Most of us agree that WWE is stale right now...

[Guest Downhome]

As most of you know, I feel that Rocky/Austin just doesn't have "it" right now. It just doesn't seem anywhere near what it used to, and I know a few of you guys feel this also. Even though they are back, and feuding once again, WWE still has a sense of staleness, on both "brands". My simple question to you guys, is what will it take to once again bring the feeling back to WWE television?

 

Do you honestly see Booker T as a guy who can carry a show or a fed? Would a Booker T/Chris Jericho feud over the World Title help things feel better? How about a debuting Goldberg feuding with either an Austin, Rocky, or HHH? You may not like the guy, but it could possibly make for some entertaining TV, as long as he is kept from the World Title right now, allowing BookerT/Jerichoo/etc... to run with it. How about pushing RVD and the such higher up the card, putting them in actual meaningfull storlines?

 

What type of angles, storylines, heel/face turns, and all of that would you like to see that you think could help things?

 

How about over on Smackdown? Would getting REALLY serious with the Cruiserweight Division help things out over on that end? I'm not talking having a match every so offten as they do now, but actually start having serious feuds and matches as they did when WCW had the cruisers meaning so much. Will Brock/Benoit be enough to keep that show afloat while Angle is on top? Would a push of one of the sorts like Rhyno, Cena, etc... help things freshen up?

 

How about overall on both shows. Would you like to see "the evil owner/GM" totally taken away from Pro. Wrestling? Would that possibly help things at all, seeing how it's been around for years now? We could have the return of a midcard title like the IC/US strap. As of now the up and coming guys have little to fight for, could bringing back titles like this back help things? Will the much talked about PPV split for each show really help the current status of WWE, meaning having RAW/SD being two different brands?

 

I just want to know what you think could help the feeling return to WWE. To me even the Rocky/Austin feud isn't doing it, and I really think they should be feuding with different people, this just isn't fresh any more.

 

Sincerely,

...Downhome...

[Guest El Satanico]

Vince retiring and Stephanie going on an extended hiatus after getting burnt out and knocked up.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Total Change in Structure and approach.

 

The Pride PPV on Sunday was a perfect example of how things should be done. It was 100x's more entertaining than the WWE has been for the past...shit... lets just say 'long while'.

[Guest Downhome]

Vince retiring and Stephanie going on an extended hiatus after getting burnt out and knocked up.

Vince retiring would be a huge difference, I think. I wonder how Shane would deal with the company if he had full controll, and I wonder if HHH (not hating on him, just mentioning him since he is basicly part of the family), would have any more controll than he does now.

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

Step 1:

 

Oh...hell nevermind. I only help those who want to be helped...and the WWE does not.

[Guest Downhome]

Total Change in Structure and approach.

 

The Pride PPV on Sunday was a perfect example of how things should be done. It was 100x's more entertaining than the WWE has been for the past...shit... lets just say 'long while'.

Do you think a change in the in ring style would help any (and not the one we've heard about)? How about un-banning moves like the piledriver and the such? I know I would love it if they loosened up on things like that, and then cut back the days on the road and over seas trips.

 

As for Pride, I've never seen any of it at all. Is it anything like UFC? I've seen UFC quite a bit, but I find it to be a bit borring at times, what with some holds lasting a very long time. Is the action in Pride more fast and furious, or is it more so slow and methodical?

[Guest BoboBrazil]

Getting rid of the entire writing team and replace them with the writers from Oz.

[Guest Downhome]

I never thought that by WWE not having head to head competition like they had with WCW, would hurt them as much as it has. Not only did it make both companies to at least sometimes try to out do the other one, but we also had the entire thing of "who wil jump where" and all of that. We basicly do not have that at all right now, and that hurts quite a bit to me.

 

The one thing we do NOT need is a TOTAL revamp as WCW did, I think two times, as it really didn't help all that much at all. It could be done before our eyes, rather quickly, if they just put their minds to it.

[Guest El Satanico]

Vince retiring and Stephanie going on an extended hiatus after getting burnt out and knocked up.

Vince retiring would be a huge difference, I think. I wonder how Shane would deal with the company if he had full controll, and I wonder if HHH (not hating on him, just mentioning him since he is basicly part of the family), would have any more controll than he does now.

I'd be willing to give Stephanie a chance without Vince looking over her shoulder. As far as we know she could have good ideas and that Vince is the one that is screwing the product up.

 

Vince being gone would help alot since lack of good risk taking is likely because he's old and afraid to gamble now.

[Guest snuffbox]

Stop booking exactly like the sinking WCW/AWA would be a really good start.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Pride is better than the UFC. It's hard to catagorize because there is such a wide variety of fighters and fights. They do have some boring fights, but they also have fights that rival the best wrestling matches... It's all a matter of picking the right event.

 

For Example: Last night the first match was strictly ground-based but the action was constant and the announcers are so good that they make it flow very well. The finish was very satisfying as well.

 

The second match offered standup fighting and ground fighting with a VERY exciting 2nd round.

 

The third match was great for it's finish as it was a SICK knee to the head. Carlos Newton never fails to give a great, VERY entertaining match... even in losing...

 

The forth match had a very explosive finish but was pretty quick.

 

The fifth fight was purely standup and Sak delivered (as usual) some pretty exciting moves. It was a big upset in the end, however, which makes you really appreciate the unpredicable nature of the sport and how a fight can turn at the drop of a hat.

 

The 6th match had better pre-match promos than anything the WWE has done...period. The ending was explosive and the post-match showdown was AWESOME.

