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Seeing as that retarded, over-rated, past it has been of an announcer has brought back his report i figure it's only fair i, the critical New Yorker, cast my evil eye over the industry as well. However the main difference between Kawada Komments and that crappy report is for one i won't be talking about how the Sooners are doing, WHICH NO ONE GIVES A FUDGING TOSS ABOUT, and i won't be writing a ton of crap on a load of subjects, nope i'll be crapping all over one subject instead. Quality over quantity and all that nonsense.
So i sat in front of my computer and thought of what to write about:
HHH? ....... Too easy and obvious
The state of women's wrestling? ....... Save it for a later edition
Commentary? .....Again save it for another edition
So i continued to think and then it struck me, why not just talk about the whole industry to start it off and how the monopoly of one company has completely ruined it. So for this week's edition i shall be kommenting on - Historical trend of decline or the effect of an monopoly? and how a new promotion gives us hope
If you listen to such people as HHH, wrestling is going through what he likes to call a low at the moment. Now why is that? Horrible, unoriginal and offensive writing? Poor booking? Characters that have about as much charisma and talent as Davina McCall? Actual talent being suppressed?
Don't be stupid smart wrestling fans, no no the reason why the industry is in decline at the moment is because it's just that time where people all of a sudden decide they're not interested in Wrestling and go and do something else, it's a historical trend Trips and others would have us believe, nothing to do with them. The shows are still top quality but people have realised it's that time of the decade to not care about wrestling.
BULL DOO DOO
The reason audiences and tv ratings are at an, sometime all-time, low is because Vince has systematically destroyed all his competition before him and due to this he hasn't had to try. He hasn't had to bother thinking up the next Stone Cold or Rocky, the next Hogan or Andre because he's the only show in town and fans can either like it or go take a running jump.
The industry was huge in the 90's and why? Due to the Monday Night Wars, there were 2 companies vying for the top spot, and also a certain promotion down in Philadelphia growing in popularity. Vince had to try otherwise people would, and did, switch over to the competition. If the fans didn't like one company they had easy access to another that would cater to what they wanted and anyone who has taken just one lesson of business will know that when there's competition in an industry there's one big overall winner - the consumer, and of course with the opposite when there's a monopoly there's only one winner - Vince.
Is it a coincidence when the competition went the industry began to decline? People began to turn away from wrestling in favour of other forms of entertainment. Vince found this out in around late 2001 when the writing team managed to screw up the invasion angle and it was ended. All the WCW and ECW wrestlers who were going to be signed had been and that air of suspence of *who's going to be showing up on RAW this week?* had gone and what we were left with was a company that just couldn't care anymore. Why bust their ass trying to put on great show after great show when there's nothing else to watch? Where's the sense? just go at 50% and coast through, there's no one else who's going to be taking viewers, or at least not taking them away at a big enough volume to make a big enough impact, so we're always going to be the number one company and if anyone dares to try and make a stand against us we'll either buy up their talent or if we can't be bothered with that just let the lawyers loose. I've got my billions. i've made enough from it already.
There's a comment from Vince on the Rise and Fall of ECW DVD that amuses me, when asked why he *helped* ECW it was because he felt competition helped the industry. Sure seem to have changed that opinion Vinnie Mac. As now what we have is a young upstart promotion that is gathering pace, a promotion with a bit of cash behind it that is giving fans an alternative, it knows what the fans want and gives it to them and listens to them. It doesn't spit on them and detest them, they don't think they are giving people a privilege by allowing them to watch their show. So what happens when they seem to be growing and starting to make the industry exciting again? ............ Out come the lawyers. Vince, who apparently isn't worried about this promotion, decides to, all of a sudden, start enforcing trademarks on wrestlers left right and centre. To hell with the fact these are normal people just trying to make a living, Vince needs another gold bath so the fans aren't allowed to see their favourite wrestlers with gimmicks they have come to know and love. He doesn't want people watching this promotion as it will expose his as the boring, tired, devoid of ideas company that it is. He might not say it but he's scared. Scared he'll be found out by the marks just like he's already been by the smarks
However Vince is the only one who doesn't want this promotion to succeed, the wrestlers want it to succeed as they'll have somewhere to go when they get the call from Vince to tell them thanks for the hard work, but you've fulfilled your use, get out. The fans want it to succeed as they're putting on new matches, giving us new ideas and actually listening to us and giving us a proper alternative as this promotion grows.
