I've heard this viewpoint expressed from a couple of sources, and it got me thinking. I've heard several people annoyed/angry with the fact that everybody boo'd the Rumble only because Daniel Bryan got eliminated. Should we just be happy with the fact that Roman Reigns won, and let go of our resentment that our guy wasn't the winner? Should we just let wrestling be like it was thirty years ago, and cheer the good guys cause they're good and boo the good guys because they're bad? Has the internet ruined wrestling?
The business has changed. But that's a given. Should the burden be on the fans, for using the technology we have to learn more than ever before? Or is the burden on the people in charge of the business for not adapting and evolving enough to handle the new type of crowd reactions?
My opinion is that as the paying fans, we have our right to our opinions. If we want to boo faces, we should be allowed to. If we are not getting what we want, we need to speak up so the company we give our money to can hear. To me, the notion that we should just let the company give us whatever and be happy about it seems ridiculous to me. If we don't like it, why accept it? If you go out to eat, and you're steak is undercooked, do you eat it because "the chef is going to give you whatever meat he wants, just take it" or do you send it back and get something you actually want to eat? If you're favorite TV show killed off it's main character and wrote shitty stories, would you still watch the show because the writers are going to give us what they want, or are you going to say, "Hey, fix your show, the fans don't want this"? If the fans want to cheer Daniel Bryan and boo Roman Reigns because Bryan has earned it in their eyes, and Roman hasn't, they should. It's WWE's job to listen to the fans and give them what they want.
So, am I right? Should we all just lighten up, and cheer the good guys? Should we sit back and just take what WWE gives us? Or should we know what we want, and should the WWE give us what we want? Has the internet ruined the way the business works, or should the business evolve to work with the internet?
The business has changed. But that's a given. Should the burden be on the fans, for using the technology we have to learn more than ever before? Or is the burden on the people in charge of the business for not adapting and evolving enough to handle the new type of crowd reactions?
My opinion is that as the paying fans, we have our right to our opinions. If we want to boo faces, we should be allowed to. If we are not getting what we want, we need to speak up so the company we give our money to can hear. To me, the notion that we should just let the company give us whatever and be happy about it seems ridiculous to me. If we don't like it, why accept it? If you go out to eat, and you're steak is undercooked, do you eat it because "the chef is going to give you whatever meat he wants, just take it" or do you send it back and get something you actually want to eat? If you're favorite TV show killed off it's main character and wrote shitty stories, would you still watch the show because the writers are going to give us what they want, or are you going to say, "Hey, fix your show, the fans don't want this"? If the fans want to cheer Daniel Bryan and boo Roman Reigns because Bryan has earned it in their eyes, and Roman hasn't, they should. It's WWE's job to listen to the fans and give them what they want.
So, am I right? Should we all just lighten up, and cheer the good guys? Should we sit back and just take what WWE gives us? Or should we know what we want, and should the WWE give us what we want? Has the internet ruined the way the business works, or should the business evolve to work with the internet?