Post by sungod2020 on Aug 19, 2022 19:12:54 GMT -5
Over the years, we've had talent or how they were used that added nothing to the product. Now, not everything necessarily needs to have a point, and have a career-defining feud that brings said performer to the next level, however, having the crowd be into it should be imperative to what you're presenting. Crowd reaction is everything and can give the writers/promoters a sense on how well something is going.
Alot of the time however, the crowd can be dead(or even outright be against) a certain angle, which is clogging up valuable TV time and can be used for something else. What angles/storylines/feuds whatsoever did just that?
The Gang Wars - It all started when Faarooq was fed up with his Nation of Domination stablemates, most notably Savio Vega and Crush for costing him his WWF title match against The Undertaker. As a result, he fired everyone from the group(except for D'lo Brown) and promised he would deliver a "Bigger, Badder, Better and Blacker" version of the Nation. To follow up on it, he recruited Kama Mustafa and former adversary Ahmed Johnson(only to be replaced by Rocky Maivia) into his group.
Instead of joining forces and getting revenge on their former boss for their shared humiliation, or just go on to do their own thing, Crush and Vega formed their own stables. The Kona Hawaiian Native formed a white biker stable consisting of him, Chainz, and Skull & 8-ball(also known as The Harris Brothers) calling themselves the Disciples of Apocalypse, while Savio Vega brought in some buddies from his native Puerto Rico calling themselves Los Boricuas.
So, you pretty much had a feud between Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics. And all they did was brawl, brawl, and brawl again to the delight of....well no one. Seriously, there was no storyline development going on there. It was just pointless brawling that took up RAWS and several PPVs. I believe at some point The Truth Commission got involved. So you had skinhead Bikers vs. Black militants vs. Latino gangsters vs. The South African Army? And this was going on for six months too.
My theory is WWF was still trying to find it's footing with factions and how to use them. They never really had them like the NWA did. It was moreso manager-centric ones. They tried to do it with Ted Dibiase's Million Dollar Corporation, but it was just a bunch of mismatch randos who didn't have a shared motivation, didn't win any championships, and were just there. They were basically a bunch of glorified Virgils. This was the first time that WWF had a stable that acted as a cohesive unit, it just came off clumsily.
I'm sure the audience wanted to see fighting factions, but they needed a reason for it. DX vs. The Hart Foundation, and then later The Nation worked, and with the latter, it elevated the careers of those involved including their leaders - The Rock and Triple H.
But yeah, the Gang Wars Saga, while a waste of time, might've at least been a mistake the company learned from on how to promote a feud between factions.
Any pointless angles you can think of?
Alot of the time however, the crowd can be dead(or even outright be against) a certain angle, which is clogging up valuable TV time and can be used for something else. What angles/storylines/feuds whatsoever did just that?
The Gang Wars - It all started when Faarooq was fed up with his Nation of Domination stablemates, most notably Savio Vega and Crush for costing him his WWF title match against The Undertaker. As a result, he fired everyone from the group(except for D'lo Brown) and promised he would deliver a "Bigger, Badder, Better and Blacker" version of the Nation. To follow up on it, he recruited Kama Mustafa and former adversary Ahmed Johnson(only to be replaced by Rocky Maivia) into his group.
Instead of joining forces and getting revenge on their former boss for their shared humiliation, or just go on to do their own thing, Crush and Vega formed their own stables. The Kona Hawaiian Native formed a white biker stable consisting of him, Chainz, and Skull & 8-ball(also known as The Harris Brothers) calling themselves the Disciples of Apocalypse, while Savio Vega brought in some buddies from his native Puerto Rico calling themselves Los Boricuas.
So, you pretty much had a feud between Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics. And all they did was brawl, brawl, and brawl again to the delight of....well no one. Seriously, there was no storyline development going on there. It was just pointless brawling that took up RAWS and several PPVs. I believe at some point The Truth Commission got involved. So you had skinhead Bikers vs. Black militants vs. Latino gangsters vs. The South African Army? And this was going on for six months too.
My theory is WWF was still trying to find it's footing with factions and how to use them. They never really had them like the NWA did. It was moreso manager-centric ones. They tried to do it with Ted Dibiase's Million Dollar Corporation, but it was just a bunch of mismatch randos who didn't have a shared motivation, didn't win any championships, and were just there. They were basically a bunch of glorified Virgils. This was the first time that WWF had a stable that acted as a cohesive unit, it just came off clumsily.
I'm sure the audience wanted to see fighting factions, but they needed a reason for it. DX vs. The Hart Foundation, and then later The Nation worked, and with the latter, it elevated the careers of those involved including their leaders - The Rock and Triple H.
But yeah, the Gang Wars Saga, while a waste of time, might've at least been a mistake the company learned from on how to promote a feud between factions.
Any pointless angles you can think of?