And when the industry begins to grow again out will pop HHH telling us the industry is picking up again, not because of TNA making Vince actually have to try again despite him doing his damndest to chuck roadblocks in their way, but because it's just one of those things. No Paul people were sick and tired of seeing your talentless mug all over their tv for half a show and decided to switch off but now there's an alternative, somewhere where they don't have to see you giving us the same tired old promo for the last 7 years and are coming back. (ah hell i almost got through without trashing him, ah well) TNA is revitalising their interest in wrestling again, just like ECW did before it, they are making the big guns try again and that can only be a good thing for us the fans.
Wrestling has gone through its trough, not because of history but because of a businessman who doesn't care about anything other than the almighty dollar but now there's a new kid on the scene ready to smash a chair over his head and i'm sure, just like people did with WCW, people will begin to realise and switch over to watch this show and think, *hey wrestling is pretty damn exciting again*. So let the peak begin and if there's always at least 2 big companies battling each other it'll stay like that despite what HHH and his cronies would have you believe.
Next week - The state of women's wrestling
So i sat in front of my computer and thought of what to write about:
HHH? ....... Too easy and obvious
The state of women's wrestling? ....... Save it for a later edition
Commentary? .....Again save it for another edition
So i continued to think and then it struck me, why not just talk about the whole industry to start it off and how the monopoly of one company has completely ruined it. So for this week's edition i shall be kommenting on - Historical trend of decline or the effect of an monopoly? and how a new promotion gives us hope
If you listen to such people as HHH, wrestling is going through what he likes to call a low at the moment. Now why is that? Horrible, unoriginal and offensive writing? Poor booking? Characters that have about as much charisma and talent as Davina McCall? Actual talent being suppressed?
Don't be stupid smart wrestling fans, no no the reason why the industry is in decline at the moment is because it's just that time where people all of a sudden decide they're not interested in Wrestling and go and do something else, it's a historical trend Trips and others would have us believe, nothing to do with them. The shows are still top quality but people have realised it's that time of the decade to not care about wrestling.
BULL DOO DOO
The reason audiences and tv ratings are at an, sometime all-time, low is because Vince has systematically destroyed all his competition before him and due to this he hasn't had to try. He hasn't had to bother thinking up the next Stone Cold or Rocky, the next Hogan or Andre because he's the only show in town and fans can either like it or go take a running jump.
The industry was huge in the 90's and why? Due to the Monday Night Wars, there were 2 companies vying for the top spot, and also a certain promotion down in Philadelphia growing in popularity. Vince had to try otherwise people would, and did, switch over to the competition. If the fans didn't like one company they had easy access to another that would cater to what they wanted and anyone who has taken just one lesson of business will know that when there's competition in an industry there's one big overall winner - the consumer, and of course with the opposite when there's a monopoly there's only one winner - Vince.
Is it a coincidence when the competition went the industry began to decline? People began to turn away from wrestling in favour of other forms of entertainment. Vince found this out in around late 2001 when the writing team managed to screw up the invasion angle and it was ended. All the WCW and ECW wrestlers who were going to be signed had been and that air of suspence of *who's going to be showing up on RAW this week?* had gone and what we were left with was a company that just couldn't care anymore. Why bust their ass trying to put on great show after great show when there's nothing else to watch? Where's the sense? just go at 50% and coast through, there's no one else who's going to be taking viewers, or at least not taking them away at a big enough volume to make a big enough impact, so we're always going to be the number one company and if anyone dares to try and make a stand against us we'll either buy up their talent or if we can't be bothered with that just let the lawyers loose. I've got my billions. i've made enough from it already.
