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Post by Brickstone Kid on Dec 21, 2022 15:34:25 GMT -5
Day 1, that ugly ass screen above the entrance is gone. Thrown in the dumpster. I'd bring back a version of the old titantron (maybe update it a bit) and give people back their damn entrance videos. No more of these dumb 3D graphics either. It looks so cheap.
Also - everyone who has the same last name would be deemed to be related in kayfabe. Cousins, or whatever.
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Post by cornettesracket on Dec 22, 2022 7:04:11 GMT -5
I’d make a competition for any member of the company to dump those LED ring posts somewhere where they won’t be found, and they’d get a substantial cash bonus for doing so.
I’d also put Kevin Dunn out to pasture and get the camera people and production crew to watch some old TVs and remind them how it used to be done. Camera cuts happen but not to the level it now happens.
I’d ban wrestlers from doing finishers in a match where it’s not the actual finish because one time finishers like the DDT used to mean something but now are worthless.
The world title when defended should be in the main event only and any champion should come out second, the challenger(s) should come out first.
Also not every match needs or should be given the same amount of time. The opening match doesn’t need to go through a break on TV.
Cage matches should only be used at the end of a feud when everything else has been tried and no escaping the cage. It makes no sense to me that a baby face who’s finally gotten the heal in a corner in a cage match would want to escape the cage.
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Dec 22, 2022 10:51:00 GMT -5
Not sure but it involves a shock collar and quota on how many camera cuts you can make in a minute.
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Post by canceled4truth on Dec 22, 2022 11:17:47 GMT -5
Madcap Moss is now Madcap Boss and dresses like Sasha Banks and comes out to her music, and commentary and Adam Pearce and everyone treat him like he actually is Sasha Banks, and only Kevin Owens can tell the difference
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Post by BRV on Dec 22, 2022 11:24:39 GMT -5
1. Distraction finishes are gone. Period. They make no one look good. They make the loser look like an idiot for getting distracted from the match at hand and they make the winner look like a dork that needed outside interference to get the job done.
2. Every wrestler is introduced with their hometown and weight. It makes professional wrestling feel much more like a sport to hear, "From Calgary, Alberta, Canada, weighing 234 pounds, Bret "Hitman" Hart!" versus "...Bret Hart!"
3. Champions are always introduced last. Again, it makes the event feel more like a real sport when the defending champion gets to be introduced last, regardless of heel or face alignment.
4. On-screen authority figures are gone. Whether it's an all-encompassing boss like the Anonymous Raw GM or The Authority in the 2010s, or an inept, incompetent dweeb like Adam Pearce now, they're just no longer necessary and can't recreate the magic of Mr. McMahon in the late-90s. Jack Tunney didn't need to be on screen on a regular basis, yet we all knew he was working behind the scenes to make the matches happen.
5. Make it so submitting is no longer an embarrassing sign of quitting. It's OK for a face character to tap out and live to fight another day. Nobody's going to laugh at them for tapping out to Roman Reigns' guillotine choke or Bobby Lashley's Hurt Lock versus constantly just passing out and the announcers saying, "But he never gave up, Corey!"
6. Any fan who chants "WHAT?" is automatically ejected from the arena. Play it in the arena before the show starts, during match breaks, during commercials. It's time to end this scourge that has poisoned promos for 20 years now.
