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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 23, 2019 15:18:33 GMT -5
I'm interested in less about Prichard returning and more about all these backstage changes that have happened within these past few weeks. New agents, new producers, old talent being let go, this is interesting. There's a definite "shit is going down" undercurrent to all this backstage news lately. Ratings freefalling, losing top stars and other talent requesting to be let go and maybe not renewing contracts, the very big possibility of new competition on the rise WWE needs to be drug into change kicking and screaming, but it looks like they're finally being drug. Hope this reciprocates to the on air product in a positive manner...
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Feb 23, 2019 15:19:40 GMT -5
You know what? I’ll take it. It could lead to something different which God knows is what WWE needs right now.
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Post by schma on Feb 23, 2019 15:21:55 GMT -5
In a beautiful twist of irony, WWE is now TNA. They've been WCW at its worst for a while so this seems a natural progression.
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Post by prichardmark on Feb 23, 2019 15:22:10 GMT -5
Unfortunately, I see this probably ending up like Heyman booking Smackdown. He proves his success in the ratings, and makes the current powers that be look clueless and he'll get kicked out of there
Political nightmare for Prichard if he's successful. Just like Heyman
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Post by xCompackx on Feb 23, 2019 15:22:15 GMT -5
If Vince isn't accepting of new ideas, it doesn't matter much who's taking creative positions. But, we'll see.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2019 15:24:47 GMT -5
You know what? I’ll take it. It could lead to something different which God knows is what WWE needs right now. Pritchard is a professional suck-ass, if anything we’ll just get more bad Vince ideas. I see this more as Vince trying to maintain/re-establish control more than anything. Hire a dude that he knows is going to go with every idea that he has.
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Post by spagett on Feb 23, 2019 15:29:29 GMT -5
I'll say this though.
If we start seeing vignettes again, to introduce new characters, to flesh out existing characters, it'll be worth it. Bruce has said on the podcast when watching current WWE he felt vignettes and remote segments and angles were badly missing.
Lets see Otis winning a steak eating contest, lets see EC3 relaxing at his palatial mansion, let's see Daniel Bryan going to a vegan resturant and being such a dick he even annoys them and gets kicked out. Anything, just something different instead of 20 minute in ring promos and 25 minute matches every week.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2019 15:30:24 GMT -5
Since Bruce is out can Taker take over Something to Wrestle With? Conrad Thompson and Mark Callaway. I would legit pay a monthly subscription for a Taker podcast where he just fires off about his time in the WWE. He's seen so many generations of talent come and go I bet he's got a wellspring of stories from the talent perspective that can't be matched. He might legit kill Conrad, though lol As for Bruce returning, I figure one of two things is happening: Vince is having a "scorched earth" moment and wants to cut down on the number of writers (which I think is a good thing), so he's bringing back someone who can do that. Alternatively, the WWE is snatching him up before someone else does, be it AEW or whoever. Yes, I know Bruce was in TNA, but they're living proof that all the talent in the world both in-ring and behind the scenes doesn't matter if management is composed of morons.
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Post by timelimitdraw on Feb 23, 2019 15:33:42 GMT -5
Wouldn't have seemed possible six years ago. Between the podcast revitalizing his love for the business, WWE recognizing that they're growing stagnant and needing to prepare for two wholly separate live crews this fall, and AEW still building their infrastructure, the timing couldn't have been better for Bruce. I hope he does well there and I'd love to see the podcast continue in some form (even if it's just the WWE Network version), but I'm sure that's all up in the air.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2019 15:38:57 GMT -5
Desperation obviously. WWE has no answers so they have to bring back guys who were successful years ago. Good start. Prichard/Cornette/Heyman/Jake Roberts creative booking team sounds good. I never understood why guys with DECADES of experience aren't even being utilized (And just sitting at home) by a company that has been in the crapper for years and years creatively Prichard knows his shit. Hopefully he gets to actually have some creative control and big Nose and useless Daughter Stephanie don't blackball him out of there I think there's a better chance of hell freezing over than Cornette or Heyman ever working creative in the E ever again. Cornette got burnt out on it all and begged to go back to Louisville. He's even older now, and I just can't see him wanting the heartburn. Heyman is way too much of squeaking wheel. Jake is iffy. The selfish part of me would love to see his creative ideas, but Jake's in such a good place now that I wouldn't want him to risk his sobriety for it. If anything, I think Jake would be best utilized down in Orlando with NXT, assuming he would want or take any position at all. I feel like a perfect scenario would be some old-timers mixed with some fresh blood, although you've got that now with Michael Hayes, and the current product is a dumpster fire.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Feb 23, 2019 15:42:56 GMT -5
Good for Bruce. I'm in the camp they should never have let him go.