There's a comment from Vince on the Rise and Fall of ECW DVD that amuses me, when asked why he *helped* ECW it was because he felt competition helped the industry. Sure seem to have changed that opinion Vinnie Mac. As now what we have is a young upstart promotion that is gathering pace, a promotion with a bit of cash behind it that is giving fans an alternative, it knows what the fans want and gives it to them and listens to them. It doesn't spit on them and detest them, they don't think they are giving people a privilege by allowing them to watch their show. So what happens when they seem to be growing and starting to make the industry exciting again? ............ Out come the lawyers. Vince, who apparently isn't worried about this promotion, decides to, all of a sudden, start enforcing trademarks on wrestlers left right and centre. To hell with the fact these are normal people just trying to make a living, Vince needs another gold bath so the fans aren't allowed to see their favourite wrestlers with gimmicks they have come to know and love. He doesn't want people watching this promotion as it will expose his as the boring, tired, devoid of ideas company that it is. He might not say it but he's scared. Scared he'll be found out by the marks just like he's already been by the smarks
However Vince is the only one who doesn't want this promotion to succeed, the wrestlers want it to succeed as they'll have somewhere to go when they get the call from Vince to tell them thanks for the hard work, but you've fulfilled your use, get out. The fans want it to succeed as they're putting on new matches, giving us new ideas and actually listening to us and giving us a proper alternative as this promotion grows.
And when the industry begins to grow again out will pop HHH telling us the industry is picking up again, not because of TNA making Vince actually have to try again despite him doing his damndest to chuck roadblocks in their way, but because it's just one of those things. No Paul people were sick and tired of seeing your talentless mug all over their tv for half a show and decided to switch off but now there's an alternative, somewhere where they don't have to see you giving us the same tired old promo for the last 7 years and are coming back. (ah hell i almost got through without trashing him, ah well) TNA is revitalising their interest in wrestling again, just like ECW did before it, they are making the big guns try again and that can only be a good thing for us the fans.
Wrestling has gone through its trough, not because of history but because of a businessman who doesn't care about anything other than the almighty dollar but now there's a new kid on the scene ready to smash a chair over his head and i'm sure, just like people did with WCW, people will begin to realise and switch over to watch this show and think, *hey wrestling is pretty damn exciting again*. So let the peak begin and if there's always at least 2 big companies battling each other it'll stay like that despite what HHH and his cronies would have you believe.
Next week - The state of women's wrestling
Grandprix wrote:
> Awww, and you were going so well until HHH wormed his way in again.
> :D
I know :(
Be interesting to see if i can make a reference to him in the Women's Wrestling topic next week :-D
> Awww, and you were going so well until HHH wormed his way in again.
> :D
I know :(
Be interesting to see if i can make a reference to him in the Women's Wrestling topic next week :-D
Awww, and you were going so well until HHH wormed his way in again. :D
Competition is key in almost anything really. TV programmes, sporting competitions etc, they all require a certain level of competition to attract the fans.
The same is true of wrestling. It's current guise is sports entertainment which means they have a duty to entertain the fans.
I would say, and I'm probably being very generous, that in the last 5 years, 90% of what the WWE have churned out has been rubbish. Half-hearted attempts to find the next 'star' have been repeatedly pulled out of their backsides and hoping the scent attracts the fans. Sloppy booking, talentless bozos, endless pointless promos and a lack of real entertainment in the ring itself has turned the publics interest off.
TNA is fast becoming a reasonable alternative and if they continue their rapid rise, whose to say that TNA would steal some of the loyal WWE's fanbase.
For the future of wrestling, TNA really need to be considered as competition. Perhaps then we might see a change of policy from the WWE...
I'm rambling I think...
Competition is key in almost anything really. TV programmes, sporting competitions etc, they all require a certain level of competition to attract the fans.
The same is true of wrestling. It's current guise is sports entertainment which means they have a duty to entertain the fans.
I would say, and I'm probably being very generous, that in the last 5 years, 90% of what the WWE have churned out has been rubbish. Half-hearted attempts to find the next 'star' have been repeatedly pulled out of their backsides and hoping the scent attracts the fans. Sloppy booking, talentless bozos, endless pointless promos and a lack of real entertainment in the ring itself has turned the publics interest off.
TNA is fast becoming a reasonable alternative and if they continue their rapid rise, whose to say that TNA would steal some of the loyal WWE's fanbase.
For the future of wrestling, TNA really need to be considered as competition. Perhaps then we might see a change of policy from the WWE...
I'm rambling I think...
