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Post by mid-south on Apr 21, 2005 8:51:12 GMT -5
I think the WWE needs to develop a "kid friendly" show on saturday morning to air around the same time cartoons are aired. Have completely different workers (maybe some luchadores and other outrageously dressed characters) and start their own "kid friendly" division. Make this a separate entity from the WWE. I grew up watching wrestling as long as I could remember (mid-south at noon on saturday), and I was hooked for life. It's like those anti-tobacco company ads say, "get them when they're kids, and they're hooked for life."
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Post by Mad Johnny Maxx on Apr 21, 2005 12:56:22 GMT -5
Hmmmm...I could see that.
Dust off the old gimmicks from the 80's-early 90's...and do some kinda deal kinda like what WCW had for Saturday mornings way back when.
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Post by AJ on Apr 21, 2005 19:18:22 GMT -5
Right, I would still like to read their study on WWE's content.
I started watching wrestling when I was about 9 or 10 in 1991. The in-ring product was different then and wasn't as high impact and fast paced as it is now with wrestlers using chairs etc. and going through tables and doing moves like the Pedigree, Jacknife Powerbombs etc. Certain children may emulate these moves and teenagers etc. do 'backyard wrestling' which in some instances has linkages to wrestlers like The Hardyz who in their book said they used to wrestle each other in their backyard and even set up their own company. Point being children and teenagers if they see what can be deemed as 'violent' programming will think it's the norm in some cases and therefore will emulate whats on screen, hence children play-wrestling in schools even teenagers.
The 'Don't Try This At Home' ad is good but needs greater enforcing. Get wrestlers like Benoit etc. and speak to the children and put over that the wrestlers are not super human and do get hurt. This direct communication even through an advertisement would be much better.
Thanks for the book recommendation. Reading the above quote has me agreeing with some points but seeing wrestlers like The Godfather, Val Venis, Stonecold Steve Austin etc. are not role models and can there really be something good out of a child thinking he's Stonecold?, a character who promotes anti-authority, swears, drinks beer etc. (which is basically a re-work of The Sandman gimmick IMO). I think the Stonecold character is entertaining and am a fan of Austin's but I would never deem his character suitable for children and even teenagers to a certain degree.
This would be something to look at it in much more detail. An indepth look at ECW which was deemed as for adults would be very interesting and may be something I'll look at and compare to WWE's product.
This is a great idea, but I don't think WWE will cater espically for a younger audience. I think the best they could do would be to edit out any inappropriate content in its main shows and show edited versions of those instead.
I think TNA is more suitable for children/teenagers in it's current form with minimal questionable content compared to WWE.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Apr 21, 2005 20:53:07 GMT -5
WWE has toned down a lot as compared to the late 90's and early 00's. A lot of the overtly sexual acts have been cut out, and the more controversial characters like Stone Cold, Godfather, etc, are either gone or not nearly as intense. There are still some questionable characters (Eddie), but nothing I would consider banning WWE from my house over.
Certain children may emulate these moves and teenagers etc. do 'backyard wrestling' which in some instances has linkages to wrestlers like The Hardyz who in their book said they used to wrestle each other in their backyard and even set up their own company. Point being children and teenagers if they see what can be deemed as 'violent' programming will think it's the norm in some cases and therefore will emulate whats on screen, hence children play-wrestling in schools even teenagers.
If it's just "play-wrestling", there's nothing to be concerned about. Just some roughhousing and screwing around. It would be different if it made kids violently attack each other with the intent to injure the other person, but if it's just fooling around, I wouldn't have any problem with it.
As far as the backyard wrestling and stuff with risky, dangerous moves, I'm actually all for this. If kids/teens are going to be this stupid, they will eventually kill themselves with these high-impact moves, deleting their defective chromosomes from the gene pool, and ensuring that they do not propagate this stupidity to the next generation. Who am I to interfere with natural selection?
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