silverplaquevii
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Post by silverplaquevii on Aug 27, 2014 17:53:56 GMT -5
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Post by Gravedigger's Biscuits on Aug 27, 2014 17:55:29 GMT -5
I'm sure most of the guys were thinking the same thing. The day WCW went out of business was a black day for pro-wrestling.
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Captain2
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Post by Captain2 on Aug 27, 2014 17:56:19 GMT -5
If he prayed for the WWF he should have at the very least provided enough vitamins for WCW.
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Post by Prince Petty on Aug 27, 2014 18:04:04 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm sure none of the wrestlers wanted to see the other company go out of business. Why would you? Why would you want that potential avenue of employment cut off? Why would you want all those guys to lose their jobs, and then perhaps come to your company and threaten your job?
Two companies (or three, if you counted ECW) meant that, if things didn't work out for you in one place, you could try going to the other. If the other company was interested in you, you could use it as leverage to get a better deal where you were. And as for the product as a whole, like Mick Foley said, "you can't run quite as fast when no one is chasing you".
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riseofsetian1981
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Aug 27, 2014 18:12:35 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm sure none of the wrestlers wanted to see the other company go out of business. Why would you? Why would you want that potential avenue of employment cut off? Why would you want all those guys to lose their jobs, and then perhaps come to your company and threaten your job? Two companies (or three, if you counted ECW) meant that, if things didn't work out for you in one place, you could try going to the other. If the other company was interested in you, you could use it as leverage to get a better deal where you were. And as for the product as a whole, like Mick Foley said, "you can't run quite as fast when no one is chasing you". Serious question here. While the WWE has no true legitimate competition that would force them to use creativity and create a more exciting, unpredictable, and coherent product. Shouldn't the prospect of making more money be a motivating factor? Competition or no competition I imagine a promoter, businessman, or any type of creative individual would thrive on the idea of making more money while receiving rave reviews from their audience, thus possibly having their product recommended to a non-fan, and in the process gaining new fans in the process. Shouldn't that be enough of a motivating factor for the WWE as a whole?
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Post by Chuck Conry on Aug 27, 2014 19:27:13 GMT -5
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Post by A damn road sign on Aug 27, 2014 19:37:39 GMT -5
If he prayed for the WWF he should have at the very least provided enough vitamins for WCW.
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Post by TGM on Aug 27, 2014 19:51:48 GMT -5
OP you are killing me.
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Post by xCompackx on Aug 27, 2014 20:05:47 GMT -5
Well, this is the same reason nobody should want TNA to go out of business. Even if it's not competition, there should always be an alternative.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 20:07:10 GMT -5
Of course he didn't want WWF to go out of business.
If that happened when it came to contract renegs he would have had a nasty surprise from Turner.
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Post by SAJ Forth on Aug 27, 2014 22:46:45 GMT -5
I'm sure most of the guys were thinking the same thing. The day WCW went out of business was a black day for pro-wrestling. Very true.
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Post by SCCB Was Told To Do Steroids on Aug 28, 2014 10:44:44 GMT -5
Businesses need to evolve and grow. With stiff competition, that is everyone's biggest complaint: The E isn't growing or evolving. Ironically, the "Monday Night War" docs on the Network prove when the E stretched, it was probably the best it's ever been.
The reason why TNA isn't considered competition is, frankly, it's WCW circa 2000 V.2. The last time TNA barely threatened WWE was its inception, especially with the X Division.
What is interesting to me that many people in this business in interviews, like Heyman, suggested that the next step for pro-wrestling would be hybridization, more like Japanese strong-style. ROH is the closest to this, but, on a full scale, no one is offering this to the modern WWE fan. Sure, you have Lesnar as the champ, and Chad Gable is in NXT, but really, you still have Los Matadores.
If GWF is a legitimate threat and is serious, I would assume they are gong to try this avenue. The key is NOT to out-McMahon McMahon. The key is to offer something viably different and awesome.
Back to Hogan, it makes sense with the love/hate relationship he and McMahon have. Even in the ugliness of the FBI investigations, I don't think it grew as acrimonious as we were all led to believe. There is ample amount of information that suggest that Hogan is an incredible douche. There's also proof that he's not as bad as all that, either.
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Post by Prince Petty on Aug 28, 2014 10:50:02 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm sure none of the wrestlers wanted to see the other company go out of business. Why would you? Why would you want that potential avenue of employment cut off? Why would you want all those guys to lose their jobs, and then perhaps come to your company and threaten your job? Two companies (or three, if you counted ECW) meant that, if things didn't work out for you in one place, you could try going to the other. If the other company was interested in you, you could use it as leverage to get a better deal where you were. And as for the product as a whole, like Mick Foley said, "you can't run quite as fast when no one is chasing you". Serious question here. While the WWE has no true legitimate competition that would force them to use creativity and create a more exciting, unpredictable, and coherent product. Shouldn't the prospect of making more money be a motivating factor? Competition or no competition I imagine a promoter, businessman, or any type of creative individual would thrive on the idea of making more money while receiving rave reviews from their audience, thus possibly having their product recommended to a non-fan, and in the process gaining new fans in the process. Shouldn't that be enough of a motivating factor for the WWE as a whole? Theoretically, that's completely true. And people can be motivated for those reasons, but I reckon that fear of something is always a stronger motivator than wanting something. You'll take more risks to get away from something that you're scared of than you will to get to something that you want. Or most people will.
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