Kawada wrote:
> Seeing as that retarded, over-rated, past it has been of an announcer
> has brought back his report i figure it's only fair i, the critical
> New Yorker, cast my evil eye over the industry as well. However the
> main difference between Kawada Komments and that crappy report is for
> one i won't be talking about how the Sooners are doing, WHICH NO ONE
> GIVES A FUDGING TOSS ABOUT, and i won't be writing a ton of crap on a
> load of subjects, nope i'll be crapping all over one subject instead.
> Quality over quantity and all that nonsense.
Quality if definately better than quantity - Vince take note, you could do worse!
> If you listen to such people as HHH, wrestling is going through what
> he likes to call a low at the moment. Now why is that? Horrible,
> unoriginal and offensive writing? Poor booking? Characters that have
> about as much charisma and talent as Davina McCall? Actual talent
> being suppressed?
> Don't be stupid smart wrestling fans, no no the reason why the
> industry is in decline at the moment is because it's just that time
> where people all of a sudden decide they're not interested in
> Wrestling and go and do something else, it's a historical trend Trips
> and others would have us believe, nothing to do with them. The shows
> are still top quality but people have realised it's that time of the
> decade to not care about wrestling.
>
> BULL DOO DOO
>
> The reason audiences and tv ratings are at an, sometime all-time, low
> is because Vince has systematically destroyed all his competition
> before him and due to this he hasn't had to try. He hasn't had to
> bother thinking up the next Stone Cold or Rocky, the next Hogan or
> Andre because he's the only show in town and fans can either like it
> or go take a running jump.
> The industry was huge in the 90's and why? Due to the Monday Night
> Wars, there were 2 companies vying for the top spot, and also a
> certain promotion down in Philadelphia growing in popularity. Vince
> had to try otherwise people would, and did, switch over to the
> competition. If the fans didn't like one company they had easy access
> to another that would cater to what they wanted.
TNA is cashing in on this at the moment and good luck to it! Vince has destroyed the competition before and hopefully it won't happen again.
> so we're always going to be
> the number one company and if anyone dares to try and make a stand
> against us we'll either buy up their talent or if we can't be
> bothered with that just let the lawyers loose. I've got my billions.
> i've made enough from it already.{/I]
I like Christian but being threatened with the Captain Charisma lawsuit made me laugh - taste of your own medicine or what!
> [I]There's a comment from Vince on the Rise and Fall of ECW DVD that
> amuses me, when asked why he *helped* ECW it was because he felt
> competition helped the industry.
So now he's not helping the industry by destroying the competition? That figures as he is Vinnie Mac!
> No Paul people were sick and tired of seeing your talentless mug all
> over their tv for half a show and decided to switch off
Hopefully though he'll pull off his retirement statement and quit in a year or so.
> Wrestling has gone through its trough, not because of history but
> because of a businessman who doesn't care about anything other than
> the almighty dollar but now there's a new kid on the scene ready to
> smash a chair over his head and i'm sure, just like people did with
> WCW, people will begin to realise and switch over to watch this show
> and think, *hey wrestling is pretty damn exciting again*. So let the
> peak begin and if there's always at least 2 big companies battling
> each other it'll stay like that despite what HHH and his cronies
> would have you believe.
Over the past few weeks I've been watching TWC nearly enery night. Vince had better watch out.
> Seeing as that retarded, over-rated, past it has been of an announcer
> has brought back his report i figure it's only fair i, the critical
> New Yorker, cast my evil eye over the industry as well. However the
> main difference between Kawada Komments and that crappy report is for
> one i won't be talking about how the Sooners are doing, WHICH NO ONE
> GIVES A FUDGING TOSS ABOUT, and i won't be writing a ton of crap on a
> load of subjects, nope i'll be crapping all over one subject instead.
> Quality over quantity and all that nonsense.
Quality if definately better than quantity - Vince take note, you could do worse!
> If you listen to such people as HHH, wrestling is going through what
> he likes to call a low at the moment. Now why is that? Horrible,
> unoriginal and offensive writing? Poor booking? Characters that have
> about as much charisma and talent as Davina McCall? Actual talent
> being suppressed?
> Don't be stupid smart wrestling fans, no no the reason why the
> industry is in decline at the moment is because it's just that time
> where people all of a sudden decide they're not interested in
> Wrestling and go and do something else, it's a historical trend Trips
> and others would have us believe, nothing to do with them. The shows
> are still top quality but people have realised it's that time of the
> decade to not care about wrestling.
