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One thing that I would like to see happen in the future is the probability Intercontinental / Promotional matches.
When your brand name incorporates "World Wrestling" in it, it should imply that you welcome all competitors.
I was watching a SMASH match in which Serena Deeb was on tour, came in, wrestled one of their better known female wrestlers and they had a decent length match (around 10 minutes.) Once the match was over, Serena had beaten SMASH's girl and it was incorporated into a storyline in which a female stable came out and picked at her body like vultures. Tajiri made the save, and it furthered a story, and it showed that wrestlers from other promotions exist and are credible threats.
At the moment, when wrestlers in other circuits come into WWE for tryout matches, they end up getting squashed in 3 seconds by whomever they're high on at the moment. I feel like they should take a better route with it, give the lesser-known competitor a few minutes of build up, and let them go toe-to-toe in a 10 minute match with the person they want to put over.
If a Japanese / Mexican / wherever wrestler were on tour and were able to compete in one of these matches, it would accomplish a number of feats.
A: It would gain publicity for WWE from that wrestler's place of origination (given they're a semi-decent name. Think if Mistico went on tour and made a guest appearance on WWE before being signed. WWE view rates would have gone up in Mexico, and CMLL interest would have gone up in the US) and vice versa.
B: It would show that WWE wrestlers can put up a fight instead of needing to just squash anyone who isn't in their ranks.
C: It would give a new meaning to the Intercontinental championship. Basically, whoever is holding the belt would be the chief candidate for competing in these matches. Currently, nothing says intercontinental like two Americans trading the belt back and forth.
I'd also like to see WWE / Chikara / ROH / TNA etc... wrestlers be able to compete against eachother on one another's shows under extra special circumstances... but I won't hold my breath on that one.
TLDR: Stop squashing outside talent.
Any thoughts?
When your brand name incorporates "World Wrestling" in it, it should imply that you welcome all competitors.
I was watching a SMASH match in which Serena Deeb was on tour, came in, wrestled one of their better known female wrestlers and they had a decent length match (around 10 minutes.) Once the match was over, Serena had beaten SMASH's girl and it was incorporated into a storyline in which a female stable came out and picked at her body like vultures. Tajiri made the save, and it furthered a story, and it showed that wrestlers from other promotions exist and are credible threats.
At the moment, when wrestlers in other circuits come into WWE for tryout matches, they end up getting squashed in 3 seconds by whomever they're high on at the moment. I feel like they should take a better route with it, give the lesser-known competitor a few minutes of build up, and let them go toe-to-toe in a 10 minute match with the person they want to put over.
If a Japanese / Mexican / wherever wrestler were on tour and were able to compete in one of these matches, it would accomplish a number of feats.
A: It would gain publicity for WWE from that wrestler's place of origination (given they're a semi-decent name. Think if Mistico went on tour and made a guest appearance on WWE before being signed. WWE view rates would have gone up in Mexico, and CMLL interest would have gone up in the US) and vice versa.
B: It would show that WWE wrestlers can put up a fight instead of needing to just squash anyone who isn't in their ranks.
C: It would give a new meaning to the Intercontinental championship. Basically, whoever is holding the belt would be the chief candidate for competing in these matches. Currently, nothing says intercontinental like two Americans trading the belt back and forth.
I'd also like to see WWE / Chikara / ROH / TNA etc... wrestlers be able to compete against eachother on one another's shows under extra special circumstances... but I won't hold my breath on that one.
TLDR: Stop squashing outside talent.
Any thoughts?
