digitalversicolor Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, tiger_rick said: Is it? Why does every show feature so much in-ring action then? Because it has to, he couldn't just get rid and have them all sat in the Rovers could he, as much as he'd like to. Edited October 22, 2019 by digitalversicolor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 19 minutes ago, digitalversicolor said: I think the issue these days is that McMahon considers it an 'entertainment' company and not a 'wrestling' company anymore (although I know he's always tried to evade being a 'wrestling' company). It used to be that the story lines all tied into the matches as the main focus, so there was reason to invest in the story lines culminating in the wrestling matches you want to see, the heel get his comeuppance or the face get the big title win. Nowadays, I think if Vince could bin off the actual matches and just be writing Coronation Street episodes instead, that's what he wants. He's just writing shitty reality/soap story lines that happen to need wrestling matches in there somewhere, but they are of no consequence and don't matter, so the matches can be ten stars, but what does it matter if those are just getting in the way and are just a means to an end. The problem is, the story lines are shite and due to this, the fact that we don't care about the matches as they basically don't matter at all as we're not invested, means that as a whole, it's just a stagnant mess of a company and has been for a long time. What a strange take. When do you think WWF/WWE switched to the “nowadays” focus on storylines? It feels like you’re just repeating a criticism from fifteen years ago without actually watching WWE in 2019. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP RULZ Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) 25 minutes ago, digitalversicolor said: I think the issue these days is that McMahon considers it an 'entertainment' company and not a 'wrestling' company anymore (although I know he's always tried to evade being a 'wrestling' company). It used to be that the story lines all tied into the matches as the main focus, so there was reason to invest in the story lines culminating in the wrestling matches you want to see, the heel get his comeuppance or the face get the big title win. Nowadays, I think if Vince could bin off the actual matches and just be writing Coronation Street episodes instead, that's what he wants. He's just writing shitty reality/soap story lines that happen to need wrestling matches in there somewhere, but they are of no consequence and don't matter, so the matches can be ten stars, but what does it matter if those are just getting in the way and are just a means to an end. The problem is, the story lines are shite and due to this, the fact that we don't care about the matches as they basically don't matter at all as we're not invested, means that as a whole, it's just a stagnant mess of a company and has been for a long time. Isn't it basically the opposite of what you say?? There are far too many matches for matches sake these days with little or no backstory to them. More Storylines is what we want Edited October 22, 2019 by MVP RULZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King of Old School Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 24 minutes ago, MVP RULZ said: More Storylines is what we want I'm not sure I do to be honest after watching this Lana/Rusev/Lashley "story". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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