Nostalgia is cancelled

[JTG Fan]

Undertaker. Kane. Kurt Angle wrestling. Goldberg. Austin. McMahon. Especially DX. Unless it involves something truly revolutionary and tears them down in favor of building up someone new, I never wanna see them on TV again. It's time to move on.

[Juice]

There's literally no one from the current era that has been created who can be trudged out 10 years from now for a nostalgia pop. Maybe Cena. That's the worst part about it.

[Famous Rocking Chimes]

Jan 22, 2018 23:17:19 GMT -5 Juice said:

There's literally no one from the current era that has been created who can be trudged out 10 years from now for a nostalgia pop. Maybe Cena. That's the worst part about it.

Orton eventually.

Miz.

Kofi.

That's all I got.

[Big Poppa Pumpkin]

The whole thing is all these guys have all been wheeled out for nostalgia like a dozen times already, who have they got who was established from 2000 onward that they can bring back for nostalgia? Batista? Edge? Everyone else is either a) on bad terms with the company, b) you know, DEAD., c) not a big enough star, d) still either actively wrestling or appearing regularly on the show.

[This Player Hating Mothman]

WWE's overreliance on nostalgia and unwillingness to make stars fed into the way their roster now lacks so much credibility, because you need stars to make stars, and every time they shove everyone off to the side for "real stars" it only helps prove that fact. They have it all backwards and now they can't even do nostalgia right, because for a show carried on the backs of stars of old it f***ing blew chunks.

[Kyn]

It's hard to get nostalgic over people who show up all the damn time, I can't think of anyone of that era they could bring out at this point that I'd legit freak out over.

Edit: Thought of someone. I'd explode into a cloud of blood and glitter if Edge & Christian came back and worked a match, but sadly I know that's an impossibility.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Jan 22, 2018 23:20:35 GMT -5 Famous Rocking Chimes said:

Jan 22, 2018 23:17:19 GMT -5 Juice said:

There's literally no one from the current era that has been created who can be trudged out 10 years from now for a nostalgia pop. Maybe Cena. That's the worst part about it.

Orton eventually.

Miz.

Kofi.

That's all I got.

Balor, Styles, Owens, Reigns, Rollins, Ambrose, Sheamus, Cesaro, New Day, all could at least notable enough to host a talk show if they used Christian in such a capacity. Of course, they'd still go to Austin for the intro to the show, though.

[Deleted]

I don't think nostalgia is the problem because they don't even do that well. It doesn't feel like they really book much of anyone with any reverence at all. This was a very loveless program.

[wildojinx]

Jan 22, 2018 23:20:35 GMT -5 Famous Rocking Chimes said:

Jan 22, 2018 23:17:19 GMT -5 Juice said:

There's literally no one from the current era that has been created who can be trudged out 10 years from now for a nostalgia pop. Maybe Cena. That's the worst part about it.

Orton eventually.

Miz.

Kofi.

That's all I got.

Depending on how his career goes, Braun Strowman

[Kyn]

Jan 22, 2018 23:38:08 GMT -5 @nichotine said:

(...) This was a very loveless program.

I wouldn't blame the people who paid through the nose for tickets for feeling like they got f***ed without a kiss.

[joeiscool]

Jan 22, 2018 23:17:19 GMT -5 Juice said:

There's literally no one from the current era that has been created who can be trudged out 10 years from now for a nostalgia pop. Maybe Cena. That's the worst part about it.

Most of the main event scene will get one.

If Braun, Roman, Miz, New Day, even the usos keep delivering they will get a ton of pops.

[slappy]

Instead of worrying about which wrestlers from today will be nostalgia acts, how about we have no nostalgia acts now or in the future?

[Savage Gambino]

Jan 22, 2018 23:17:19 GMT -5 Juice said:

There's literally no one from the current era that has been created who can be trudged out 10 years from now for a nostalgia pop. Maybe Cena. That's the worst part about it.

