What went wrong with the bussiness end of things and how can it be fixed? I have my own opinions but I would LOVE to hear yours.
Just curious -- I remember wrestling before became all glossy and flashy. Before 2003, WWF/E use to be awesome and entertaining ... even compeling at times haha!!!! Those that grow up in my generation (1989 - 2002). I don't neeed to go into too much detail, you all know the eras where wrestling was at its best.
Who misses the good old days? Do you have any memories?
2006-12-28 09:57:10 · 8 answers · asked by rosie768 3 in Sports ➔ Wrestling
Honestly, I don't think its because they ran out of ideas because WWF/E is "sports entertainment" not a "soap opera". Maybe Vince needs to step down, along with his kids who now seem to run everything ...
2006-12-28 11:24:13 · update #1
Your/Our generation was some of the best. I personally think the high point of wrestling was 1997-1999. It started slipping in the new millineum and hit rock bottom around 2003. I've gotten where i wont even chip in 5 dollars to see a wrestlemania they're so bad.
What i think was wrong. 2 things, 1. neglecting serious fans. 2. lack of competition.
1. Wrestling always seems to bottom out when they choose to push these wrestlers that are marketable but not good wrestlers.
Ex. Despite what they say Goldberg, who was probably the least talented world champ ever, killed wcw. The first time they lost the ratings war in 2 years was the nitro where he was crowned champ. And now youre going to see the same thing with Cena. There are no serious (long term) wrestling fans that support him.
2. wrestling was best with 3 companies, they traded, bought fired wrestlers that had a new chance to be better used or retooled somewhere else. Think of all the wcw talent that was never used well in wwf (Kanyon, Raven, DDP, Malenko) or people like Raven that had horrible gimmicks in a company (johnny flamingo, or something in wcw) and then became made by ecw. ECW made stone cold.
Some of my brief memories are
HHH as european champ, and they kept trying to get chyna out of the matches, suspending cages and everything.
Rocks interview from Royal Rumble 98 about the homeless.
The best 2 of 3 IC match of HHH and Rock.
Jericho beating all the cruiserweights and taking their gimmicks/costumes/etc.
New Age Outlaws taking out Foley and Funk to create the 2nd DX
Jericho coming out in a shark cage to taunt Shamrock safely
2 words - Positively Kanyon!!
The crazy matches with drunk Scott Hall when they would have to drag him to the back and then cover it with bad storylines
Curt Henning/Mr. Perfect was incredible
Wildman Marc Mero's moonsault or TKO
....anyway...thanks for the trip on memory lane
2006-12-28 10:16:47 · answer #1 · answered by anonymous w 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well... we have to remember this is an ENTERTAINMENT business we are talking about.
So in that kind of vision the WWE has never been better, they are copying all the formulas that WCW used back in the 80/90's, and taking them a little bit further.
In the WRESTLING side it has never been so bad, they lost the best wrestlers they had, the guys with good wrestling technique, and they are keeping the "Baby Face Heroes".
WWE had never been so popular in rating, not even what WCW managed to achieve back when they were at their peak.
But the problem is not the company, is the audience with no wrestling knowledge, as the people from other branches of wrestling.
But it is still a business and you have to make money from "entertaining" an audience, so probably you are an old school wrestling fan, or you really like good quality wrestling in a match, so now you are not in the aim for WWE audience plan. Now WWE wants to make soap operas and show huge bodies with no wrestling quality.
2006-12-29 00:28:02 · answer #2 · answered by Chiruley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yall act like Bryan Danielson is the best thing that happen in the world of wrestling , like hes better then the past present and the future yeah what he did in the indys is great but he is not the god of wrestling sometimes i think the IWC would turn gay for this guy , his firing was nothing more then collateral damage and aint like he's gonna disappear as long as there is ROH there will always be a bryan danielson not everything has to be in a wwe ring and they aint gonna go out of Business cuz hes gone plain and simple
2016-03-28 22:47:17 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They got away from the basics of what Pro Wrestling is all about and got into the Soap Opera genre. I dearly miss Brusier Brody and Wahoo McDaniel and those guys, they made it amazing for me as a kid. I'm still so in love with Rowdy Roddy Piper.
2006-12-28 10:09:24 · answer #4 · answered by ihave5katz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it got too big for it's britches and too greedy. I think they were most successful (and creatively inspired) when there was a competing product like WCW and ECW not run by the same company. People aren't dumb now they know that they are all the same now.
I miss the Managers. They were so easy to hate. Bobby the Brain, The Slickster, Mr Fuji, Albert Humperdink, Brother Love.
2006-12-28 10:03:46 · answer #5 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fate eventually catches up with wrestling.
There isnt much that hasnt already been done, and there are no characters like macho man, jimmy mouth of the south hart, and the legendary RODDY PIPER (sorry i had to put him in capitals).
Whenever someone comes out to talk, its sooooooooo been done before, the last innovative would have to be Stone cold Steve Austin.
2006-12-28 10:08:56 · answer #6 · answered by rowdy rick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lack of competition. A good reason for promoting competition in the world.
2006-12-28 10:19:34 · answer #7 · answered by Red C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they just ran out of ideas
2006-12-28 11:01:43 · answer #8 · answered by HHH 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