>
> BULL DOO DOO
>
> The reason audiences and tv ratings are at an, sometime all-time, low
> is because Vince has systematically destroyed all his competition
> before him and due to this he hasn't had to try. He hasn't had to
> bother thinking up the next Stone Cold or Rocky, the next Hogan or
> Andre because he's the only show in town and fans can either like it
> or go take a running jump.
> The industry was huge in the 90's and why? Due to the Monday Night
> Wars, there were 2 companies vying for the top spot, and also a
> certain promotion down in Philadelphia growing in popularity. Vince
> had to try otherwise people would, and did, switch over to the
> competition. If the fans didn't like one company they had easy access
> to another that would cater to what they wanted.
TNA is cashing in on this at the moment and good luck to it! Vince has destroyed the competition before and hopefully it won't happen again.
> so we're always going to be
> the number one company and if anyone dares to try and make a stand
> against us we'll either buy up their talent or if we can't be
> bothered with that just let the lawyers loose. I've got my billions.
> i've made enough from it already.{/I]
I like Christian but being threatened with the Captain Charisma lawsuit made me laugh - taste of your own medicine or what!
> [I]There's a comment from Vince on the Rise and Fall of ECW DVD that
> amuses me, when asked why he *helped* ECW it was because he felt
> competition helped the industry.
So now he's not helping the industry by destroying the competition? That figures as he is Vinnie Mac!
> No Paul people were sick and tired of seeing your talentless mug all
> over their tv for half a show and decided to switch off
Hopefully though he'll pull off his retirement statement and quit in a year or so.
> Wrestling has gone through its trough, not because of history but
> because of a businessman who doesn't care about anything other than
> the almighty dollar but now there's a new kid on the scene ready to
> smash a chair over his head and i'm sure, just like people did with
> WCW, people will begin to realise and switch over to watch this show
> and think, *hey wrestling is pretty damn exciting again*. So let the
> peak begin and if there's always at least 2 big companies battling
> each other it'll stay like that despite what HHH and his cronies
> would have you believe.
Over the past few weeks I've been watching TWC nearly enery night. Vince had better watch out.
Seeing as that retarded, over-rated, past it has been of an announcer has brought back his report i figure it's only fair i, the critical New Yorker, cast my evil eye over the industry as well. However the main difference between Kawada Komments and that crappy report is for one i won't be talking about how the Sooners are doing, WHICH NO ONE GIVES A FUDGING TOSS ABOUT, and i won't be writing a ton of crap on a load of subjects, nope i'll be crapping all over one subject instead. Quality over quantity and all that nonsense.
So i sat in front of my computer and thought of what to write about:
HHH? ....... Too easy and obvious
The state of women's wrestling? ....... Save it for a later edition
Commentary? .....Again save it for another edition
So i continued to think and then it struck me, why not just talk about the whole industry to start it off and how the monopoly of one company has completely ruined it. So for this week's edition i shall be kommenting on - Historical trend of decline or the effect of an monopoly? and how a new promotion gives us hope
If you listen to such people as HHH, wrestling is going through what he likes to call a low at the moment. Now why is that? Horrible, unoriginal and offensive writing? Poor booking? Characters that have about as much charisma and talent as Davina McCall? Actual talent being suppressed?
Don't be stupid smart wrestling fans, no no the reason why the industry is in decline at the moment is because it's just that time where people all of a sudden decide they're not interested in Wrestling and go and do something else, it's a historical trend Trips and others would have us believe, nothing to do with them. The shows are still top quality but people have realised it's that time of the decade to not care about wrestling.
BULL DOO DOO
The reason audiences and tv ratings are at an, sometime all-time, low is because Vince has systematically destroyed all his competition before him and due to this he hasn't had to try. He hasn't had to bother thinking up the next Stone Cold or Rocky, the next Hogan or Andre because he's the only show in town and fans can either like it or go take a running jump.
