A small list of improvements WWE needs to make.

**Zeeboe** · 04-28-2009, 12:49 PM

Oh boy, I'm gonna take a lot of brow beatings, neg points, flames, ban threats, obsolete "fat jokes" from GBF and the other Rajah boys, random you tube clips, told I type too much, cheesy Val Venis jokes, off-topic remarks to imply that no one cares what I have to post, and "zzz" pics and smiles for this one.....but I don't care. If the boys do that, it's because they know I'm right, and this cannot be debated, and this needs to be posted!

Two years ago, I read on the internet that Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, and Triple H were backstage at Raw, and all three of them were watching the younger wrestlers on a monitor, and I believe it was Triple H who said something along the lines of that he's gonna have to wrestle forever in order to keep the business alive.

....That, in a way, is how I felt last night as I watched Raw. Let me explain:

I'm a total old-school WWF (not WWE) fan. From 1988-2003, I was one of the most enthusiastic, and loyal WWF fans you could come across. I retired as a fan six years ago because wrestling today became too way to stinky for me to handle, but I've recently been watching some of Raw again, and I cannot take it anymore, so I am proud to present to you what this old-school WWF fan thinks needs to be done with today's wrestling product:

1. There needs to be just *ONE* show! Just like there was in the old days! No Smackdown! No ECW! No WWE 24/7! Just Monday Night Raw, and weekend morning shows like WWE Superstars on Saturday, and WWE All American Wrestling on Sunday's to show highlights and previews of Monday Night Raw. I'd even be okay with a Sunday Night Heat type of show so the mid-card guys can have a program.

Ya see, the problem is, wrestling fans are SPOILED ROTTEN these days! They're being WAY overfed, and they''re gonna end up throwing it back up one day! In MY day, we appreciated wrestling more because we only saw it once a week, so when Monday Night Raw came on, it was a VERY big deal. I remember I would spend all day Monday thinking about Raw Is War, and what was going to happen that night. I was like a kid waiting for Christmas. You don't have those types of feelings anymore!

2. This has a been a problem for years.....but they need better control of keeping secrets off the net! The internet has played a big role in ruining wrestling in my opinion. There's no more surprises. In my day, we had no world wide web so when a older wrestler returned, or a guy turned heel or babyface, it was a big deal, and it was shocking, and it made for good TV!

3. They need to cut down on the roster. There are WAY too many wrestlers on the roster, and just about anyone can get a job in the WWE these days Literally! Half of those clowns need to be fired! In my day, when you got to the WWF, it was a big deal, because you were in the big league, but now....ANYONE can get in the WWE. It's not a huge honor to work there anymore!

4. They need to make the matches longer. I use to be the guy who defended entertainment, but now there's too many skits and interviews! I always said there had to be a happy medium. Last night, almost every match I watched was less then five minutes! Do they even call wrestling, "wrestling" anymore Of course, maybe the matches are so short these days because most of the wrestlers can barely wrestle well in my view, and they don't wanna over-expose them!

5. Randy Orton took WAY too long to come down to the ring last night for the opening skit. Don't milk out the fans! Just come out the second the music starts, and don't peddle around so much!

6. They need to stop giving all the attention to the twenty-something year old kids! Those little boys need to be mid-carding right now! The older guys need to be running the show! Orton, and his stable are TOO YOUNG! They're just kids! Rookies! Babies.....who need to work on their mic skills! They're WAY too young and inexperienced to be carrying the whole company! I was just watching one of my old Raw tapes from 97', and there was a match between The Rock and Triple H. Both men were in their twenties at the time, and both men as we know would later go on to lead the company, but guess what? In 1997, THEY WERE MID-CARDING! i.e. They were LEARNING!

7. The GM, President, Commissioner, whatever you wanna call it......needs to take more of a backseat role, and not be on the show every dang week! Just every so often like when Gorilla Monsoon was president, so whenever the boss DOES show up, you know something exciting is gonna happen, and someone's probably gonna get their butt chewed out! They should set it up for where when the boss shows up, you know someone is in trouble! So when their music hits, everyone's standing up, waiting to see the heel get what's coming to them! Or is scared for the future of the babyface!

8. They need a heel play-by-play man! Jerry Lawler was so amazing back in the day, and was too funny for words. But for almost ten years now, he's been a babyface/half-butt heel. I guess you could call him a tweener, but he's more of a face in my view. I personally miss the heel play-by-play men like Jessie Ventura, Bobby Heenan, the 90's Jerry Lawler, and Paul Heyman in his 2001 run.

I remember watching an old 2001 DVD years ago when Heyman was working with Ross, and Heyman sounded so freaking brilliant, and it was entertaining hearing Ross and Heyman argue! That's how it needs to be now. A face, and heel play-by-play men just like there are face and heel wrestlers!

Like I posted last night on the Raw thread, I recently came across my old collection of wrestling tapes. I used to record every episode of Raw in 1997, and I've spent the last four days, watching many of the episodes, and the wrestling still holds up, and are still entertaining. Especially Bret Hart's heel run/Steve Austin's face run, and it is hard to watch amazing stuff like that, then go and watch Raw today. It's absolutely horrible!

