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Post by thehottag on Dec 19, 2020 12:05:48 GMT -5
It would take waaaay longer than 6 months. Don't get me wrong, they have all the tools, but it would take a while to reboot the shows & for the changes to gain traction.
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Post by Viking Hall on Dec 19, 2020 14:09:29 GMT -5
Let them die. They deserve it.
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Post by romanstylesiii on Dec 19, 2020 14:11:35 GMT -5
It's just so boring to watch. At least in the old days, there were a lot of things that were so stupid it was entertaining.
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Post by Wieners=$$$ on Dec 19, 2020 15:24:16 GMT -5
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Gus Richlen Was Wrong
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Dec 19, 2020 15:29:14 GMT -5
1. Remove Vince McMahon as CEO of WWE, Inc. That is all. More needs to be done than just that and Vince isn't going away unless it's on HIS terms anyway. That said, WWE dying would be way worse for the industry than some want to believe.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Dec 19, 2020 15:33:07 GMT -5
These are the things I've been saying for some time:
-Cut the third hour of Raw. Go back to a 9-11 timeslot.
-Main roster titles should be the World Title, Women's Title, IC, US and Tag Titles. One of each.
-Reduce ppv's to 6 per year. The Big Four, King of the Ring (with the winner getting a title shot at Summerslam), and one more.
-TV's should be mostly squashes of enhancement guys, with rivals mostly kept apart physically until ppv's.
-Announce the ppv cards early, and hype them every week.
-Main event guys can show up for promos and altercations, but matches should be a once in a while treat, to keep their mystique intact.
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Post by nisidhe on Dec 19, 2020 16:26:38 GMT -5
1. Remove Vince McMahon as CEO of WWE, Inc. That is all. More needs to be done than just that and Vince isn't going away unless it's on HIS terms anyway. That said, WWE dying would be way worse for the industry than some want to believe. Vince represents at least 70-80% of the creative issues with WWE. Removing him would allow the creative team to operate from the perspective of growing ratings and long-term growth, instead of working to Vince's whims. It might also provide an environment where talents are motivated to "reach for that brass ring" and get themselves over and see what floats. If we're discussing ways to save WWE, clearly the issue is that WWE seems on a path of self-destruction creatively that is beginning to impact a business relationship. Few here would necessarily want WWE to fail, but I for one think it needs to be overhauled in order to get it back on track.
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Post by Oak: Certified Jade Hater on Dec 19, 2020 16:39:51 GMT -5
More needs to be done than just that and Vince isn't going away unless it's on HIS terms anyway. That said, WWE dying would be way worse for the industry than some want to believe. Vince represents at least 70-80% of the creative issues with WWE. Removing him would allow the creative team to operate from the perspective of growing ratings and long-term growth, instead of working to Vince's whims. It might also provide an environment where talents are motivated to "reach for that brass ring" and get themselves over and see what floats. If we're discussing ways to save WWE, clearly the issue is that WWE seems on a path of self-destruction creatively that is beginning to impact a business relationship. Few here would necessarily want WWE to fail, but I for one think it needs to be overhauled in order to get it back on track. I see your point on this, but I’ll agree with Gus. Removing Vince alone won’t be the magical reset people hope it’ll be. Not is it the one answer to all of their problems. Vince has his guys in that are practically entrenched in WWE, be they Kevin Dunn, Bruce Pritchard, or the multitude of yes men that hinge their very livelihoods on Vince. I can see them trying to cozy up to whoever would take Vince’s spot, trying to stay afloat while keeping their usual patterns. It’s what they’ve known for nearly 40 years, at this point I doubt they can change. Not only that, but who do you have replace Vince? Maybe there’s a power struggle for the seat, with Shane, Steph, and Triple H vying to be CEO. Maybe the Board of Directors install someone from outside the business, which leads to a whole host of other questions. Whoever does take the seat, how do they see wrestling? How do they react to the ever changing climate of wrestling? Deal with low ratings? There’s a decent chance that things stay the same or very similar, so the problems that many think would be gone once Vince left would only remain. Do I know how to save WWE? No. I don’t think it’s one thing, but many changes that should start from the top down. Not signing so much talent just to hoard them and keep them from other places. It’s a tricky subject to tackle really.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2020 16:50:35 GMT -5
Vince no longer being in charge is first and foremost the biggest change that needs to happen and with him no longer in charge then they can remove all the yes men...Dunn , Pritchard etc.
Untill that first thing happens then there is no "saving" anything.
But once he is gone and we have the next heir step in can things really actually have any real chance of changing...IMO it will be and quite frankly should be Stephanie is appointed CEO to where she can mandate and handle all the business stuff etc and HHH is given complete controll of the creative end.