The industry was huge in the 90's and why? Due to the Monday Night Wars, there were 2 companies vying for the top spot, and also a certain promotion down in Philadelphia growing in popularity. Vince had to try otherwise people would, and did, switch over to the competition. If the fans didn't like one company they had easy access to another that would cater to what they wanted and anyone who has taken just one lesson of business will know that when there's competition in an industry there's one big overall winner - the consumer, and of course with the opposite when there's a monopoly there's only one winner - Vince.
Is it a coincidence when the competition went the industry began to decline? People began to turn away from wrestling in favour of other forms of entertainment. Vince found this out in around late 2001 when the writing team managed to screw up the invasion angle and it was ended. All the WCW and ECW wrestlers who were going to be signed had been and that air of suspence of *who's going to be showing up on RAW this week?* had gone and what we were left with was a company that just couldn't care anymore. Why bust their ass trying to put on great show after great show when there's nothing else to watch? Where's the sense? just go at 50% and coast through, there's no one else who's going to be taking viewers, or at least not taking them away at a big enough volume to make a big enough impact, so we're always going to be the number one company and if anyone dares to try and make a stand against us we'll either buy up their talent or if we can't be bothered with that just let the lawyers loose. I've got my billions. i've made enough from it already.
There's a comment from Vince on the Rise and Fall of ECW DVD that amuses me, when asked why he *helped* ECW it was because he felt competition helped the industry. Sure seem to have changed that opinion Vinnie Mac. As now what we have is a young upstart promotion that is gathering pace, a promotion with a bit of cash behind it that is giving fans an alternative, it knows what the fans want and gives it to them and listens to them. It doesn't spit on them and detest them, they don't think they are giving people a privilege by allowing them to watch their show. So what happens when they seem to be growing and starting to make the industry exciting again? ............ Out come the lawyers. Vince, who apparently isn't worried about this promotion, decides to, all of a sudden, start enforcing trademarks on wrestlers left right and centre. To hell with the fact these are normal people just trying to make a living, Vince needs another gold bath so the fans aren't allowed to see their favourite wrestlers with gimmicks they have come to know and love. He doesn't want people watching this promotion as it will expose his as the boring, tired, devoid of ideas company that it is. He might not say it but he's scared. Scared he'll be found out by the marks just like he's already been by the smarks
However Vince is the only one who doesn't want this promotion to succeed, the wrestlers want it to succeed as they'll have somewhere to go when they get the call from Vince to tell them thanks for the hard work, but you've fulfilled your use, get out. The fans want it to succeed as they're putting on new matches, giving us new ideas and actually listening to us and giving us a proper alternative as this promotion grows.
And when the industry begins to grow again out will pop HHH telling us the industry is picking up again, not because of TNA making Vince actually have to try again despite him doing his damndest to chuck roadblocks in their way, but because it's just one of those things. No Paul people were sick and tired of seeing your talentless mug all over their tv for half a show and decided to switch off but now there's an alternative, somewhere where they don't have to see you giving us the same tired old promo for the last 7 years and are coming back. (ah hell i almost got through without trashing him, ah well) TNA is revitalising their interest in wrestling again, just like ECW did before it, they are making the big guns try again and that can only be a good thing for us the fans.
Wrestling has gone through its trough, not because of history but because of a businessman who doesn't care about anything other than the almighty dollar but now there's a new kid on the scene ready to smash a chair over his head and i'm sure, just like people did with WCW, people will begin to realise and switch over to watch this show and think, *hey wrestling is pretty damn exciting again*. So let the peak begin and if there's always at least 2 big companies battling each other it'll stay like that despite what HHH and his cronies would have you believe.
Next week - The state of women's wrestling
So i sat in front of my computer and thought of what to write about:
HHH? ....... Too easy and obvious
The state of women's wrestling? ....... Save it for a later edition
Commentary? .....Again save it for another edition
So i continued to think and then it struck me, why not just talk about the whole industry to start it off and how the monopoly of one company has completely ruined it. So for this week's edition i shall be kommenting on - Historical trend of decline or the effect of an monopoly? and how a new promotion gives us hope
If you listen to such people as HHH, wrestling is going through what he likes to call a low at the moment. Now why is that? Horrible, unoriginal and offensive writing? Poor booking? Characters that have about as much charisma and talent as Davina McCall? Actual talent being suppressed?