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Feb 23, 2019 15:44:07 GMT -5
Good for Bruce. I'm in the camp they should never have let him go. You understand why he was fired and the whole gun incident and the drug issues, right? He HAD to be fired.
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Post by Hit Girl on Feb 23, 2019 15:44:12 GMT -5
WWE should sign Conrad too, as Vince's personal assistant.
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Post by Sam Punk on Feb 23, 2019 15:46:36 GMT -5
Considering his apparent disposition towards the Knockouts when he was in TNA, I can't say I'm excited for this dude to be on creative when women's wrestling is more prominent than ever. Or his comments about Sasha. I take it he wasn't a big Sasha fan?
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 23, 2019 15:48:36 GMT -5
Good for Bruce. I'm in the camp they should never have let him go. You understand why he was fired and the whole gun incident and the drug issues, right? He HAD to be fired. Yeah, I have a somewhat? more charitable opinion of him than some, but Steph made the right call. Honestly, I am hoping we'll get vignettes, remote segments, etc, some of the more classic presentation, or maybe something like the Cole interviews if Bruce had anything to do with JR formerly doing those style of interviews for Mankind, etc, even if most of them seemed to end with people assaulting JR. I think people who think he was a suckup, though, might need a reminder that Bruce was working for Vince for years and years. It's not exactly shocking they'd see eye to eye on certain things. I just hope it's not going to be all the bad.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2019 15:51:30 GMT -5
You understand why he was fired and the whole gun incident and the drug issues, right? He HAD to be fired. Yeah, I have a somewhat? more charitable opinion of him than some, but Steph made the right call. Honestly, I am hoping we'll get vignettes, remote segments, etc, some of the more classic presentation, or maybe something like the Cole interviews if Bruce had anything to do with JR formerly doing those style of interviews for Mankind, etc, even if most of them seemed to end with people assaulting JR. I think people who think he was a suckup, though, might need a reminder that Bruce was working for Vince for years and years. It's not exactly shocking they'd see eye to eye on certain things. I just hope it's not going to be all the bad. Yeah, wrestling is Bruce's passion, I'm sure, but it was also his job. I wouldn't risk my paycheck by digging my heels in on fighting my boss's shitty ideas, either.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Feb 23, 2019 15:52:44 GMT -5
Good for Bruce. I'm in the camp they should never have let him go. You understand why he was fired and the whole gun incident and the drug issues, right? He HAD to be fired. Not for the drug issues. He admitted that while he did pills in the nineties that he also subjected himself to testing so the office would trust him. He got fired because of the gun and I still think that Stephanie did it because she hated him. Let’s face it, Hayes has done much worse stuff and he’s still around.
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Feb 23, 2019 15:52:56 GMT -5
You understand why he was fired and the whole gun incident and the drug issues, right? He HAD to be fired. Yeah, I have a somewhat? more charitable opinion of him than some, but Steph made the right call. Honestly, I am hoping we'll get vignettes, remote segments, etc, some of the more classic presentation, or maybe something like the Cole interviews if Bruce had anything to do with JR formerly doing those style of interviews for Mankind, etc, even if most of them seemed to end with people assaulting JR. I think people who think he was a suckup, though, might need a reminder that Bruce was working for Vince for years and years. It's not exactly shocking they'd see eye to eye on certain things. I just hope it's not going to be all the bad. Oh I'm a huge Prichard fan, I actually believe for all his famed Yes Manning he's also one of the few to have the balls to tell Vince when something is crap. What's going on in WWE this last while has been crap. They've been producing crap. These moves at worst can only be a lateral move. Hopefully something starts clicking soon with these shakeups.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Feb 23, 2019 15:53:24 GMT -5
Or his comments about Sasha. I take it he wasn't a big Sasha fan? Not very much. Like he didn’t see star potential in her.
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Feb 23, 2019 15:53:38 GMT -5
You understand why he was fired and the whole gun incident and the drug issues, right? He HAD to be fired. Not for the drug issues. He admitted that while he did pills in the nineties that he also subjected himself to testing so the office would trust him. He got fired because of the gun and I still think that Stephanie did it because she hated him. Let’s face it, Hayes has done much worse stuff and he’s still around. The hell does Hayes actually do even?
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