Everybody is sick and tired of the authority angle - What should WWE do next?

[stonecoldhell]

Something needs to happen.

Triple H taking up the spotlight 30 minutes on every RAW with Stephanie.

Every RAW is the same: Segment by wrestler/cena/amborse/whoever.

Interruption by Authority. Triple H talking up 9.99 to the sheeps. Second interruption Seth Rollins. Teasing for match.

Backstage: Triple H talking to Kane/Randy Orton/Seth. Jobbing or doing some damage in the mainevent.

Mainevent: Interruption by Kane/Seth. RAW Ends.

No wounder why all people are so sick and tired of the Authority angle.

#EndTheAuthorityAngleNow

 

[GeminiGarlord]

The should have Austin come back and beat up the authority, then beat up angle, then beat up ambrose, then beat up lesnar and then feuding with HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN to a WWE title match at wrestlemania.

He was the best and the only thing that will save WWE from dying under the awfulness of the authority, ambrose and everything else.

 

[stonecoldhell]

He was the best and the only thing that will save WWE from dying under the awfulness of the authority, ambrose and everything else.

Well at least Austin saved the company before he left Lesnar alone. Ambrose is a bitch against Austin.

But to topic.

People are sick and tired of seeing Triple H taking over the show 30 minutes on every fucking RAW.

We are seeing the same shit over and over again.

 

[Kamala316]

The OP hit the nail on the head, it's the same thing week in and week out. And numbers don't lie - the fans are sick of it. But unfortunately, in today's WWE, that's what you are going to get, with no change in sight. At the risk of sounding dramatic, the only way to change that is by not watching, giving them the ratings, going to live shows, buying the merch, and buying the WWE Network. Personally, I think some of the McMahon family (cough, Steph, cough) realize that support is fading, which is why she sold a bunch of her stock (it's just a matter of time before they are investigated for insider trading). And it took me all of a week (the free one week trial) to see the McMahon/Helmsley stamp on all programming on the WWE Network. I knew HHH had a huge ego, but come on! Does the guy start each day with "Mirror mirror on the wall...?" And I miss the days when Kane actually looked like he cared about his performance. Remember when he actually lifted people off the mat for a chokeslam? they're all just going through the motions, and it shows in their programming.

 

[LBGetBack]

Recently it has been boring....because the Authority isn't really doing anything. When Stephanie had it out for the Big Show, or when she and HHH had it out for Bryan, it was entertaining.

Basically, they need to start picking on somebody again. When they are being petty bullies who really cross the line, is when they are great. Recently, they've just been too tame/not mean enough. They need a new target so we get some entertaining confrontations.

Ambrose seems like the perfect guy, but they haven't truly gone after him much lately.

 

[Reflection]

Yes you are 100% right.

This shit is fucking ridiculous.

If it was TNA or anyone else doing this, the amount of criticism generated would have been much larger.

In fact, I'm quite amazed that not many seem to be bothered by it at all.

But on second thoughts, WZ is typically a pro-WWE site, so I'm not entirely surprised.

As long as Triple-H and Stephanie are on-screen characters, I don't see the routine changing.

I hope Brock Lesnar makes a return one of these weeks and destroys the three main Authority soldiers.

Stone Cold would be even better, because he lives by the principle of Arrive, Raise Hell, Leave, Repeat.

 

[laodaron]

HHH not being on TV is one of the dumbest things you marks have ever said.

Stephanie is nearly as good as her dad at generating heat.

Kane, now he needs to retire, ASAP. But that's not because of the authority angle, it's because he can't really do it in the ring anymore.

But wanting the absolute hottest angle in the WWE to go away is as stupid as it gets.

 

[snazzy]

I'm sorry but this entire thread is precisely why they won't go away. They're meant to generate this much heat. They can instantly turn a character heel, that pretty much goes to show how effective it is. Just look at Rollins.

It does need some freshening up. I still think a face Bray Wyatt vs. The Authority would be good. He fits the bill for it. Kane needs to stop. Orton needs to turn face. The problem with the authority now is there aren't a lot of top heels in the company. Once that changes I think it will become less stale.