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Post by Pgarodactyl on Dec 19, 2020 16:54:49 GMT -5
1. Don't bring anyone onto the main roster without a sustained plan for how you want to use them. I'm talking at least six months mapped out. 2. Don't ditch plans or interest in a talent if they don't immediately spike things. Far too often, WWE has brought someone up and then relegated them to fodder when they don't immediately set the world on fire. 3. Same thing as 2, but for angles. If an angle doesn't immediately get over, don't dismay and ditch it.
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Post by nisidhe on Dec 19, 2020 17:09:08 GMT -5
I see your point on this, but I’ll agree with Gus. Removing Vince alone won’t be the magical reset people hope it’ll be. Not is it the one answer to all of their problems. Vince has his guys in that are practically entrenched in WWE, be they Kevin Dunn, Bruce Pritchard, or the multitude of yes men that hinge their very livelihoods on Vince. I can see them trying to cozy up to whoever would take Vince’s spot, trying to stay afloat while keeping their usual patterns. It’s what they’ve known for nearly 40 years, at this point I doubt they can change. Apart from Kevin Dunn and Bruce Prichard, I know of _nobody_ reporting to Vince who's been there 40 years. Most, if not all, of those from that period are either retired or dead, and _they_ were the ones who kept the creative process successful for some time because they were the ones with both the experience and the pull to tell Vince when he was wrong. By the Attitude Era, Vince had seen most of them retire or had pensioned them off so that he could do what he felt he needed to do - and twenty-five years later he still hasn't recognized that he had caught lightning in a jar then and that it's all since dissipated. Somebody who might not know what works but knows what they don't know, and is willing to give things a shot without necessarily trying constantly to put their own mark on it. The power games being played among Steph, Trips and Shane will likely continue even after Vince is gone. Stability for WWE as a company would require that whoever becomes the CEO not have any role in that conflict, especially so long as it's a publicly-traded company - the SEC doesn't take a kind view to companies carnying it up at the boardroom level. Much has been made of WWE's lack of a clear succession plan: that's a company's responsibility, and without one investing in such a company becomes a risk. Right now, under Vince, the company is slowly sliding into a quagmire caused by the CEO's inability to let the creative team do its job unhindered. Micromanagement by an aging and clearly exhausted CEO is killing the company. It may not be enough, but it would be a strong start to its recovery were he removed from power.
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Post by dangerousdanpotato on Dec 19, 2020 21:01:12 GMT -5
Get rid of all the titles and instead have everyone fight over who gets to take home a battered old Beanie Baby turtle called Ignatius.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Dec 19, 2020 21:20:37 GMT -5
We mustn't worry. Once Eva Marie finally returns form her vacation, WWE will be saved.
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Post by Nickybojelais on Dec 19, 2020 22:04:07 GMT -5
Aside from the usual things like overhauling the intelligence insulting commentary, the seizure inducing production, the overly scripted nature of promos, 50-50 booking, over choregraphed entrances and micromanaging the wrestlers personalities to such a degree that you actually strip them of any. I'd make two big changes.
1- No matches go through commercial breaks apart from the main event. Save the 15-20 minute matches for PPV. This should help cut down injuries and will also keep their movesets and matches looking fresh.
2- Create distinctive tiers of wrestlers going for specific titles and stick to them for a year. By doing so you have maybe 6 main event stars who are going to be in the title picture and you can distinguish them from the plethora of mid-carders.
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Post by Sam Punk on Dec 19, 2020 22:13:11 GMT -5
They need some wild larger than life characters. It seems like most of the talent are "guy that wrestles".
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Dec 20, 2020 0:08:23 GMT -5
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Post by DASH 243✅ on Dec 20, 2020 2:04:43 GMT -5
Open a show with a f***ing match! Instead of a 20 minute lame ass promo
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2020 2:16:02 GMT -5
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Dec 20, 2020 3:07:03 GMT -5
Nothing is going to change with Vince in charge.
Almost every problem with the WWE ends back at his feet.
Is he the ONLY problem, no.
But things can't start to fix without removing the problem... most of the other stagnation are the symptoms of the disease.
putting someone else in charge of the creative like HHH who actually listens to people and is willing to change things that aren't working... while also setting up longer term plans for things is almost exactly what Vince used to do before he decided he knew better than everyone.
and it'd be a snowball effect from that...
Dunn knows that if Stephanie/HHH take over like is expected eventually that he's out because they hate him.
Prichard has been doing a semi decent job at the moment from all accounts they may keep him around or let him take a retirement/legend deal.
the writers won't have to have marathon sessions of coming up with shit at 0 hour because the boss changed his mind AGAIN...
etc.
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 20, 2020 22:55:16 GMT -5
I find the people who want shorter matches...interesting.
Because isn't that what people disliked about Crash TV?
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