Biggest mistakes of the WWF you want to correct...

[respectmeordye3]

1. The Boogeyman: Either do something with him and make him worth while or get him off the tube.

2. Finlay's Leprachan: The whole thing with Finlay simply using him as a weapon and the then beating him up and sending him back under the ring has gotten dull--I'd kinda like to see Finlay's "Leprechan" get fed up with the abuse and being used and turn on Finlay. The WWE doesn't have any "midget" wrestlers as it is(they used to though) and although I know many folks here probably think they would be a bore to watch I think they should at least be given a shot to be more than an offensive comedy gimmick.


3. Eddie Guerrerro based storylines:I am sure Eddie wouldn't have minded the whole idea when it began and originally he probably would have found it funny--Eddie has participated in some rather tastless storylines and skits himself so I don't think he would have had a problem with it--but c'mon folks it's gone on for almost more than a year--it's old and moldy and needs to be put down, it's no longer interesting and has no reason to still exist. Let's kill it off already.


4. Vito wearing dresses:

I was never that big a fan of Vito but he was okay--but this whole dress-wearing thing seems very degrading and was never funny in the least. drop the cross-dressing Vito bit already.

5. Turning John Cena face

He was great as a heel--as a face he wore out quickly and got annoying.

6.Turning Shane Helms heel and having him drop the "Hurricane" gimmick.

I hated it when they had Shane drop the Hurricane gimmick and was sad to see it go--but what really galls me is that it was done for seemingly no real reason. They had him drop the gimmick and made it seem like the whole thing was gonna lead up to something and have a purpose--instead they quickly slapped a title no one cares about on him, made him a typical dime a dozen "cocky heel" and shoved him so far down the card that Funaki probably gets a better run than he does.

7. Not having anyone offically breaking the "Masterlock" by now.

It's passed due and needs to be broken already.


8. Destroying the new 3-Minute Warning

On wikipedia it says that Rosey had recently been hired by the WWF and teamed back with Umaga to bring back 3 Minute Warning. They were put in a few dark matches and met with a HUGE approval by the crowd, so what does WWF do? they break the team up the next chance they get and fire Rosey only a little while after having hired him.

Smart move guys, real brilliant. You get something that is a HUGE smash hit with the crowd,so you immedietly break them up and fire Rosey.

[NIXON]

respectmeordye3 said:

You get something that is a HUGE smash hit with the crowd,so you immedietly break them up and fire Rosey.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 3 Minute Warning was a HUGE smash hit?

[Next Level was WRONG]

The Eddiesploitation has to stop, and whoever came up with it should be fired.

There's a few other things that just annoy me, but, I just can't watch the show where they drag out the name of the recently deceased, not to mention one there best and most loyal employees over the airwaves to get some viewers.

[careless]

Refering to Test as an "Impact Player."

[Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone]

On wikipedia it says that Rosey had recently been hired by the WWF and teamed back with Umaga to bring back 3 Minute Warning. They were put in a few dark matches and met with a HUGE approval by the crowd

I don't buy this. Sounds more like Wiki-madness to me. If they had Rosey teaming with Umaga, it would completely kill Umaga in the eyes of kayfabe. Plus I don't remember hearing that they re-hired Rosey.

As for your other points:
1. Boogeyman: I agree, they should keep his character fresh. A character like his has a tendency to get old fast unless they make an active point to keep his shtick "cutting edge" so to speak.

2. Little Bastard: Never cared for him from the beginning. Finlay was better off without him.

3. Eddie Guerrero: I stopped caring about Eddie related storylines last year when they set his lowrider on fire. Everything after that was kind of a blur to me.

4. Vito in dresses: I actually like it, but similar to the Boogeyman they need to have him do new things to keep the gimmick fresh.

5. Cena - I don't care if he's face or heel, I am just beyond sick of him being the champion. I don't hate Cena either, I just do not like him as the top guy.

6. Helms - How do you make a guy who does shining wizards and a Vertebreaker boring? WWE him! He's one of the few guys I would prefer to see in TNA since they would let him actually wrestle (well actually he'd probably be playing pogo sticks with Kevin Nash, but his matches would still be better in TNA)

7. Masterlock - I agree, have someone break it.

[Jiren]

- The Invasion
- Higher Power

The two biggest things to piss me off

[mysterydriver]

I heard someone else suggest this, but I think Boogeyman should team with Scotty 2 Hotty just for the worm related humor.

Leprechaun needs to feud with Cole.

People like Vito. He doesn't mind wearing the dress. Win-Win.

The Masterlock is great. It has been broken, but Masters is in the denial process, which makes it easier for the crowd to hate him.

