Anyone miss soap opera storylines?

[subject2]

If theres one thing i miss in todays WWE its the lack of gripping storylines.

I remember comparing wrestling to a soap opera with a sporting theme...there always seemed to be interesting storylines, twists,whodunnits in the world of wrestling.....but part of the reason you can miss an episode of raw these days is that nothing really changes week to week.

I've been watching alot of wwe from 2000/2001 lately and in the last year we had the who ran over stone cold storyline...HHH/Angle/Steph love triangle & undertakers stalker to name a few...sure the conclusions were occasionally a letdown but the build always kept you hooked!

It seems like all feuds these days are so simple...its just sneak attacks after a match...and a few promos.

Anyone else miss these types of storylines and plots?

[rhennesey]

No, because they tended to over-complicate feuds when they didn't need to be. I like drama when it's done well and you just had to watch Raw and Smackdown to see what would happen next.

[subject2]

I understand some feuds dont need to have a storyline and can just rely on wrestling...Austin/Rock build in 2001 had fans mouths watering way before it was official so why the need to put debra in the feud ( other than to please stone cold) i don't know.

But certain other feuds could do with abit of storyline spice....few examples....the Usos/harts feud was so bland..nothing to it...like alot of midcard feuds. What if one of the usos teased being attracted to natalya and caused abit of friction?

Theres been the odd mention of john cena holding people back and being the face of the company like jesse ventura pointed out....imagine a whoodunnit having someone trying to take out cena like austin 2001....have him try and find the culprit and could create a new mega-heel if done right....

[Foreign Object]

I do. I'm one of the people who always enjoyed the storylines/promos slightly more than the matches (don't get me wrong, I love watching a good match as much as everyone else) so of course I miss the storylines with more depth. Without them it sometimes feels like I've seen the whole scenario before and it tends to get boring rather quickly.

[AndyUK]

Yeah, a little. If the brand split ends, I can see us getting more of them though because they'll have to come up with reasons for people to feud other than ''I want your title!''.

[subject2]

The reaction the nexus angle recieved was proff alone how much fans want storylines...it was the 1st major one in a while and everyone loved it because it made them want to watch next week!

[I Like Your Poetry]

Better than:

Challenger: I want belt.
Champion: Come and get it!
Challenger: We fight at the PPV.
Champion: Agreed.

It's professional wrestling 101, but it's still redundant. We need hooks people.

[hypnoticgenes]

The thing is that a company needs to find a balance between the wrestling and storylines. WWE, for the most part is lacking in the storyline department. However on the other side of the coin TNA goes too far with the different storylines.

You want there to be enough story to keep people interested, but not so much story that you crowd out the wrestling.

[-Lithium-]

Sept 2, 2010 17:51:29 GMT -5 subject2 said:

Theres been the odd mention of john cena holding people back and being the face of the company like jesse ventura pointed out....imagine a whoodunnit having someone trying to take out cena like austin 2001....have him try and find the culprit and could create a new mega-heel if done right....

I like things like this, or other storylines like Mick Foley not wanting to fight Orton back in 2003, and HBK-Cenas feud going into WM 23. They have plot points and stuff but its not over the top "love triangles" or some pregnancy angle...