Post by MetalBlade on Oct 2, 2007 12:49:59 GMT -1
Here's the short version:
I've stopped watching WWE now, as it's become really SHIT. The only way it will get better is if Brock returns, and I believe the chances are slim, so Vince can get his dollar from some other chump - this fan is TNA all the way now.
Now for the long version:
On top of the very poor recent content (since the Benoit case) Sky plan to put the next three PPVs on Box Office, which costs £15 each. So it appears to me that they will no longer be showing them within the Sky Sports subscription - hence I choose not to ever buy another WWE PPV.
The reasons I am not enjoying WWE today are as follows:
Their treatment of the titles is a disgrace.
Hornswoggle as Cruiserweight Champion is I believe a dig at TNA's X-Division, by saying all their wrestlers are "little people".
If that isn't the case then I can only surmise that it is a dig at the fans by trying to prove "they will watch any old crap we vomit up in their faces".
The introduction of comedy on a large scale has really lost my interest. The illegitimate child angle was bad enough, but to reveal Hornswoggle (him again!) as the bastard was a definite test of my loyalty.
Add to that his behaviour at the supremely ill-concieved wedding of Kristal and Teddy Long, and you have a "little person" who has caused a BIG rift between WWE creative and WWE's once loyal fanbase.
I could just about stomach him as Finlay's Leprechaun, as it was a relatively minor role, but the other week he even sanctioned a match between Coachman and Cena, posing as Mister McMahon.
The whole thing is now beyond a joke.
But enough of *shudder* Hornswoggle.
The situation for me escalated last week when I reluctantly tuned into Raw live. I decided to give it a go, and see what matches were announced to see if anything grabbed my attention... and it did - Vince announced a cage match, which interested me.
Then he announced it would be a handicap match between Triple H and his two opponents Carlito (fair enough, the two have been feuding) and MISTER McMahon.
I switched off at that point.
Then Friday comes along, and Smackdown!
A main event is announced for No Way Out - Batista v Khali in a Punjabi Prison Match...
...oh Christ here we go.
Then I see that tonight's main event is that wedding.
I turned over to the news, intending to return to Smackdown later to see what a debacle the wedding would be.
Man, I wish I had not bothered. I did indeed turn over to see Kristal almost break her leg as she tried to climb the steps. Bad start.
Then the Hornsoggle incident. Then the heart attack. I'd had enough.
So last night for the first time in over ten years I didn't bother watching Raw, and know nothing about it. And I don't regret it either.
And I won't be watching Smackdown on Friday.
So that's it for me and WWE.
Nearly twenty years of fan adoration, and thousands spent on merchandise etc, all washed away like dirt in the gutter.
The above observations are merely the tip of a huge iceberg as far as I am concerned, as mine and Vince's mutual contempt for each other runs deeper than most can imagine.
(I use the terms I and myself not in a personal context, but because I believe I represent the largest proportion of WWE's fanbase over the last decade and a half).
As for TNA, it's far from a finished or polished product. There are still tons of rough edges that need grinding off. But the simple fact is, as I look at the bigger picture I see TNA with ambition, albeit with problems, whereas I see WWE with no ambition at all.
WWE has not stagnated, it has regressed into a period I predicted some time ago - the second Cartoon Era.
TNA on the other hand is more reminiscent of WWE during 1996 crossed with WCW of 1991.
The forthcoming two hour timeslot for Impact this week is I believe a chance for TNA to iron out some creases in it's programming, and finally give some breathing room for the rapidly expanding roster and allow more interesting feuds and concepts to come into fruition.
I don't mean gimmick matches either. That almost killed TNA earlier this year.
So from now on until the foreseeable future, I will be watching the progression of TNA from a safe distance, and without the albatross of WWE hanging around my neck.
I really do feel like a drug addict who's just entered a program.
I may go cold turkey for a while, as so much history is very hard to just throw away like this, but hopefully I will come out of this a much wiser and less jaded wrestling fan.
