A) McMahon right now doesn't have the push to make things better because he has no serious competition. I don't care what you want to say about TNA but it is not WWE's competition, and it is years away from being such.
B)Stealing ideas is perfectly fine in this business because it is what makes the world go round. It comes down to what the performer does with it and whether or not he eventually establishes himself as himself and not the copy. Yes, the idea for Umaga may have been *inspired* by Samoa Joe, but if you watch he is not a copy, he has similarities, but he is very different also, and has defined himself as different from Samoa Joe, that is why Umaga is ok. DX, inspired by nWo, but successfully made its own mark (and by the way to whoever said it, DX does exist today?). I dont know anything about the Austin/Sandman thing, but based off what I have seen from the Sandman, Austin made his gimmick his own and that is why it is ok. Same can be said for Abyss and so on and so forth.
C) Yes, WCW killed WCW. Dead on. Why would WWF doing well kill WCW, if WCW doing well made WWF produce its best?
D) McMahon is not out of touch. Why does he not change despite what we say we dislike? Because he is making money. Most smarks hate Cena, but he is the highest selling thing he has, why would he give that up just because he is pissing of the IWC? Out of touch my ass, he is in touch with what sells and his business is to sell, if no one bought Cenas shit then he wouldn't push Cena. I believe that is why you don't see Benoit getting title runs, he doesn't sell. WWE is a publicly traded company, Vince has a responsibility to investors and stock holders, the TV networks, and so on and so forth to make MONEY, and he is doing that, so I cannot say he is out of touch. I am sure he knows what we are saying, he doesn't agree, yes he likes what he is doing, and it is making money. Bottom line.
And no, Cryme Tyme is not a rip of LAX? How could it be? OH theyre minorities!!! LAX is all about fight the man and stuff, Cryme Tyme is about having a good time. This is not a copy, not even somewhat inspired by LAX. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
Now, back to the topic, I can see the visual similarities but I don't think Aries sat down and intended to do that. The only other similarity, and correct me if I am wrong, is that Starr has an arrogance about him in the Bound for Glory promos, and that is what HBK had way back when. If that is the case, then the arrogant thing has been done time and time and time and time again, and no one who does it is ripping off anyone else. I am not putting the gimmick down because it can be done very well and be very entertaining, I am just saying that it is common and therefore we can't automatically say this guy is trying to be Shawn Michaels. He might be, but I am willing to give him time before I jump to that end.
