re: Some thoughts on pro wrestling (WWE) as it is today

Good discussion in here. On top of what has been said:

1. Announcing - its piss fricking poor. Instead of using them to get the wrestlers over and calling the match, they force feed us WwE app, WWE network, group grabass, who's trending worldwide, total divas and alittle bit of overall story. JR and the nitro crew (mainly brain and tenay) added nuances that improved the product. Lawler is going through the motions and needs to be replaced.

2. No factions - nWo, DX, 4 horsemen, the Corporation, the Nation, the Flock, dungeon of Doom, Mean street posse just to name a few. Evolution, Shield and the Wyatt's.....Nexus?....crickets

3. Wrestling - everyone is brought up through the cookie cutter WWE preformance center and are all taught the same style, which means we get the same crappy product. The guys in the attitude/nitro era "called it in the ring" and it made it a lot better and more realistic. Just watched Rey Jr vs Eddie for the CW title at WW3 97' and that match crushed anything I've seen on Raw besides the Ambrose/Rollins match in the last 6 months.

4. Shitty backstage creative

Part of the reason it was can't miss TV was as much behind the scenes as in the ring. Who was in the limo that just arrived? Who just laid out wrestler X in the lockeroom? Cross wrestler interaction. Now all we get is a shitty Renee young interview in front of a shitty chain link fence


5. Titles don't matter

They need to restructure the company:

WWE title
IC title
TV title
Tag team titles

IC and US are too much alike IMO. TV title needs to be your up and coming guy who can wrestle on every show (think Bo Dallas). IC should return to prominence as being on the cusp to superstardom like it was traditionally.


DRIVEMAN OUT