I've stopped watching WWE now, as it's become really SHIT. The only way it will get better is if Brock returns, and I believe the chances are slim, so Vince can get his dollar from some other chump - this fan is TNA all the way now.
Now for the long version:
On top of the very poor recent content (since the Benoit case) Sky plan to put the next three PPVs on Box Office, which costs £15 each. So it appears to me that they will no longer be showing them within the Sky Sports subscription - hence I choose not to ever buy another WWE PPV.
The reasons I am not enjoying WWE today are as follows:
Their treatment of the titles is a disgrace.
Hornswoggle as Cruiserweight Champion is I believe a dig at TNA's X-Division, by saying all their wrestlers are "little people".
If that isn't the case then I can only surmise that it is a dig at the fans by trying to prove "they will watch any old crap we vomit up in their faces".
The introduction of comedy on a large scale has really lost my interest. The illegitimate child angle was bad enough, but to reveal Hornswoggle (him again!) as the bastard was a definite test of my loyalty.
Add to that his behaviour at the supremely ill-concieved wedding of Kristal and Teddy Long, and you have a "little person" who has caused a BIG rift between WWE creative and WWE's once loyal fanbase.
I could just about stomach him as Finlay's Leprechaun, as it was a relatively minor role, but the other week he even sanctioned a match between Coachman and Cena, posing as Mister McMahon.
The whole thing is now beyond a joke.
But enough of *shudder* Hornswoggle.
The situation for me escalated last week when I reluctantly tuned into Raw live. I decided to give it a go, and see what matches were announced to see if anything grabbed my attention... and it did - Vince announced a cage match, which interested me.
Then he announced it would be a handicap match between Triple H and his two opponents Carlito (fair enough, the two have been feuding) and MISTER McMahon.
I switched off at that point.
Then Friday comes along, and Smackdown!
A main event is announced for No Way Out - Batista v Khali in a Punjabi Prison Match...
...oh Christ here we go.
Then I see that tonight's main event is that wedding.
I turned over to the news, intending to return to Smackdown later to see what a debacle the wedding would be.
Man, I wish I had not bothered. I did indeed turn over to see Kristal almost break her leg as she tried to climb the steps. Bad start.
Then the Hornsoggle incident. Then the heart attack. I'd had enough.
So last night for the first time in over ten years I didn't bother watching Raw, and know nothing about it. And I don't regret it either.
And I won't be watching Smackdown on Friday.
So that's it for me and WWE.
Nearly twenty years of fan adoration, and thousands spent on merchandise etc, all washed away like dirt in the gutter.
The above observations are merely the tip of a huge iceberg as far as I am concerned, as mine and Vince's mutual contempt for each other runs deeper than most can imagine.
(I use the terms I and myself not in a personal context, but because I believe I represent the largest proportion of WWE's fanbase over the last decade and a half).
As for TNA, it's far from a finished or polished product. There are still tons of rough edges that need grinding off. But the simple fact is, as I look at the bigger picture I see TNA with ambition, albeit with problems, whereas I see WWE with no ambition at all.
WWE has not stagnated, it has regressed into a period I predicted some time ago - the second Cartoon Era.
TNA on the other hand is more reminiscent of WWE during 1996 crossed with WCW of 1991.
The forthcoming two hour timeslot for Impact this week is I believe a chance for TNA to iron out some creases in it's programming, and finally give some breathing room for the rapidly expanding roster and allow more interesting feuds and concepts to come into fruition.
I don't mean gimmick matches either. That almost killed TNA earlier this year.
So from now on until the foreseeable future, I will be watching the progression of TNA from a safe distance, and without the albatross of WWE hanging around my neck.
I really do feel like a drug addict who's just entered a program.
I may go cold turkey for a while, as so much history is very hard to just throw away like this, but hopefully I will come out of this a much wiser and less jaded wrestling fan.
