So after a bout of mild pneumonia I'm back once again to put forth some more opinions and god do I really just want to let loose like a true smart mark after that God Awful Hell in a Cell pay per view. Thank God I didn't actually buy the thing. But a couple of points from this pay per view and from my trolling of the various wrestling message boards has led me to believe the WWE as they move in to the PG era is on something of a nostaliga kick.
It's hard to argue when you look at it. Undertaker destroys CM Punk to stand on top of the heap again and will probably face a heel turned Batista at Bragging Rights, cause God knows we didn't run that idea into the ground a couple of years ago. It boggles the mind how the WWE can continuely screw up compelling characters like they do. But I'm not really on the high horse about that. It pisses me off sure, but hey no point complaining.
The big thing that's ignited the boards recently is a report that Bret Hart would be "Open" to working for the WWE again, some 12 years after the Montreal Screwjob. While the kid in me would love to see Bret back in some capacity with the WWE again, it's hard to see where he fits in the grand scheme of things. He can't wrestle ever again thanks to the stroke he suffered, do you put him in a mentor role with the Hart Dynasty? It's a thought but Bret's mic work in his prime was only mediocre at best and those days are long gone.
Not to mention the time factor, the last time besides the Hall of Fame and his DVD that anyone saw Bret in a ring for most people was 9 years ago, most of the audience of those days do not watch wrestling now and those that do aren't probably going to move the numbers in such a way that it makes signing him viable. It just seems like a bad move all around.
The one thing wrestlers can't beat is time, compare the WWE product of today with that of let's say five years ago. Who was in the main event? HHH, Undertaker, Shawn Michaels. Turn to Hell in A Cell last night, who was in the main events? HHH, Undertaker, Shawn Michaels.
That's one of the major gripes I have about the WWE, NOTHING changes. It's always a combination of the same 6-8 guys (Throw in Batista, Orton, Cena and Edge when he's healthy). The WWE put them in matches, run them to the point where noone wants to buy the shows anymore, then changes them up, only to turn one or two guys and run the same exact matches a couple of months later, anyone who is not in the 8 will either get a token reign (See Punk, CM and Hardy, Jeff...and you can probably throw in Mysterio, Rey as well) or made to look so weak holding the belt that noone takes them seriously, by doing this the WWE is ignoring the key principle of Booking 101. Put on matches the fans will pay money to see. It's not as if the WWE are in a war and don't have time to build new moneymaking stars. Yet when push comes to shove the WWE seem either unwilling or unable to change. And it may come back to bite them in the end
Edge is injured at the moment, Shawn Michaels, HHH and Undertaker are all one bad bump away from retirement. The majority of fans over 13 don't accept Cena and the less said about Orton and Batista the better. Now is the time to prepare for the future, by giving big wins to guys like CM Punk, John Morrison, Kofi Kingston and MVP you can build money making stars that will push your company for the next 10 years. But by chopping and changing wins in the midcard you're risking killing their drawing power, time and money in the WWE may be infinite, the fans paitence is not.
While the WWE aren't in dire straits yet, there comes a time where you have to stop living in the past, or else you risk destroying your future. That time for the WWE is fast approaching. I hope they're smart enough to see that
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