Random Rants Of Excellence - Part 2

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Hey, I'm back with another (the second) Random Rant of Excellence. Now, my first one on the Tim White suicides didn't get as much of a reaction as I'd hoped, so I've got pretty low expectations right now. So, here we go.

I've been here at WrestleCrap Forum for a while now, and you'd have to be Blind Freddy to not see that the WWE programming is, according to you guys, the worst it has been in years. I'd have to agree on the most part. Matches aren't as good anymore, and too much time is spent on promos and backstage skits. But, maybe we are being just a itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny little bit too hard on the product.

A major problem is crapping (pun intended) on new storylines, characters, etc. Now I've seen a lot of dodgy storylines in my time (my mum recently bought a few wrestling DVD's, including No Mercy 2002, featuring the culmination of the Katie Vick saga, and the beginning of the Al Wilson saga), but we have to give these things a chance. I cannot emphasise that enough.

Imagine if WrestleCrap (and therefore the Internet), existed in 1990. We'd all be whinging about Hulk Hogan/Ultimate Warrior's super-push, saying "Why aren't the Rockers the Tag Team Champions?" and crapping all over the pending debut of The Undertaker, as well as the Gobbledy Gooker, the epitome of WrestleCrap (nothing could have saved it).

If WrestleCrap existed in 1990, we wouldn't have had one of our most popular superstars today given a chance to shine and poor Mark Calloway would probably be doing the indy circuit.

Now, let me use an example from today and allow me to call to the witness box, Benjamin, Shelton. A month or two ago, Shelton was in a rut. Since Carlito ended his 8-month Intercontinental Championship run, Benjamin, one of the most athletic guys on the WWE roster, had won a handful of matches and was stuck on Heat fighting Kerwin White week after week. Then, at New Year's Revolution, Shelton made a call. Shelton, like Ernest 'The Cat' Miller, called his momma. Momma Benjamin made a mercy dash from Orangeburg, SC to Albany, NY to help her son defeat Viscera that night, and Shelton, with the help of Momma, was slowly but surely, gettin' his mojo working again. I believe the only match he has lost since, was the Royal Rumble.

When the 'Crap Forum found out about the impending debut of Momma Benjamin in November/December, you could hear the name being etched on the 2006 Gooker Trophy. Well, we gave it a chance, and now Momma Benjamin and her boy Shelton are one of the highlights of Monday Night RAW. I believe someone here said that Momma Benjamin did a better promo in one week than the last three McMahon/Michaels promos combined. And now Shelton, along with his natural talent, has got some material to work with in his 'Momma's Boy' gimmick, decent match time on RAW and he finally looks comfortable on the stick.

So, long story short. Here, we can rattle on about how bad the WWE is getting, but, as Momma Benjamin has shown, if you give something a chance, it can turn from water into wine (metaphorically speaking). Except Mark Henry, he's been given too many chances to get over. Give whatever new storylines that come along a month and if they are that bad, then get the torch and pitchfork.

So until next time, control the pet population by spaying or neutering your pets.

Excellence Of Execution

[slopslopslop]

You crazy Austrailians and your spelling of whining as 'whinging'

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

slopslopslop said:

You crazy Austrailians and your spelling of whining as 'whinging'

It's an actual word, prenounced 'win-jing'.

[Deleted]

Your point about 1990 doesn't hold ground. Like you seem to point out crowds from then and now are two totally seperate things. If undertaker was introduced today he would've been a lot harder to get over because the wants wants have changed. They want a more realistic, badass product (see Austin, Steve, the guy that people have seemingly forgotten about). Also the shelton's mama idea does sound like crap and if it hadn't have been performed by such a good actress it would've been crap. But you seem to be judging people to much. People expect something from the WWE because of their glory days. They want something as good as they used to watch. And they aren't giving it to us. Anything can get over if the performer is good enough. Mark Calloway was a good enough performer to get the undertaker over, which if performed by someone else probably wouldn't of. Shelton's mama was good enough get the character over. But that doesn't stop like them being shit ideas on paper. What we want is good ideas executed by great performers. Is that being snobby or expecting to much? Perhaps. But its what the fans have come to expect from the attitude era. And in the end I think what everything, the Cena hate, the hating of pretty much all the WWE main eventers comes from. Its a longing for a better time when the product was at its peak. And people are angry they don't have that anymore

