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**Reaper16** · 10:12 AM

Last thread has well over 10,000 replies. Its body is breaking down like The Undertaker's. Seeing as we might have crossed the threshold into a new era in the business, here's a fresh new thread.

BryanBusby · 01-28-2019, 02:06 PM

I was ok with the order in a way. It got a lot of the garbage out of the way early so that the womens one could finish stronger.

The exec's, writers and agents all need to watch the mens rumble if they want an understanding on why the current product is stale as piss.

Sassy Squatch · 01-28-2019, 02:12 PM

They will NEVER understand. Ratings fall to an all time low? McMahons come back as authority figures. They NEED to make a new superstar but they keep trying to use the same tactics from 20 years ago that only worked because The Rock is ****ing awesome, and the McMahon-Austin feud can't be recaptured a 2nd time, no matter how many times they try.

BryanBusby · 01-28-2019, 02:17 PM

The McMahon's are minimal at best. I'd be more concerned with the fact that Seth Rollins is using a Roman Reigns script from early 2018, with his name written over Roman's.

They waited a year too long and capitalized at the worst moment considering he's coming off a drizzling dogshit program with Dean Ambrose, who is the most blah performer.

Sassy Squatch · 01-28-2019, 02:20 PM

Goes from turning heel on the night Roman Reigns announces his Leukemia to being inoculated with a giant ****ing needle in the span of a couple of weeks. What were they thinking.

otherstar · 01-28-2019, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Swanman

Jericho is a 50 year old part-timer that is still capable of putting on 5-star matches, like he did at Wrestle Kingdom with Naito. AEW's roster so far is pretty damn good and if they can get an agreement worked out with Omega and/or Ibushi then it gets even better. One good thing for WWE fans is that The Revival may finally get a good push because if they don't, they are damn sure leaving for AEW once their contracts are up.

First, Jericho is 48 (he's almost 2 months younger than me) LOL

Second (and most important), AEW can spend all the money they want, but it has to be booked well for them to beat WWE. AEW needs to learn from WCW's mistakes.

BryanBusby · 01-28-2019, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Superturtle

Goes from turning heel on the night Roman Reigns announces his Leukemia to being inoculated with a giant ****ing needle in the span of a couple of weeks. What were they thinking.

Well they've always booked him like a joke.

"Hurr he's so wacky....forgot his title in the uber! WHAT A FRINGE CRAZY GUY"

CoMoChief · 01-28-2019, 02:53 PM

What's sad about the WWE today, is nobody 20yrs from now is going to talk about today's current roster. No one's gonna be like "Hey remember what Seth Rollins or Stroman etc etc did on Raw, or PPV etc".

I still watch old Attitude Era clips on Youtube. Still entertaining as hell.

otherstar · 01-28-2019, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by CoMoChief

What's sad about the WWE today, is nobody 20yrs from now is going to talk about today's current roster. No one's gonna be like "Hey remember what Seth Rollins or Stroman etc etc did on Raw, or PPV etc".

I still watch old Attitude Era clips on Youtube. Still entertaining as hell.

What's equally sad is that if creative would give the members of the roster room to shine, they could be talking about them in 20 years.

Swanman · 01-28-2019, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by otherstar

First, Jericho is 48 (he's almost 2 months younger than me) LOL

Second (and most important), AEW can spend all the money they want, but it has to be booked well for them to beat WWE. AEW needs to learn from WCW's mistakes.

More currently, they need to learn from TNA's mistakes and I think they have. I know All In was a one-off show but it was booked extremely well and pretty much built up with the Being the Elite youtube show. They aren't going to hire a fleet of writers and several of the talents (like Joey Janella) already have experience booking their own shows. They will let the wrestlers have a lot of input into their characters and historically, that's how big stars are made, Austin and Rock being the biggest examples.

Sassy Squatch · 01-28-2019, 03:54 PM

Who else is ready for The Nation Of Vegetation on Tuesday?