3MW, uber-popular? Whoa.

If I could fix something:

I'd give Heat storylines to help encourage people to watch it online. Also, I'd let the storylines conclude on Raw, much like Raw feuds conclude on PPVs. A step up for a big ending.

Jim Duggan needs to be in the Rumble. Stat.

If WWE wants Hogan/Khali, I'd want Royal Rumble interaction. At least that would help explain some of the firings.

[hitman7]

Make the Boogeyman gimic darker.

End the Raw / Smackdown brand extension. A lot more variety available then.

Someone tell Vince his ideas suck.

Have more factions. (The faction era was awesome imo)

Bring back Heyman.

Turn Cena heel.

Give Taker one last title run (he has earned it!!!)

Bring back Rey as a heel.

Have Benoit turn heel.

Turn Kennedy face (this guy is the next Rock!!)

[nickbristoluk]

I think they teamed Rosey and Jamal/Umaga for a few dark shows when Jamal came back both before from japan and turned into umaga.

They have messed up the chance in ECW to the orignals feuding with each other, i'd love to see them do a Sandman/Dreamer match or bring back some old ECW legends for a few months at the time, maybe Tajri or Mike Awesome.

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hitman7 said:

End the Raw / Smackdown brand extension. A lot more variety available then.

If the brand extension ended and RAW and Smackdown! were combined. It would be Cena/Cena's Heel of the Month/Edge/Orton/HBK/HHH for 4 hours a week instead of having 2 hours a week. It wouldn't be more variety, it would be less.

That said the Invasion, Eric Bischoff's return, the nWo and Sean O'Haire's run would all be different if it I could change it.

[T.J. "the Crippler" Stevens]

Just the Kliq in general. No matter the incarnation.

[WarriorWarrior]

WRONG. Rosey was only let go once. Jamal was the one who was fired. He was hired back and 3 min warning did house shows. Rosey was released after this. Umaga was born a few weeks later. Rosey was NEVER hired back.

[wwerules60]

I agree with the Vito dress thing. If it actually led to an angle where someone made fun of him for it and then a feud started off of it, then it would be fine. But its just there for the sake of seeing a man in a dress.

[The Boss]

WWE.com needs to fix their "official" title history lists.

They left out Antonio Inoki's WWWF World title victory and Bob Backlund's subsiquent regaining it from him.

They only list the ECW World title history from shane douglas. Where's Jimmy Snuka, Don Murroco, Tito Santana etc...

They need to list the entire WCW/WHC World title history not just from when Hunter Hearst Helmsley was awarded it (after Brock Lesner was stripped of it thus seperating the Undisputed title).

They also need to rename the tag team title on Smackdown. The WWF was renamed WWE (I don't like it but it happened) so why is the title known as the "WWE tag team championship" not the one with the history of the WWF World tag team championship? I know the linage goes to the tag title on RAW and I can follow that, but they should have picked a different name for the ones on Smackdown. Renaming the show WCW (and thus the title would become the WCW tag title) would help to end that confusion.

In addition to renaming Smackdown WCW, they should change Raw back to the World Wrestling Federation. I know that they can't use the letters "WWF" because of World Wildlife Fund, but for years they got by saying the full name "World Wrestling Federation heavyweight champion" with no problem. I don't see why they can't do it again. Just go back to the original silver/gold WWF logo which they are still permitted to use. The they will apear to have three seperate faction. And the parent company will of coarse be World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) taking care of internet adress problems.

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theboss said:

They only list the ECW World title history from shane douglas. Where's Jimmy Snuka, Don Murroco, Tito Santana etc...

Before Shane Douglas, Eastern Championship Wrestling was apart of the NWA and thus the Eastern Championship Wrestling belt was not the a World Title but, a secondary NWA territory belt. It wasn't until Douglas won and through down the NWA belt that Eastern Championship Wrestling and the ECW Title became Extreme Championship Wrestling (and the ECW World Title) a separate entity from the NWA.

They need to list the entire WCW/WHC World title history not just from when Hunter Hearst Helmsley was awarded it (after Brock Lesner was stripped of it thus seperating the Undisputed title).

When they first brought it back, they traced the lineage to WCW. It wasn't until the move to Smackdown that they changed it.

[mothership]

thedude said:

WRONG. Rosey was only let go once. Jamal was the one who was fired. He was hired back and 3 min warning did house shows. Rosey was released after this. Umaga was born a few weeks later. Rosey was NEVER hired back.

Half the board still hasn't realized that Umaga isn't Rosey...so with that in mind, you can better understand the confusion over who was fired/hired/etc.