Ambiguous Turd
Mid-Card Championship Winner
When you look at Cryme Tyme today and compare them to when they first debuted, there really is no comparison.
For those that don't remember Cryme Tyme when they debuted, this is the type of antics we saw from them:
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My opinion as a White male was that it is perfectly acceptable. And I feel that way because my vision of wrestling is truly supposed to be "An Escape From the Real World".
Or perhaps a better description would be: "The Real World on Steroids".
Since we are no longer living in the world of Kayfabe, I feel that this is something the audience is ready for. They actually already lived through this kind of thing with the Attitude Era already, where the barriers of kayfabe were torn down.
In this challenging day and age for wrestlers trying to get over with the audience, whether as a Face or a Heel, I pretty much advocate doing whatever it takes to do so with the audience.
I recognize that this has come in conflict with WWE's stance towards "more realism" but at the same time, this has resulted in nothing but stale, boring characters that can not connect with the audience. The audience doesn't want to see regular people compete in the ring. They want to see colorful characters and personalities, that they can get behind and attach to, get in the ring and compete with one another.
And remember Lord Sidious' #1 Rule on Creative:
"If the fans don't care about the talent themselves, then they aren't going to care about what the talent does in the ring."
With that being said, I advocate the types of characters Cryme Tyme used to be. I thought they were slick, funny, and most importantly ... the audience loved the act. And that is what I found most intriguing about it all. They were thieves and criminals, yet they were Babyfaces and the crowd cheered them on for ripping people off.
In other words, the crowd knew they weren't for real, knew it was all for fun and understood it was an act, and they still had a lot of fun and supported Cryme Tyme. The audience knew what they were seeing wasn't real, and had fund with it. And Cryme Tyme was over with them, in the process.
I don't want to get into a big discussion of ALL racial stereotypes in wrestling. That is for a different thread. The only topic I would like to see people discuss in this thread is Cryme Tyme.
Today, Cryme Tyme dresses the part of these characters, however their personalities are now gone ... like most of the rest of the superstars on the roster. Now, they come out in their entrance, wrestle, and go home. And that is pretty much it. No more personality. No more fun. Just two more boring wrestlers, who dress up.
Respectfully, I would like our Black posters to vote on whether you enjoyed Cryme Tyme's characters when they first debuted, or if you were offended ... or simply not a fan of that type of "stereotyping".
I would like to compare that to the opinions of our White/Hispanic posters and see what you thought of Cryme Tyme when they debuted.
Remember to give your honest opinions on here, as that is the best way for us to gauge where all sides truly feel about this particular stereotype and whether we can take it in good stride, or if we feel they have no place in today's wrestling.
For those that don't remember Cryme Tyme when they debuted, this is the type of antics we saw from them:
[YOUTUBE]QX_1yIRrjG8[/YOUTUBE]
[YOUTUBE]2E8XcUB__ZQ[/YOUTUBE]
My opinion as a White male was that it is perfectly acceptable. And I feel that way because my vision of wrestling is truly supposed to be "An Escape From the Real World".
Or perhaps a better description would be: "The Real World on Steroids".
Since we are no longer living in the world of Kayfabe, I feel that this is something the audience is ready for. They actually already lived through this kind of thing with the Attitude Era already, where the barriers of kayfabe were torn down.
In this challenging day and age for wrestlers trying to get over with the audience, whether as a Face or a Heel, I pretty much advocate doing whatever it takes to do so with the audience.
I recognize that this has come in conflict with WWE's stance towards "more realism" but at the same time, this has resulted in nothing but stale, boring characters that can not connect with the audience. The audience doesn't want to see regular people compete in the ring. They want to see colorful characters and personalities, that they can get behind and attach to, get in the ring and compete with one another.
And remember Lord Sidious' #1 Rule on Creative:
"If the fans don't care about the talent themselves, then they aren't going to care about what the talent does in the ring."
With that being said, I advocate the types of characters Cryme Tyme used to be. I thought they were slick, funny, and most importantly ... the audience loved the act. And that is what I found most intriguing about it all. They were thieves and criminals, yet they were Babyfaces and the crowd cheered them on for ripping people off.
In other words, the crowd knew they weren't for real, knew it was all for fun and understood it was an act, and they still had a lot of fun and supported Cryme Tyme. The audience knew what they were seeing wasn't real, and had fund with it. And Cryme Tyme was over with them, in the process.
I don't want to get into a big discussion of ALL racial stereotypes in wrestling. That is for a different thread. The only topic I would like to see people discuss in this thread is Cryme Tyme.
Today, Cryme Tyme dresses the part of these characters, however their personalities are now gone ... like most of the rest of the superstars on the roster. Now, they come out in their entrance, wrestle, and go home. And that is pretty much it. No more personality. No more fun. Just two more boring wrestlers, who dress up.
Respectfully, I would like our Black posters to vote on whether you enjoyed Cryme Tyme's characters when they first debuted, or if you were offended ... or simply not a fan of that type of "stereotyping".
I would like to compare that to the opinions of our White/Hispanic posters and see what you thought of Cryme Tyme when they debuted.
Remember to give your honest opinions on here, as that is the best way for us to gauge where all sides truly feel about this particular stereotype and whether we can take it in good stride, or if we feel they have no place in today's wrestling.