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Post by misfitblonde on Sept 27, 2013 0:45:11 GMT -5
I'm probably in the minority but the entire Benoit thing was a blip on the radar for WWE. In no way was that story anything monumental in the progression of WWE. Yes, it was horrific but every sport/entertainment outlet has its share of bad publicity.
The online community makes the Benoit thing a much bigger deal than it actually was for the mainstream.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2013 14:54:33 GMT -5
You must not have been around for when it happened. I agree that the internet overplayed it maybe slightly but everywhere you looked for months media were bashing WWE. Bringing on random old stars just to bash the company and make it seem much worse than it was.
If anything the media were the ones who took it too seriously. They saw the opportunity to bash wrestling and honestly a ton of older stars saw it as a way to get back at WWE and it was damn near impossible for them to recover. Only time would have eventually healed those wounds there was nothing WWE could do to change their image at that point in time. WWE was wise to learn from it and make changes to improve themselves. They took it as seriously as they should have.
I believe calling it a blip on the radar is vastly understating it but looking back WWE is so damn good at surviving that I doubt they were ever really in extreme trouble. They would've survived one way or another.
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Post by mizerable on Sept 27, 2013 15:27:30 GMT -5
I actually initially like how they handled it storyline wise. Vince made clear mention of the Senate investigation on TV, however his attention (like any other American male facing the same thing) was turned to a paternity suit. I don't care what else you have going on in your life, THIS is a nightmare to have to deal with, so they handled a big situation by putting forth a bigger situation. I say initially, because we all saw what happened as a result. Quite possibly the worst pay off in a big wrestling storyline. It was worse than the Gooker, IMO. I'm probably in the minority but the entire Benoit thing was a blip on the radar for WWE. In no way was that story anything monumental in the progression of WWE. Yes, it was horrific but every sport/entertainment outlet has its share of bad publicity. The online community makes the Benoit thing a much bigger deal than it actually was for the mainstream. Well, while the "story" wasn't effected, it certainly effected the production of wrestling, especially the ties to wellness, head injuries and overall health concerns, I'd say there were a ton of changes as a result.
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Post by RedSmile on Sept 27, 2013 16:32:05 GMT -5
I'm probably in the minority but the entire Benoit thing was a blip on the radar for WWE. In no way was that story anything monumental in the progression of WWE. Yes, it was horrific but every sport/entertainment outlet has its share of bad publicity. The online community makes the Benoit thing a much bigger deal than it actually was for the mainstream. You couldn't be more wrong. The Benoit murders/suicide drew Congressional attention. It was a HUGE deal, a bigger deal than the steroid trials, by far. This incident, along with Chris Nowinski's research, have been huge catalysts in the recent and widespread concern over head injuries all around sports.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2013 17:49:51 GMT -5
I'm probably in the minority but the entire Benoit thing was a blip on the radar for WWE. In no way was that story anything monumental in the progression of WWE. Yes, it was horrific but every sport/entertainment outlet has its share of bad publicity. The online community makes the Benoit thing a much bigger deal than it actually was for the mainstream. You couldn't be more wrong. The Benoit murders/suicide drew Congressional attention. It was a HUGE deal, a bigger deal than the steroid trials, by far. This incident, along with Chris Nowinski's research, have been huge catalysts in the recent and widespread concern over head injuries all around sports. It may have been an even bigger deal if Congress wasn't balls deep in baseball around that time. As it was, the Benoit thing tied in with the steroid hunt, so "roid rage!" was the convenient thing to blame.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Sept 27, 2013 18:01:00 GMT -5
I'm probably in the minority but the entire Benoit thing was a blip on the radar for WWE. In no way was that story anything monumental in the progression of WWE. Yes, it was horrific but every sport/entertainment outlet has its share of bad publicity. The online community makes the Benoit thing a much bigger deal than it actually was for the mainstream. You couldn't be more wrong. The Benoit murders/suicide drew Congressional attention. It was a HUGE deal, a bigger deal than the steroid trials, by far. This incident, along with Chris Nowinski's research, have been huge catalysts in the recent and widespread concern over head injuries all around sports. Yeah, last year when Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend and then himself, the media didn't blame the NFL. Hell, they didn't cover it like they did for Benoit. Let's also take a look at Aaron Hernandez, the media isn't blaming the NFL, they're rightfully blaming Hernandez and his thug life. With Benoit, WWE was getting blamed for him killing his family and then himself. That was the darkest time for wrestling.
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Post by Tony Schiavontay on Sept 27, 2013 19:23:54 GMT -5
No, Jim Neidhart had nothing to do with it.
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Post by Glitch on Sept 27, 2013 21:30:30 GMT -5
I'm probably in the minority but the entire Benoit thing was a blip on the radar for WWE. In no way was that story anything monumental in the progression of WWE. Yes, it was horrific but every sport/entertainment outlet has its share of bad publicity. The online community makes the Benoit thing a much bigger deal than it actually was for the mainstream. You couldn't be more wrong. The Benoit murders/suicide drew Congressional attention. It was a HUGE deal, a bigger deal than the steroid trials, by far. This incident, along with Chris Nowinski's research, have been huge catalysts in the recent and widespread concern over head injuries all around sports. It was a big deal but I think it's ridiculous to say it's amazing that the wwe survived. The story was all over the media, but it was rather short lived. And considering that Vince wasn't on trial and possibly facing jail time during this, I wouldn't say it was bigger than the steroid trial. Honestly, I think if wwe had kept going the same route they were going(minus dead Vince angle) the company wouldn't have sunk.
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Sept 28, 2013 0:51:45 GMT -5
You couldn't be more wrong. The Benoit murders/suicide drew Congressional attention. It was a HUGE deal, a bigger deal than the steroid trials, by far. This incident, along with Chris Nowinski's research, have been huge catalysts in the recent and widespread concern over head injuries all around sports. It was a big deal but I think it's ridiculous to say it's amazing that the wwe survived. The story was all over the media, but it was rather short lived. And considering that Vince wasn't on trial and possibly facing jail time during this, I wouldn't say it was bigger than the steroid trial. Honestly, I think if wwe had kept going the same route they were going(minus dead Vince angle) the company wouldn't have sunk. I think one thing that Vince and the WWE got lucky on was the reaction by the families. Benoits dad, or Nancies loved ones could have easily caused a huge legal war but they didn't and as far as I can tell never publicly blamed the 'E for what happened.
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