 

The ME delivered a huge upset and actually made GnP exciting. The announcing was 1st rate and put anything the WWE has in the booth to shame. Quadros and Rutten just make it seem so important but never sound like they are shills. Quadros is Mike Tenay but can actually get you into the matches with his statistics and history rather than just throwing it out for the sake of it. Rutten is great colour.

 

The whole show was a HUGE hit even though it didn't offer a FOTY - it offered up a whole lot of drama and it didn't even have to be worked. You just need to put in great fighters with their own unique style and history and the story writes itself.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

The WWE, IMO, needs to be more professional. The 'tale of the tape' was a good start, but they need rankings. They need to put emphasis on matches and wrestleres. They need to make things EPIC. They need to break down the matches and the wrestlers and get into the psychology of the match.

 

I can't see the harm in trying to do it with Smackdown. At least it would be trying to make the product different and distinct.

[Guest El Satanico]

Other than ranking the contenders to the belt, I couldn't see WWe implementing that.

[Guest Jobber of the Week]

My simple question to you guys, is what will it take to once again bring the feeling back to WWE television?

World Champion Funaki.

[Bored 0]

Personally I'm for the most part enjoying the feuds and angles going into Wrestlemania and think the product has been decent in the past month or so. Its usually the 2-3 months after Wrestlemania when it gets really stale so if you think its stale now...well just be prepared.

[Guest JMA]

Well, first off I'd release some of the older wrestlers, as well as the big, unalthletic ones. Secondly, I'd have longer matches and shorter promos. 70% of the shows would be wrestling based while 30% would be based on storylines/angles. There would be no skits either. I would also cutdown on the use of comedy characters. Less house shows would also be in order (and no titles would be defended at house shows).

 

The PPVs would be shortened to the big four (SummerSlam, Survivor Series, Royal Rumble, and WrestleMania) and the price would be reduced to $20.00. Smackdown should also be live. Heat and Velocity would not pretend it is Sunday or Saturday; they would admit to being taped, so to speak. The commentators would talk like they have no advanced knowledge of outcomes. I would impliment a stiffer style so that not-selling wouldn't be a problem.

 

Finally, I would fire some uncreative members of the writing staff. I would let general wrestlers and road agents have say and imput in their angles. No wrestler would be treated as a jobber.

[Guest Coffey]

ITT: I type a bunch of text so people think I'm cool. Damn, still the same idiot as always.

 

Bash, bash, moan

 

TL, DR

[Guest Trivia247]

As we saw during the Goldust vs HHH match they are insituting that kick punch wrestling moveset restrictions....

 

lifting those Stupid Restrictions would improve the product vastly. tis becoming all to typical and predictable.

[Guest NoSelfWorth]

Get rid of the stale GM/Commissioner role as a weekly deal. Have them come out once in a blue moon as part of a big angle, so that when they do come out, it means more.

 

Demote Horriblewitz to being just a skit writer

[Guest JDMattitudeV1]

They have been pushing the same people (Austin, Rock, HHH and Taker) for the last five years but creating very few new stars for them to feud with, so of course things are going to get stale. They desperately need new stars, and this year’s Wrestlemania was the perfect time to do it, but instead the WWE has decided to go with nostalgia. The problem is that The Rock will be going back to Hollywood, and the other three's bodies are starting to fall apart so they may have missed the boat. I also think that they need to go in a completely new direction, trying something like RRR suggested might be a good place to start and if it doesn't work out then re-assess the situation. It's about time that WWE started thinking about the future and using their aging established stars to put over younger and healthier talent, and if they refuse to job, fire them and give the spotlight to the younger generation.

[Guest Your Olympic Hero]

Getting rid of the entire writing team and replace them with the writers from Oz.

Jeff Hardy could be someone's bitch.

[Guest Midnight Express83]

Here is how to help the WWE: create new stars, get new creative team. Wrestling cycle will take care of itself.

 

And JMA: remember they are trying to make profit, you would have the promotion dead by the end of this year.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Other than ranking the contenders to the belt, I couldn't see WWe implementing that.

 

I can't even see them implementing a ranking system - that would mean that they would have to remember storylines and matches.

[Guest Super Pissed Smark]

As long as the promotion is booked around indulging the boss's daughter, nothing is going to improve anything. Vince is unlikely to ever demote daddy's little girl, so we're stuck in this endgame until the money runs out.

 

Rankings would just make all the guys who aren't the chosen few look even more useless, since their records would be .500 at best, and HHH, Taker, Austin would all be .900 plus.

[Guest Karnage]

When they are pushing new guys, make them look good. HHH buried Booker two weeks ago and Hurricane's push is useless since he looked so weak yesterday.

Also, Vince should find a way to get the WWF name back.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Steph is a problem, but the bigger problem is with Vince. People book to please him - not the fans.

[Guest snuffbox]

Vince really needs to realize that the 80s are long past, punch-kicks and big guys arent the big sell.

 

American fans have been very exposed to workrate (Guerreros, Malenko, Benoit, etc) and foreign styles (luchadores, japanese, WCW undercard) as well as good, serious angles.

 

For the WWE to heat up/succeed McMahon really needs to get this through his thick fucking skull.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Vince needs to realize that it's not *1999* any more, first.

[Guest Mad Dog]

They need top 10 rankings for each of the belts. So even if your not anywhere near winning the belt you can still get a rub for being at least in contention for it.

 

They need to let wrestlers do their thing and not get in the way and dumb everything down to the same basic match.

 

Purge the whole creative team.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Their philosophy should be:

 

Base storylines around matches.

 

-rather than their-

 

Base matches around storylines.