Where do I begin? The WWe doesnt have the best product. Their cruiserweight divison sucks. They got great talent like, Paul London, Shannon Moore, Akio( Jimmy Yang)etc. guys that could wrestle, but they forcefeed you Mysterio, Guerrero, Noble every week. They totally fucked up not using Ultimo Dragon properly. This guy held 12 titles from around the world simultaniously. That means 12 companies believed he could carry the ball by giving him the belt.What does WWE do? He jobs here and there. In fact, WWE gave him a leave of absence to wrestle in Japan and Mexico. He should be back around Oct. Hopefully,they will use him right.NWA-TNA does use their cruiserweights( X-Divison) right. Most of the time they are the main event. If they can pulloff a great match,they will main period.
As far as better athletes,tough to call. WWE has pulled the reigns on their guys from doing anything outrages or extreme for safety purposes.NWA-TNA, doesnt.It gives the fans what they want. Thats why you see finishers and moves there before anywhere else.
Most of Vinces stars came from the independent scene or other promotions. There is little homegrown talent left. They have gotten better the past two yrs. Austin was used wrong by WCW,even WWE at first.Change his gimmick around abit..a new star. The Rock,HHH, same thing.
Storylines need a payoff,I agree with you there. But when they are stupid and weak, what was the point.I dont like all the backstage nonsense and vigenettes. Just wrestle .The old NWA show started with a great match and ended with a run-in at the last minute to end the show.Thats great TV. WWE starts off with a 15 min. interview. Boring.
I also like Savage,Steamboat, Magnum T.A, Henning, Hart-guys that could wrestle. Their only down fall was they werent 300lbs and 6'6". They were smaller guys. McMahon was old school, so he liked guys like Hogan, Ultimate Warrior( who is the worst wrestler in history), Bundy, Warlord,Big Bossman etc. He sees the light know. Benoit and Guerrero deserve to be champions. They put asses in seats. I dont know about you,but I was sick of HHH as champion.
ECW was the shit.NWA-TNA, is going to give WWE competition.Vince had said he wished WCW never went out of business.It made him work harder. Remember the NWO days. WWE's in-ring product sucked. They had to shakes things up to improve the product. Next thing you know, D-X is born. When nobody is challenging, the creative team gets lazy and stupid. I still watch WWE,but hyped about NWA. And we have UPW locally in LA. They should have something national by August.
I could debate this, but would take along time.Besides you jumped all over the place. Makes it hard to follow.lol. Maybe I should step back in the ring.
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