'Hamas' Jenkins · 01-28-2019, 03:54 PM

If you actually go back and watch the wrestling in the Attitude Era it doesn't hold up very well--too reliant on swerves and foreign objects with a lot of bloated stiffs. Wrestlemania XIV-XVI were really shitty cards. There were a lot of awful, awful storylines, too. However, when they did hit, they often hit it out of the park. The best period for the in-ring aspect was the post-Attitude, pre-Cena era; it was probably the most balanced the wrestling product ever was.

Today's matches are just spot-to-spot with very little selling or psychology, which makes it more like a crossfit workout than a wrestling match.

Swanman · 01-28-2019, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

If you actually go back and watch the wrestling in the Attitude Era it doesn't hold up very well--too reliant on swerves and foreign objects with a lot of bloated stiffs. Wrestlemania XIV-XVI were really shitty cards. There were a lot of awful, awful storylines, too. However, when they did hit, they often hit it out of the park. The best period for the in-ring aspect was the post-Attitude, pre-Cena era; it was probably the most balanced the wrestling product ever was.

Today's matches are just spot-to-spot with very little selling or psychology, which makes it more like a crossfit workout than a wrestling match.

That would have been the period of the Smackdown 6 when Heyman was booking Smackdown. He was always a master of hiding weaknesses and showcasing strengths so when he had a group of high workrate guys on Smackdown he went nuts with it. It was a bit similar to the real early period in ECW when they had Malenko, Guerrero and Jericho. That iteration of ECW was more like ROH.

Sassy Squatch · 01-28-2019, 04:00 PM

How about The Straight Veg Society?

Also, Attitude Era is hilariously overrated. Go back and try to watch a full episide. Horrendous.

Swanman · 01-28-2019, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Superturtle

How about The Straight Veg Society?

Also, Attitude Era is hilariously overrated. Go back and try to watch a full episide. Horrendous.

ReVegetation X?

Swanman · 01-28-2019, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Swanman

ReVegetation X?

Bullet Shrub?

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BryanBusby In Search of a Life Join Date: Mar 2006 Casino cash: $3589900 VARSITY	I was ok with the order in a way. It got a lot of the garbage out of the way early so that the womens one could finish stronger. The exec's, writers and agents all need to watch the mens rumble if they want an understanding on why the current product is stale as piss.
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Sassy Squatch The man you could post like. Join Date: Oct 2010 Casino cash: $379655	They will NEVER understand. Ratings fall to an all time low? McMahons come back as authority figures. They NEED to make a new superstar but they keep trying to use the same tactics from 20 years ago that only worked because The Rock is ****ing awesome, and the McMahon-Austin feud can't be recaptured a 2nd time, no matter how many times they try.
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BryanBusby In Search of a Life Join Date: Mar 2006 Casino cash: $3589900 VARSITY	The McMahon's are minimal at best. I'd be more concerned with the fact that Seth Rollins is using a Roman Reigns script from early 2018, with his name written over Roman's. They waited a year too long and capitalized at the worst moment considering he's coming off a drizzling dogshit program with Dean Ambrose, who is the most blah performer.
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Sassy Squatch The man you could post like. Join Date: Oct 2010 Casino cash: $379655	Goes from turning heel on the night Roman Reigns announces his Leukemia to being inoculated with a giant ****ing needle in the span of a couple of weeks. What were they thinking.
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Sassy Squatch The man you could post like. Join Date: Oct 2010 Casino cash: $379655	Who else is ready for The Nation Of Vegetation on Tuesday?
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'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $7639572	If you actually go back and watch the wrestling in the Attitude Era it doesn't hold up very well--too reliant on swerves and foreign objects with a lot of bloated stiffs. Wrestlemania XIV-XVI were really shitty cards. There were a lot of awful, awful storylines, too. However, when they did hit, they often hit it out of the park. The best period for the in-ring aspect was the post-Attitude, pre-Cena era; it was probably the most balanced the wrestling product ever was. Today's matches are just spot-to-spot with very little selling or psychology, which makes it more like a crossfit workout than a wrestling match. __________________ "When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
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01-28-2019, 04:00 PM	#2983
Sassy Squatch The man you could post like. Join Date: Oct 2010 Casino cash: $379655	How about The Straight Veg Society? Also, Attitude Era is hilariously overrated. Go back and try to watch a full episide. Horrendous.
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