Flywin Lannister
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-The HHH "forget HHH... Dave.. fight me.. the man in front of you"
-This Ronda Rousey nonsense
This is why this will ultimately end WWE as a viable business:
Imagine being 8 years old again.
Wrestlemania III is about to go down in a few weeks.
You are stressed because Andre The Giant is WAY bigger than the strongest man in the world except your dad: Hulk Hogan.
You ask your parents: mom.. dad.. what if Hulk Hogan loses and really gets hurt when he has to face Andre The Giant. He's HUGE. Did you see them at the press conference.. I mean.. he's HUGE!!"
Your parents play along and say: "Well.. anything, really anything can happen out there. BUT.. Hulk Hogan is one special wrestler"
And then a week before the actual Main Event.. they show video of Hulk Hogan backstage and he says "Well good thing brother that this whole thing.. is SCRIPTED and it's NOT EVEN REAL brother. You little vitamin kids out there actually think there's a problem with me and Andre The Giant? We're stuffing our pockets you dumb kids!!! Wrestling's not real brother! Hahaha"
You'd be fukking destroyed and your parents would be scrambling to explain that away.
That's what it's like to be an 8-year old watching WWE today. And this is why, 32 years from now (WMIII was in ' 87, 32 years ago) WWE will be in HUGE trouble and their fanbase will be WAY smaller. Look in the crowd: most fans are around 30-35. So they became fans during the Hulkamania 'it's real to me' era.
Ronda - besides being a terrible sport in real life and being the ONLY UFC fighter EVER getting the OK from Dana White to not do A N Y press before or after the Amanda Nunes fight and the rare champion who refused to do an interview after losing the title (Tyron Woodley just say there and gave Usman props after losing his title like a real champion) - should not be the person telling 8-year olds wrestling is fake. And if kids find out now because of internet and friends etc. fine - you can't stop that. But WWE can stop screwing the future of their own company by not letting writers "break kayfabe" as an angle.
All of us who were lucky enough to witness the rise of professional wrestling, Hulkamania, the Ultimate Warrior vs Hulk Hogan match and all the (too many to name) amazing Superstars from that era... The Undertaker's debut that had kids scared for real.. the WCW era.. Nash and Hall going on WWE invading WCW to the point we thought it was real.. we should really be thankful for that. Because being an 8-year old kid now.. man it sucks.
Wrestling is entertainment. And the fueds need to look real. The Brock Lesnar flipping out and attacking EVERYBODY thing made people doubt whether or not this was real.. the pipe bomb with CM Punk made people think "whoa.. I think it's real" now THAT is a good way of 'breaking character'. Outright saying "It's fake" is the WORST and MOST HORRIBLE way. And it will kill the WWE if they keep that up.
-This Ronda Rousey nonsense
This is why this will ultimately end WWE as a viable business:
Imagine being 8 years old again.
Wrestlemania III is about to go down in a few weeks.
You are stressed because Andre The Giant is WAY bigger than the strongest man in the world except your dad: Hulk Hogan.
You ask your parents: mom.. dad.. what if Hulk Hogan loses and really gets hurt when he has to face Andre The Giant. He's HUGE. Did you see them at the press conference.. I mean.. he's HUGE!!"
Your parents play along and say: "Well.. anything, really anything can happen out there. BUT.. Hulk Hogan is one special wrestler"
And then a week before the actual Main Event.. they show video of Hulk Hogan backstage and he says "Well good thing brother that this whole thing.. is SCRIPTED and it's NOT EVEN REAL brother. You little vitamin kids out there actually think there's a problem with me and Andre The Giant? We're stuffing our pockets you dumb kids!!! Wrestling's not real brother! Hahaha"
You'd be fukking destroyed and your parents would be scrambling to explain that away.
That's what it's like to be an 8-year old watching WWE today. And this is why, 32 years from now (WMIII was in ' 87, 32 years ago) WWE will be in HUGE trouble and their fanbase will be WAY smaller. Look in the crowd: most fans are around 30-35. So they became fans during the Hulkamania 'it's real to me' era.
Ronda - besides being a terrible sport in real life and being the ONLY UFC fighter EVER getting the OK from Dana White to not do A N Y press before or after the Amanda Nunes fight and the rare champion who refused to do an interview after losing the title (Tyron Woodley just say there and gave Usman props after losing his title like a real champion) - should not be the person telling 8-year olds wrestling is fake. And if kids find out now because of internet and friends etc. fine - you can't stop that. But WWE can stop screwing the future of their own company by not letting writers "break kayfabe" as an angle.
All of us who were lucky enough to witness the rise of professional wrestling, Hulkamania, the Ultimate Warrior vs Hulk Hogan match and all the (too many to name) amazing Superstars from that era... The Undertaker's debut that had kids scared for real.. the WCW era.. Nash and Hall going on WWE invading WCW to the point we thought it was real.. we should really be thankful for that. Because being an 8-year old kid now.. man it sucks.
Wrestling is entertainment. And the fueds need to look real. The Brock Lesnar flipping out and attacking EVERYBODY thing made people doubt whether or not this was real.. the pipe bomb with CM Punk made people think "whoa.. I think it's real" now THAT is a good way of 'breaking character'. Outright saying "It's fake" is the WORST and MOST HORRIBLE way. And it will kill the WWE if they keep that up.