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Post by LiamMcDuggle on Dec 22, 2022 13:48:52 GMT -5
Day 1, that ugly ass screen above the entrance is gone. Thrown in the dumpster. I'd bring back a version of the old titantron (maybe update it a bit) and give people back their damn entrance videos. No more of these dumb 3D graphics either. It looks so cheap. Also - everyone who has the same last name would be deemed to be related in kayfabe. Cousins, or whatever. I like Raquel, but this really did her no favors. Nothing about this graphic shows her personality or character. It looks like an add for a personal trainer you'd see on a bus
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Dec 22, 2022 14:50:22 GMT -5
4. On-screen authority figures are gone. Whether it's an all-encompassing boss like the Anonymous Raw GM or The Authority in the 2010s, or an inept, incompetent dweeb like Adam Pearce now, they're just no longer necessary and can't recreate the magic of Mr. McMahon in the late-90s. Jack Tunney didn't need to be on screen on a regular basis, yet we all knew he was working behind the scenes to make the matches happen. You can’t do that, because then the company is being run by Oz. Fans got to see what Jack Tunney looked liked. His television appearances were the perfect amount.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2022 14:52:52 GMT -5
No more in ring promos unless you're being interviewed after a big match, or you're grabbing a mic when you "aren't supposed to" and cutting a brief promo before or after the match.
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Post by nisidhe on Dec 22, 2022 16:29:21 GMT -5
I'm an old fogey, so here goes....
1) Announcing the competitors - hometown, weight, preferred pronouns, whatever - takes place while they're coming down the aisle. If they do get the jobber announcement, that's fine, but cut out the in-ring intros. Besides, you're spending ten minutes on them anyway - it's more entertaining to watch a dramatic entrance that a bunch of schlubs sweeping out the streamers. Just sayin'.
2.) Unless the narrative calls for it (Honky Tonk Man demanding to go out first as though oblivious to the fact that Randy Savage was going to blow the roof off), the champion comes down the aisle last.
3.) Rather than the 30 degree gradiant ramps that will send a guy flying through a Skybox window on a rainy day, can we please bring back the golf-cart platforms for the entrances if the venue is going to be that huge?
4.) This one's a little more serious. Women wrestlers are to be paid the same as the men, at least equal to their positioning on the card as men are. At the same time, the sex-appeal aspects of some need to be toned down a bit. Wrestling isn't just for the male gaze anymore and I think some of the bookers and recruiters (and the talent themselves) might need a reminder of that.
5.) Another more serious one - let's bring back some of the stories. A lot of tropes have all but disappeared in the last 20 years, and many of the heel and face turns have been so quick and so devoid of context that they've come to mean nothing. "Subverting expectations" in wrestling narratives leads to fans who get angry with the product and then walk away from it altogether. AEW has managed to bring back some of the old magic, but WWE seems to have not yet received the memo.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Dec 22, 2022 16:41:47 GMT -5
4. On-screen authority figures are gone. Whether it's an all-encompassing boss like the Anonymous Raw GM or The Authority in the 2010s, or an inept, incompetent dweeb like Adam Pearce now, they're just no longer necessary and can't recreate the magic of Mr. McMahon in the late-90s. Jack Tunney didn't need to be on screen on a regular basis, yet we all knew he was working behind the scenes to make the matches happen. You can’t do that, because then the company is being run by Oz. Fans got to see what Jack Tunney looked liked. His television appearances were the perfect amount. I’d just have William Regal in this role if it were up to me. His time as NXT GM was basically the perfect authority figure and I’d just emulate that for the main roster.
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Post by ISO Mid Thigh Pull on Dec 22, 2022 16:53:09 GMT -5
Spiderman Spiderverse III: Behold Spyder crossover match called The Geiger Match where dudes fight on a scaffold until one of them gets pushed in to a giant pool of glowing green radiation. Johnny Gargano vs. Tommasso Ciampa. Ciampa sends him in to the pool and it's this huge sad moment when Candice is holding Johnny and Johnny is now an 8 legged atomic ratty spiderguy weeping and Ciampa's realizing the gravity of his actions so he jumps in the pool and comes out as a rly buff chinchilla. All 3 of them walk off together with Candice in the middle holding their atomic lil guy hands and the movie logo flashes.
Gargano and Ciampa both totally back to normal next show but they've got bandaids on their foreheads.
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Post by MiLB Fan on Dec 22, 2022 20:34:44 GMT -5
Going along with the drastic reduction in camera cuts, I would institute a hard limit on crowd reaction shots. Maybe even eliminate them altogether.