WWE's biggest problem in a nutshell.

They wonder why they don't have any bankable stars now, but they're constantly relying on nostalgia acts. What they don't get is, they're telling their audiences "today's acts don't matter, those old guys were real stars". Try getting Rock, Austin, and Triple H over in 99 with Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, and Warrior all over the show.

[Rolent Tex]

Jan 23, 2018 0:13:10 GMT -5 Savage Gambino said:

Jan 22, 2018 23:17:19 GMT -5 Juice said:

There's literally no one from the current era that has been created who can be trudged out 10 years from now for a nostalgia pop. Maybe Cena. That's the worst part about it.

WWE's biggest problem in a nutshell.

They wonder why they don't have any bankable stars now, but they're constantly relying on nostalgia acts. What they don't get is, they're telling their audiences "today's acts don't matter, those old guys were real stars". Try getting Rock, Austin, and Triple H over in 99 with Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, and Warrior all over the show.

Unlike the other two asshats at least Randy “got it”. What stars did Hogan and Warrior create in the end? Randy helped make DDP a megastar. He thought it was awesome that Vince put the belt on Eddie Guerrero and gave him a shot. If Randy would have ever gotten the nostalgia appearances that the rest got, I could have totally seen him want to do something with a current star he was fond of instead of just putting the past over.

[Deleted]

Jan 23, 2018 0:13:10 GMT -5 Savage Gambino said:

Jan 22, 2018 23:17:19 GMT -5 Juice said:

There's literally no one from the current era that has been created who can be trudged out 10 years from now for a nostalgia pop. Maybe Cena. That's the worst part about it.

WWE's biggest problem in a nutshell.

They wonder why they don't have any bankable stars now, but they're constantly relying on nostalgia acts. What they don't get is, they're telling their audiences "today's acts don't matter, those old guys were real stars". Try getting Rock, Austin, and Triple H over in 99 with Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, and Warrior all over the show.

I think a more apt comparison would be the likes of Bruno Sammartino and Billy Graham. Guys who weren't on tv in a decade or more and most of their target audience haven't heard of or care about.

Hogan and co. were on tv at the time with rival company. They were already all over the show and stealing the spotlight. Hogan and Savage, to a lesser extent, were definitely relevant and cared about at the time. Warrior much less so, since he only had the weird one time angle that didn't really make a difference.

[Jonathan Michaels]

I suspect Orton will be putting some people over, go full circle, instead of being the Legend Killer, he'll be the legend getting killed.

[Deleted]

Jan 23, 2018 1:46:48 GMT -5 Jonathan Michaels said:

I suspect Orton will be putting some people over, go full circle, instead of being the Legend Killer, he'll be the legend getting killed.

Man, that'll be depressing as hell.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Jan 22, 2018 23:17:19 GMT -5 Juice said:

There's literally no one from the current era that has been created who can be trudged out 10 years from now for a nostalgia pop. Maybe Cena. That's the worst part about it.

This is the same company who were trying to sell The Shield as a Nostalgia Act last year

THE SHIELD.

[Old Jack Burton]

Ruthless Aggression Era stars who were featured on RAW 25:

The Boogey Man
The Miz

Did I miss anyone?

A few people who theoretically could have appeared and gotten at least mild nostalgia pops from longtime fans:

Ken Kennedy
Rico
Melina
Chavo Guerrero
Chuck Palumbo
Tajiri


Brian Kendrick (who is ON THE ROSTER RIGHT NOW)

[kingbookermark]

Jan 22, 2018 23:14:39 GMT -5 JTG Fan said:

Undertaker. Kane. Kurt Angle wrestling. Goldberg. Austin. McMahon. Especially DX. Unless it involves something truly revolutionary and tears them down in favor of building up someone new, I never wanna see them on TV again. It's time to move on.

Even though I enjoyed the Raw 25 I'm pretty much okay with this statement. Tribute shows need to be their own separate show. Keep Raw current. Keep Smackdown current.