Still slightly disagree that the WWE will always be on top and no one can challenge them. Keep putting out a crappy product and people will turn it off eventually. Aich can't take over from Vince Jr. fast enough.
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Still slightly disagree that the WWE will always be on top and no one can challenge them. Keep putting out a crappy product and people will turn it off eventually. Aich can't take over from Vince Jr. fast enough.
WWE has arguably been putting out a crappy product for at least 10 years now and still no other company has come close to challenging them in terms of taking the top spot.
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At this point WWE is kinda like the NFL. The product they put out could be crappy, sexist, racist, etc. but they've grown so big that it's a unstoppable global force now. Other companies may come and go. And some might even get a little big for a while. But the words pro-wrestling will probably be interconnected with WWE for the the foreseeable future.
NWA(National Wrestling Alliance) will still work especially for fans in the south and mid-atlantic regions of the country. They just need a good tv deal, bookers(who understands how to use talent), and good writers to resurge as a big time promotion. NWA is a legacy brand and is the oldest promotion in the US. In fact the NWA gave birth to the WWWF back in the day when they split. It's a good thing Vince don't own the NWA name so once things are in place they can challenge WWE.
I would even be for bringing back the AWA(American Wrestling Association). I'm still mad that punk ass Cena cannibalized their logo. That was mad disrespectful.
McMahon owns the AWA (trademark,library etc.)
I agree...no TV deal killed WCW in March 2001. Trying to see what Cody, Bucks and Adam Page have in store for 2019 WWE or All Elite project?
Demolition was the faces. Brainbusters was the heels.
Mr. Fuji dumped them for Powers Of Pain. That is how Demolition became faces.
Being from Ohio we got WCCW regularly was a big fan as a kid didn't know about his demons until the IRC days
Actually a feud with Randy would be pretty bad ass!!!!
Oh ok. I knew Demolition were the faces for that match. Never knew they had a run as a face tag team.
If the E puts it out, it immediately becomes relevant. Like it was said Vince' ego will prevent it from being a reality as we see they had H going over Sting, but there's established history, titles (US title is actively used in wwe), & PPVs there. The fact that WWE is starting to knock the dust off their PPVs & considering Halloween Havoc & Great American Bash is proof there's still value in the brand. It died due to poor booking & putting those big names who were out of their prime over hot, young up & coming talent. There's too much talent there. They won't be able to pay guys to suppress their success & aspirations much longer.
The problem then becomes you no longer have a developmental program. Without territories, they need developmental. The moment you push NXT to a higher level the industry will dictate you create a replacement.
Have you seen NXT lately? Damn near everyone is established Indy talent. There's not much home grown talent. Too name a few off the top of my head Velveteen Dream, Tyler Breeze, Fandango, Tye Dillenger, and of course some of the female talent are products of the development center. They're not developing much in-house talent at the development center these days.
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Instead of having two separate brands. How about two separate companies competing against one another.
That's what they should have done when WWE purchased WCW in the beginning. There was talk of having separate offices (WCW offices would have stayed in Atlanta), but of course that fell through.
I actually kind of like the idea of having two separate companies (still under WWE umbrella of course) completely separate from each other.
I know Vince owns the WCW brand but his ego isn't letting WCW become as popular as WWE.
It should though. That would make this interesting. I have no interest in this new WWE product. I'll watch just to pass time some time but WWE really needs to overhaul their product. They have the talent. WWE essentially hit its peak during the WCW v WWE Monday Night Wars.......why not try to bring that back in some form of fashion?
What the hell happened to Bray Wyatt Harper and Rowan were they all released. Will they ever recreate Bullet Club faction in WWE (Licensing Rights) we still need Villian stables to draw heat. I dont know if I am a fan of all of this we are going to give the fans what they want. A match between A.J. Styles and Finn Balor had zero juice. Seth Rollins vs Dolph Ziggler zero juice.
Rowan is hurt
and creative has nothing for Bray & Harper
its crazy how wwe has 5 hours of tv every week, the network and a PPV every week and how many talented wrestlers are underserved/off tv
and every other day they are signing a new indie darling
Lately with WWE in their tag division if a wrestler is injured they normally shelf the partner also. Bray has been on the shelf since Matt got injured and contemplating retirement.
Raw is 3 hours and they usually put on 5 matches at best? Smackdown is 2 hours and I think they average at least 5 matches every week. The current WWE just makes me hate Vince decision making.
For them to be turning down millions then All Elite Wrestling might be a thing. It made no since for the Bucks to go to WWE unless its for money.
Wow
Beat me to it.
All Elite Wrestling HAS to be a thing. Leaving ROH, the only other place for The Elite to go is Impact and that shit isn’t happening, especially with the money WWE would have paid versus what Impact could afford.
The money man supposedly behind All Elite Wrestling is the Jacksonville Jaguars owner and that dude is worth over $6 BILLION, over twice as much as Vince.
WWE will always be there, The Elite is doing the smart thing, getting involved in something new from the ground level and having a say in their own characters story.
All AEW needs is a legit TV home once it’s announced and WWE might start seeing competition not seen since the late 90s.
I am glad that there are rasslers out there who are building a new legacy and keeping creative control over their character vs. getting lost in the out of touch micro managed McMahon mess. WWE needs competition so it will stop being boring.
I was gonna say Fox Sports but that ain't happening. Maybe they can talk ABC or WGN into running a show. I think CBS owns USA network. They could always try TNN. If they can get on NBC or a major network they're going to make a dent. Think another reason they offered them so much money they knew that those guys bank rolling their own show was a problem for WWE and their creative minds could help.
They might just go the Subscription route first to generate buzz and then try to get a TV deal off the numbers they generate.
TNA when they first premiered was exclusively monthly PPV shows.
Subscription may be the new "PPV" and with the "Being The Elite" YouTube Channel showing the group has a large following, that may very well translate to subscriptions if they launch their own service.
