[Centraal] Pro Wrestling topic #62 Bragging Rights

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Op zaterdag 7 november 2009 14:35 schreef The-Brahma-Bull het volgende:

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Mag je er wel bij zetten dat het in Impact zat

Maar het was erg vreemd ja.

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- During a Yankees ticker tape parade on the streets of New York City yesterday, former WWE ring announcer Lillian Garcia was assaulted. She was thrown to the floor after somebody tried to grab her cell phone.

Garcia is OK but was shaken by the ordeal and grazed her elbow during the fall. Police hope to catch the culprit from CCTV footage after Garcia filed a police report.

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-- As seen on Thursday's episode of iMPACT!, TNA President Dixie Carter addressed the numerous changes made by the company in recent weeks to the talent roster. One TNA wrestler has gone on record with his thoughts regarding her speech. Here is what he told Mike Aldren of the Wrestling Globe Newsletter: "I have no idea why Dixie wanted that to air. She sounded terrified. After the meeting there were a lot of guys rolling their eyes. This locker room isn't one big happy family as [Dixie] wants us to portray publicly. Everyone is divided over the idea of Hogan coming in, and not in a good way."

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Op zondag 8 november 2009 20:46 schreef The-Brahma-Bull het volgende:

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TV? Dat lijkt me sterk maar een house show kan misschien wel. Zou wel leuk zijn eens

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Op zondag 8 november 2009 21:04 schreef Tazmaniac het volgende:
Ok ok, stel ze komen naar NL

welk sign nemen jullie mee (naar RAW)!

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Op zondag 8 november 2009 21:04 schreef Tazmaniac het volgende:
Ok ok, stel ze komen naar NL

welk sign nemen jullie mee (naar RAW)!

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Op zondag 8 november 2009 21:13 schreef Paxlie het volgende:
"Cena is een vuile mongool volgens 100 miljoen miljard mensen"

inclusief tekening van Kabouter Wesley eronder

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Op zondag 8 november 2009 21:17 schreef s0ul1991 het volgende:
"De Mizz ruikt naar boerenkool"

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Op zondag 8 november 2009 17:37 schreef Wessiej het volgende:
Iedereen moet voor volgende week tijd vrijnemen in zijn agenda voor Smackdown, pielemans uit de broek en genieten van de Main Event, namelijk:

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Okay, let's break this down. Austin and the Rock were two of the biggest stars of all time, and, you forgot this, the other one was also active during this same period in WCW tearing it up. No arguments here, it was a magical time of star power unequaled before or since.

You point out that wrestling was aimed at 18-30 year olds instead of kids. What you mean is that the WWE, specifically it seems, aimed their product directly at you, and what you liked and understood, and that you love it for covering your entertainment bases so throughly. Which is great. But to say that like the current product is somehow lesser because they simply stopped pandering as much to your demographic is not only unfair, its entirely missing the point. The product has CHANGED. It has not gone in the toilet, it has not "abandoned the real fans", it has simply evolved to a new place, appealing to new fans, in new ways. If this turns you off of the product then so be it, but to call it a lesser product simply because you don't like it is both selfish and ignorant.

Then you brought up the heavily lauded "characters" of the Attitude Era. How every guy had a character and a gimmick. Can we examine these for a moment? A porn star who also wrestles? Some black guys who are black and hate Mexicans. Some vampires. And you helpfully forgot to mention the guy who could throw up on command, the guy who impregnated an old lady, and the women who were degraded in every single segment of the show, other than the one who looked like a man.

The spotlight can be shone on any era of wrestling, but as great as the peaks of this one were, the valleys were absolutely dire, and inexcusable.

Admittedly, the unscriptedness of the shows did give it a unique, spontaneous feel, but it also detracted from the overall production, and Vince's ability to know what he was getting from his performers. Maybe things were better with less scripting (and it was only less scripting. Vince Russo scripted everything out in detail for the entire duration of his WWE stay), and maybe they weren't. But I will argue that many stories simply had no structure at all. And very few of the storylines displayed the forethought, and careful orchestrations that they do today, which, in my opinion, lead to more satisfying conclusions.
A case could certainly be made for the shakiness of things after Vince Russo left, and the very spontaneity you laud offers LESS structure than the more tightly focused and concentrated approach we see today. In those days, it seemed like anything could happen, because it very probably could. Wrestlers jumping ship, wild, lewd and violent things on your television, rebellious people breaking all the rules. But it is not 1998 any longer. Both that era and all of us are a decade older, and much like most other things from a decade ago, its simply not what many remember it to be.

But I have no hate in my heart for the Attitude Era. It was entertaining television, with many memorable moments, stars and matches. I simply think that the knee jerk reaction to assume that I either hate it or love it is indicative of the greater problem. Attitude Era Syndrome.