[Rocky Mark]

Originally Posted by MikeChase27

But Ryback...

I fucking hate Ryback, but if there's one thing that could make him enjoyable, it's the fact that he's not a smiling goofball like all of the faces, so that's the only thing that makes me connect to him, that he's the only "badass" character available, which is sad considering that he's a rip-off and not original

I'd take Ryback over Sheamus anytime of the day, at least Ryback doesn't make me wanna bust a pipe anytime he's on tv, that doll segment last night

I can't begin to imagine the dark days of Sheamus being the top guy of the company

[Tha Masta]

I think it's many things that are to blame for the decreasing ratings.

1. The WWE are trying to expand in everything & not focusing on what made them.
They want to be mainstream, be in Hollywood. (WWE Films & the saturday morning show)

2. The audience, they are trying to bring in.
They want the younger crowd, the children. (rating PG)

3. The older crowds seem to be left out.
The product just doesn't seem to connect with me anymore.
So I seem to be turning the channel a lot more.
"JBL is poopy", what is that?

4. The writing & storylines.
It's just not good, remember most of them are hollywood writers.
I doubt some of them even watched wrestling, before being hired.

5. The advertising revenue.
They want the primetime ads, not the late night adult ads.

6. Lida's campaign.
Whatever they do, someone will try to use it againdst them.

7. The wrestlers.
It's not who we like, it's who the WWE want us to like.
So they force feed us who they want to succeed.
Then bury who makes it on his own, just because they weren't involved. (Zack Ryder, not a fan btw)

8. The competition.
There's better stuff on, durning the fall.
Different sports games & new episodes of popular shows start up again.

[Rocky Mark]

Originally Posted by DenGal

There is different kinds of PG the PG where it is borderline G rated which is WWE and the other where you can bleep out swear words like Smackdown used to. And have edgy TV.
YES WWF Smackdown was PG but look at that PG compared to this. The difference is like the difference between a PG-13 flick and a R rated flick. WWE is in love with this, if they could be G rated they would.

they can swear, "Bitch" and "Ass" are commonly allowed for a PG show, as long as they don't mention sexual or racial slurs like "Fuck" or "......" it's ok

hell didn't Aj say "shit" last night during her awful promo ?


I'm a fan of swearing in wrestling, I think it could be helpful and interesting when used right , like for example Steve Austin's character, his character was a redneck that didn't give a shit, that's why cursing and swearing helped his character, The Rock and many others too

another example was CM Punk's promo last year, it was out of the blue and shocking at the time,

however when it's used wrong it becomes pointless, like every TNA promo in 2010, it's like they were saying just for the sake of saying it, it looked forced and cheesy

plus, my issue with the current promos isn't saying ass or bitch, it's the fact that it's scripted and sugar-coated

[DenGal]

Originally Posted by Rocky Mark

they can swear, "Bitch" and "Ass" are commonly allowed for a PG show, as long as they don't mention sexual or racial slurs like "Fuck" or "......" it's ok

hell didn't Aj say "shit" last night during her awful promo ?


I'm a fan of swearing in wrestling, I think it could be helpful and interesting when used right , like for example Steve Austin's character, his character was a redneck that didn't give a shit, that's why cursing and swearing helped his character, The Rock and many others too

another example was CM Punk's promo last year, it was out of the blue and shocking at the time,

however when it's used wrong it becomes pointless, like every TNA promo in 2010, it's like they were saying just for the sake of saying it, it looked forced and cheesy

plus, my issue with the current promos isn't saying ass or bitch, it's the fact that it's scripted and sugar-coated

Stuff that makes us hate a heel like beating up a girl, lighting someone on fire, kidnapping someone is just not happening anymore. In main event fueds there used to be a back story and hatred towards each other. You wanted the face to kick the heels ass.
Now for the last 3 years its basically the same buildup for 4 weeks untill the PPV, they end the show in a run in or something. And all the mid carders have no storylines or backstories at all.

Even up untill around 2007 everyone had a back story.

[TN Punk]

Shocked no one is blaming Punk.

[DenGal]

Nexus is like the last good storyline, WWE stoped caring about Storylines when they have the guest stars who didnt care about WWE just promoting their thing. Triple H breaking into Ortons house is something cool that happends.

WWE is at its best from Royal Rumble untill night after WM. They actually care.

[Flocka Street Lottery]

Clocks ticking quicker and quicker.

[Stall_19]

This was to be expected considering what they were against that night. Didn't help that the show wasn't too bad bar a couple good matches.

[chronoxiong]

Damn this week's show got a 2.5 rating again? It could've been worse with all the competition that was going on. Seriously, the writing has been crap and Vince continues to approve it. It's a shame and I wonder if they can ever get in the 3.0's again.

[Ageei]

They're cooked. Not going to magically get better either.