thing within the business, but he is shrewd, and it was right to make an effort to increase ratings by using controversial angles- who's to say what might have happened had they NOT used necrophilia when they did. Can anyone think of anything else that happened in the WWE in the period of 2002 when Necrophilia became so prominent? That's my 2 cents, please consider with an open mind accepting that someone's truth isn't necessarily gospel.