Who runs a company like this? (Raw Spoilers)

[JT]

It's been said, but seriously how can Vince McMahon or anyone run their corporation like this. Anyone else who runs a company like he does would be nearly out of business by now. I remember years ago speaking about calculated risk, but it seems that Vince gambles on what he simply finds to be entertaining and entirely to his audience. I swore last week that I would stop watching wrestling, yet only find myself watching again out of habbit, and once again disappointed.

We start off a wrestling show with women in bikinis shooting each other with super soakers in a poor attemt at a gimmick battle royal (which in itself a BR already being a gimmick match). We then have main event feuds with the fan favorite is either green and not entirely over (Bobby Lashley) or stale and in need of a revamp (John Cena). There enemies are a man who has a decent gimmick but one that may go stale soon if not already (Umanga) and a man who isn't over, may never be over, has no wrestling skills, has no mic skills, and the only thing going for him is he is bigger than Big Show (I don't think his name needs to be mentioned).

Your IC Champ is unknown and not over (whatever his name is)...his challenger will never and should never be over (Masters). I would mention more, but I barely remember what else is going on to really even care to mention it (I'm suprised I remember the IC title). I haven't watch Smackdown in forever when that got stale and ECW I stopped watching in Oct-Nov and then came back for a short period of time for a nice little feud (Originals/New Breed) before that blew over too.

Then of course in recent weeks you hear about all the firings and drama going on behind the camera. When it comes to Steph, most of it I don't mind. When most people enter a position like hers, the first thing they do to maximize profit is let people go (it's not right...just business). However, the firing of Ariel caught me off gaurd. I mean I didn't like the other firings as well, but still. She was over, she helped place Kevin Throrn over, and was considered by many the most over diva in the WWE. Her firing leaves a diva out that both made a interesting character a little more boring (Kevin Thorn), and if I may say...ECW a little more boring (though fairly dead to begin with). And what was this decision based on...the fact that WWE didn't think she had the "right look".

As bad as WCW was at times, there most sucessful time was based around Eric Bischoff taking advantage of Turners Research and Development office to find out what wrestling fans want. However, all you ever seem to hear from WWE these days is that most decisions in the company are based on the whime of what Vince McMahon wants to see. Note there that I didn't say "what he THINKS fans want to see" but "what HE wants to see". He's the first man to actually FIRE an audience in the isolation of ECW fans in the Tri-State area when they didn't react to the way he wanted to for Batista vs Big Show last August. He switched the show to WCW country in Atlanta, Georgia. You can't even make the argument that the fans were just not willing to give people other than ECW wrestlers a chance, because they did give CM Punk a chance as well as any other wrestler who's in ring abilities entertained (which was always ECW...didn't have to be great wrestlers as long as you gave it your all).

So I ask, how can you run a company like this? How can you ignore the fans and guess what they want for them instead of researching what they want. For now it works because you have fans in a force of habbit, but with Monday's slowly becoming a strong night on the Basic Channels (ABC: MNF, NBC: Heroes, CBS: Two and a Half Men), people might finally start kicking the habbit for better programs. WWE needs to learn that they need to rethink their strategy, not looking to what a few writers say...talk to the tallent who are on television with what they should...talk with fans with what they like about wrestling, and not the dumb ones who have been force fed your shit and go "yum" try finding the ones who don't and give valid reasons why. You may notice if you mention those opinions to the dumb ones, they may agree to an extend with it as well. Companies shouldn't be run like a plaything...they should be run like a corporation. If you don't enjoy the way the company is going, maybe it's time to call it quits and let someone in who can go along with todays fans and enjoy the job. But hey, that's just an opinion...