04-28-2009, 12:49 PM	#1
Zeeboe Posts: 6,269	A small list of improvements WWE needs to make. Oh boy, I'm gonna take a lot of brow beatings, neg points, flames, ban threats, obsolete "fat jokes" from GBF and the other Rajah boys, random you tube clips, told I type too much, cheesy Val Venis jokes, off-topic remarks to imply that no one cares what I have to post, and "zzz" pics and smiles for this one.....but I don't care. If the boys do that, it's because they know I'm right, and this cannot be debated, and this needs to be posted! Two years ago, I read on the internet that Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, and Triple H were backstage at Raw, and all three of them were watching the younger wrestlers on a monitor, and I believe it was Triple H who said something along the lines of that he's gonna have to wrestle forever in order to keep the business alive. ....That, in a way, is how I felt last night as I watched Raw. Let me explain: I'm a total old-school WWF (not WWE) fan. From 1988-2003, I was one of the most enthusiastic, and loyal WWF fans you could come across. I retired as a fan six years ago because wrestling today became too way to stinky for me to handle, but I've recently been watching some of Raw again, and I cannot take it anymore, so I am proud to present to you what this old-school WWF fan thinks needs to be done with today's wrestling product: 1. There needs to be just ONE show! Just like there was in the old days! No Smackdown! No ECW! No WWE 24/7! Just Monday Night Raw, and weekend morning shows like WWE Superstars on Saturday, and WWE All American Wrestling on Sunday's to show highlights and previews of Monday Night Raw. I'd even be okay with a Sunday Night Heat type of show so the mid-card guys can have a program. Ya see, the problem is, wrestling fans are SPOILED ROTTEN these days! They're being WAY overfed, and they''re gonna end up throwing it back up one day! In MY day, we appreciated wrestling more because we only saw it once a week, so when Monday Night Raw came on, it was a VERY big deal. I remember I would spend all day Monday thinking about Raw Is War, and what was going to happen that night. I was like a kid waiting for Christmas. You don't have those types of feelings anymore! 2. This has a been a problem for years.....but they need better control of keeping secrets off the net! The internet has played a big role in ruining wrestling in my opinion. There's no more surprises. In my day, we had no world wide web so when a older wrestler returned, or a guy turned heel or babyface, it was a big deal, and it was shocking, and it made for good TV! 3. They need to cut down on the roster. There are WAY too many wrestlers on the roster, and just about anyone can get a job in the WWE these days Literally! Half of those clowns need to be fired! In my day, when you got to the WWF, it was a big deal, because you were in the big league, but now....ANYONE can get in the WWE. It's not a huge honor to work there anymore! 4. They need to make the matches longer. I use to be the guy who defended entertainment, but now there's too many skits and interviews! I always said there had to be a happy medium. Last night, almost every match I watched was less then five minutes! Do they even call wrestling, "wrestling" anymore Of course, maybe the matches are so short these days because most of the wrestlers can barely wrestle well in my view, and they don't wanna over-expose them! 5. Randy Orton took WAY too long to come down to the ring last night for the opening skit. Don't milk out the fans! Just come out the second the music starts, and don't peddle around so much! 6. They need to stop giving all the attention to the twenty-something year old kids! Those little boys need to be mid-carding right now! The older guys need to be running the show! Orton, and his stable are TOO YOUNG! They're just kids! Rookies! Babies.....who need to work on their mic skills! They're WAY too young and inexperienced to be carrying the whole company! I was just watching one of my old Raw tapes from 97', and there was a match between The Rock and Triple H. Both men were in their twenties at the time, and both men as we know would later go on to lead the company, but guess what? In 1997, THEY WERE MID-CARDING! i.e. They were LEARNING! 7. The GM, President, Commissioner, whatever you wanna call it......needs to take more of a backseat role, and not be on the show every dang week! Just every so often like when Gorilla Monsoon was president, so whenever the boss DOES show up, you know something exciting is gonna happen, and someone's probably gonna get their butt chewed out! They should set it up for where when the boss shows up, you know someone is in trouble! So when their music hits, everyone's standing up, waiting to see the heel get what's coming to them! Or is scared for the future of the babyface! 8. They need a heel play-by-play man! Jerry Lawler was so amazing back in the day, and was too funny for words. But for almost ten years now, he's been a babyface/half-butt heel. I guess you could call him a tweener, but he's more of a face in my view. I personally miss the heel play-by-play men like Jessie Ventura, Bobby Heenan, the 90's Jerry Lawler, and Paul Heyman in his 2001 run. I remember watching an old 2001 DVD years ago when Heyman was working with Ross, and Heyman sounded so freaking brilliant, and it was entertaining hearing Ross and Heyman argue! That's how it needs to be now. A face, and heel play-by-play men just like there are face and heel wrestlers! Like I posted last night on the Raw thread, I recently came across my old collection of wrestling tapes. I used to record every episode of Raw in 1997, and I've spent the last four days, watching many of the episodes, and the wrestling still holds up, and are still entertaining. Especially Bret Hart's heel run/Steve Austin's face run, and it is hard to watch amazing stuff like that, then go and watch Raw today. It's absolutely horrible! Last edited by Zeeboe; 04-28-2009 at 06:36 PM.