Don't be stupid smart wrestling fans, no no the reason why the industry is in decline at the moment is because it's just that time where people all of a sudden decide they're not interested in Wrestling and go and do something else, it's a historical trend Trips and others would have us believe, nothing to do with them. The shows are still top quality but people have realised it's that time of the decade to not care about wrestling.
BULL DOO DOO
The reason audiences and tv ratings are at an, sometime all-time, low is because Vince has systematically destroyed all his competition before him and due to this he hasn't had to try. He hasn't had to bother thinking up the next Stone Cold or Rocky, the next Hogan or Andre because he's the only show in town and fans can either like it or go take a running jump.
The industry was huge in the 90's and why? Due to the Monday Night Wars, there were 2 companies vying for the top spot, and also a certain promotion down in Philadelphia growing in popularity. Vince had to try otherwise people would, and did, switch over to the competition. If the fans didn't like one company they had easy access to another that would cater to what they wanted and anyone who has taken just one lesson of business will know that when there's competition in an industry there's one big overall winner - the consumer, and of course with the opposite when there's a monopoly there's only one winner - Vince.
Is it a coincidence when the competition went the industry began to decline? People began to turn away from wrestling in favour of other forms of entertainment. Vince found this out in around late 2001 when the writing team managed to screw up the invasion angle and it was ended. All the WCW and ECW wrestlers who were going to be signed had been and that air of suspence of *who's going to be showing up on RAW this week?* had gone and what we were left with was a company that just couldn't care anymore. Why bust their ass trying to put on great show after great show when there's nothing else to watch? Where's the sense? just go at 50% and coast through, there's no one else who's going to be taking viewers, or at least not taking them away at a big enough volume to make a big enough impact, so we're always going to be the number one company and if anyone dares to try and make a stand against us we'll either buy up their talent or if we can't be bothered with that just let the lawyers loose. I've got my billions. i've made enough from it already.
There's a comment from Vince on the Rise and Fall of ECW DVD that amuses me, when asked why he *helped* ECW it was because he felt competition helped the industry. Sure seem to have changed that opinion Vinnie Mac. As now what we have is a young upstart promotion that is gathering pace, a promotion with a bit of cash behind it that is giving fans an alternative, it knows what the fans want and gives it to them and listens to them. It doesn't spit on them and detest them, they don't think they are giving people a privilege by allowing them to watch their show. So what happens when they seem to be growing and starting to make the industry exciting again? ............ Out come the lawyers. Vince, who apparently isn't worried about this promotion, decides to, all of a sudden, start enforcing trademarks on wrestlers left right and centre. To hell with the fact these are normal people just trying to make a living, Vince needs another gold bath so the fans aren't allowed to see their favourite wrestlers with gimmicks they have come to know and love. He doesn't want people watching this promotion as it will expose his as the boring, tired, devoid of ideas company that it is. He might not say it but he's scared. Scared he'll be found out by the marks just like he's already been by the smarks
However Vince is the only one who doesn't want this promotion to succeed, the wrestlers want it to succeed as they'll have somewhere to go when they get the call from Vince to tell them thanks for the hard work, but you've fulfilled your use, get out. The fans want it to succeed as they're putting on new matches, giving us new ideas and actually listening to us and giving us a proper alternative as this promotion grows.
And when the industry begins to grow again out will pop HHH telling us the industry is picking up again, not because of TNA making Vince actually have to try again despite him doing his damndest to chuck roadblocks in their way, but because it's just one of those things. No Paul people were sick and tired of seeing your talentless mug all over their tv for half a show and decided to switch off but now there's an alternative, somewhere where they don't have to see you giving us the same tired old promo for the last 7 years and are coming back. (ah hell i almost got through without trashing him, ah well) TNA is revitalising their interest in wrestling again, just like ECW did before it, they are making the big guns try again and that can only be a good thing for us the fans.
Wrestling has gone through its trough, not because of history but because of a businessman who doesn't care about anything other than the almighty dollar but now there's a new kid on the scene ready to smash a chair over his head and i'm sure, just like people did with WCW, people will begin to realise and switch over to watch this show and think, *hey wrestling is pretty damn exciting again*. So let the peak begin and if there's always at least 2 big companies battling each other it'll stay like that despite what HHH and his cronies would have you believe.
Next week - The state of women's wrestling