Wow this went in a slightly different direction to what I intended but hey ho such is life. Point remains though

[pjbscarface]

The reason people are hating the WWE its simple
Brand-Extension
I think having raw and smackdown seperate is the dumbest thing wwe ever did and i will always think that from a fans point of view......the matches get old same stuff every week..women championship limited to raw cruiser limited to smackdown this is just dumb not to mention finally making a undisputed champion just to make a second belt....the feuds are just getting old......If raw and smackdown came back together i think it would really revise the WWE as whole back to the powerhouse it was

think about it more tag teams on the same roster already better tag action.....better midcard feuds....more match depth at ppv's bigger feud biuld up.....everything you want but instead lame not live smackdown and stale raw.....

[2CSultan]

pjbscarface said:

The reason people are hating the WWE its simple
Brand-Extension
I think having raw and smackdown seperate is the dumbest thing wwe ever did and i will always think that from a fans point of view......the matches get old same stuff every week..women championship limited to raw cruiser limited to smackdown this is just dumb not to mention finally making a undisputed champion just to make a second belt....the feuds are just getting old......If raw and smackdown came back together i think it would really revise the WWE as whole back to the powerhouse it was

think about it more tag teams on the same roster already better tag action.....better midcard feuds....more match depth at ppv's bigger feud biuld up.....everything you want but instead lame not live smackdown and stale raw.....

I'd love to see the old days but I don't see the extension coming to an end anytime soon.

[Deleted]

The brand extentions seems more and more to be an attempt to recreate the drama of the WWF/WCW fued. But it 's not going to happen in any way. See the crapness of the Raw vs. Smackdown fued for evidence of this. When the brand extension was initially implemented it was because WWE was too top heavy at the time. Names such as Hogan, Rock, Nash, Hall, Austin, Undertaker, Flair, HHH, Jericho, Angle and Benoit were all still there and other names such as Lesnar, Mysterio and RVD were on the rise. There would've been too many main guys and frankly to me it just made sense to me at the time. And for a while it worked. But what of those names remain? It's time to at least consider the possibility of ending the brand extention. Imagine a PPV where all the titles were merged. US vs Intercontinental and WORLD vs. WWE. It'd be good stuff and a good re-setting point.

But thats not the underlying problem. Again I'm gonna say that the problem lies in the product simply not being as good as it was 5 years ago... god it feels like a good time when you right it down. And personally I think people are pining for it and that comes out in the hate threads.

[Andrew is Good]

If there was more of an internet wrestling community back in the days, the wrestling buisness would have been more exposed, and you're probably right, a lot of people would be talking about all these crappy gimmicks. But if that were the case, the whole industry back then would be different then what it is now. The wrestling buisness is a lot different then it was back in 1990. So comparisons to back then are kinda moot points, because people would act the same back then, but if all the IWC was around back then, the whole industry would be completely different.

Anyway, I liked Mama Benjiman's promo with Goldust. I think it's funny, but also funny in a stupid way. Kinda like an Adam Sandler movie. I love Adam Sandler movies, but I know they're stupid. Though you do make a point that it is helping Benjiman out on the mic and become more of a character, and when the Mama thing runs its course, Benjiman would be a lot more used to talking and being his own man.

Some gimmicks though are crappy and people think they suck, then they come up, and they still suck. The Spirit Squad for me are an example of that. I love the WWE, and I've defended a lot of possible Gooker nominies (especially the Dominic Angle), but the Spirit Squad kinda reminds me of Duke Droese or TL Hopper, where it's a one dimensional gimmick that doesn't seem like it will get over. That's how I see that anyway.