I’ll admit, WWE has struck gold with them once in a while—Angry Miz Girl probably being the best example. But when they come after EVERY SINGLE HIGHSPOT, that’s too much. I would give the camera crew a strict directive: “See that big square thing in the middle of the arena, with the four posts and ropes? Stay focused on that.”
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Post by ISO Mid Thigh Pull on Dec 22, 2022 20:56:47 GMT -5
Victor The Wrestling Bear gets put on the first 10 seconds of THEN NOW FOREVER TOGETHER and is to be spoken about in only the highest possible regards. We have to respect our legends more.
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Post by King Devitt on Dec 22, 2022 21:31:51 GMT -5
Every time a male talent wins a title they have to cry.
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Post by Hypnosis on Dec 22, 2022 21:51:27 GMT -5
Every time a male talent wins a title they have to cry. And receive flowers?
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Post by bob on Dec 22, 2022 22:00:55 GMT -5
get rid of the CGI entrance abominations
bring back the RAW pooping women
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Post by bob on Dec 22, 2022 22:05:57 GMT -5
4. On-screen authority figures are gone. Whether it's an all-encompassing boss like the Anonymous Raw GM or The Authority in the 2010s, or an inept, incompetent dweeb like Adam Pearce now, they're just no longer necessary and can't recreate the magic of Mr. McMahon in the late-90s. Jack Tunney didn't need to be on screen on a regular basis, yet we all knew he was working behind the scenes to make the matches happen. You can’t do that, because then the company is being run by Oz. Fans got to see what Jack Tunney looked liked. His television appearances were the perfect amount.
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Post by King Devitt on Dec 23, 2022 0:37:26 GMT -5
Every time a male talent wins a title they have to cry. And receive flowers? Nope. Just cry.
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Post by Toates Madhackrviper on Dec 23, 2022 1:18:53 GMT -5
If Sasha ever comes back she gets her Snoopless theme back.
Thats it. Thats the only edict.
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Post by cornettesracket on Dec 23, 2022 4:19:40 GMT -5
1. Distraction finishes are gone. Period. They make no one look good. They make the loser look like an idiot for getting distracted from the match at hand and they make the winner look like a dork that needed outside interference to get the job done. 2. Every wrestler is introduced with their hometown and weight. It makes professional wrestling feel much more like a sport to hear, "From Calgary, Alberta, Canada, weighing 234 pounds, Bret "Hitman" Hart!" versus "...Bret Hart!" 3. Champions are always introduced last. Again, it makes the event feel more like a real sport when the defending champion gets to be introduced last, regardless of heel or face alignment. 4. On-screen authority figures are gone. Whether it's an all-encompassing boss like the Anonymous Raw GM or The Authority in the 2010s, or an inept, incompetent dweeb like Adam Pearce now, they're just no longer necessary and can't recreate the magic of Mr. McMahon in the late-90s. Jack Tunney didn't need to be on screen on a regular basis, yet we all knew he was working behind the scenes to make the matches happen. 5. Make it so submitting is no longer an embarrassing sign of quitting. It's OK for a face character to tap out and live to fight another day. Nobody's going to laugh at them for tapping out to Roman Reigns' guillotine choke or Bobby Lashley's Hurt Lock versus constantly just passing out and the announcers saying, "But he never gave up, Corey!" 6. Any fan who chants "WHAT?" is automatically ejected from the arena. Play it in the arena before the show starts, during match breaks, during commercials. It's time to end this scourge that has poisoned promos for 20 years now. On points 1 and 4 while I think given the edicts we’ve posted, we are certainly on the same tree in terms of thinking, I don’t think it should completely gone on both points. I think there is a place for a distraction finish but they shouldn’t be driven into the ground and used all the time. I mean the so called dusty finish was good until it became a trope and then it lost its value. I think there needs to be an authority figure that when needed should appear. I knew as a fan when monsoon was on TV in the mid to late nineties, it automatically in my mind as a fan legitimacy to what he was going to say.
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