 

[Trill Co$by]

Yes you are 100% right.

This shit is fucking ridiculous.

If it was TNA or anyone else doing this, the amount of criticism generated would have been much larger.

In fact, I'm quite amazed that not many seem to be bothered by it at all.

But on second thoughts, WZ is typically a pro-WWE site, so I'm not entirely surprised.

As long as Triple-H and Stephanie are on-screen characters, I don't see the routine changing.

I hope Brock Lesnar makes a return one of these weeks and destroys the three main Authority soldiers.

Stone Cold would be even better, because he lives by the principle of Arrive, Raise Hell, Leave, Repeat.

This, combined with that stupid fat fuck's picture, combined with the OP, and combined with the overall lack of thought process with the "Everyone is sick of the Authority" has led me to believe this is nothing more than a giant troll thread and that somebody can't differentiate a spam thread from a non-spam thread. It happens I guess.

Either way, the Authority Angle is working how it should be. By using four veteran heels in Stephanie, Kane, HHH, and Randy Orton as well as the most over face in the company to put over guys like The Shield is just what it takes to make those guys succeed. Ambrose, Rollins, and Reigns upon his return all have the momentum of the crowd right now. They all have the crowd interested from the opening part of the show to the end of it. And also, if people weren't interested in the angle then the angle wouldn't be getting the best reactions of the night.

 

[George Steele's Barber]

By criticizing Raw right now, The Authority, and the format of the show you are criticizing breast cancer awareness. That is some pathetic shit, man. Breast cancer affects millions of lives. My grandfather died of breast cancer. It was a tragedy. He was only 97. Too soon for my Pop-Pop, too soon.

Plus Stone Cold has man boobs, is bald, and is too big of a pussy to wrestle so we can never be secure that the ones whose image we *********e to are not afflicted with this horrible disease as well.

 

[Rayne]

Have you ever heard the phrase, "It's better to be hated then ignored"? This is pretty much how professional wrestling works. If people are talking about it, then it's doing something right. You may- personally- not like it, but if you're paying attention to it, the company is doing their job. The ratings dip happens at this time every year, it's something called Monday Night Football, and it's one of the most popular programs there is on television.

Here's a link that I expect no one to actually look at, but demonstrates the point:

http://www.2xzone.com/ratings/rawhistory.shtml

Every year, right around the end of August, the ratings for RAW dip by about .3-.4. (The notable exception in this pattern is 2011.) It's not that people get sick of the programming every August, and get back into it in late December; it's that they're up against better competition, and that some professional wrestling fans also happen to be football fans.

If you want to how an angle or company is performing, look at the patterns of people talking about them. TNA's going through a horrible slump right now, and the TNA section of this board is a ghost town. The only active thread in there right now is a thread asking people why they stopped watching the program, after Bound For Glory passed and people didn't even notice. People talking about if they love or hate it is completely irrelevant- they're paying attention to it, and that's all that professional wrestling has to do. Look at Mark Madden- people love to talk about how they hate him, his opinions, and his weight, but he's one of the most read columnists in professional wrestling. He gets it; you don't.

 

[mkw1962]

The Authority angle is getting very old, a lot of people are getting sick of it. The WWE did it to themselves now they are stuck and they can watch the ratings drop a little. I mean all the injuries and people being gone that is not there fault things happen but giving the title to Lesnar was the stupidest thing they could do. That is what started it: 1. bad storylines 2. no champion on t.v. 3. injuries 4. wrestlers being gone but not injured 5. same storylines everyweek, and what do we get HHH and Stephanie with the Authority (Kane,Randy,Seth) trying to fill 3 hours of t.v. time. I hope I am right in saying maybe things will change after Hell in a Cell and when some people return.
Hand the ball over to me and watch what I can do with these storylines!

 

[bioshock]

So many problems. LAst episode of Raw I was asking my self... is this last weeks show? The entire show looked the same as the one before it. That is problem 1.

And the Authority doesn't do enough to draw heat or any at all.

Fanboys do you know how bad the writing is in WWE, do you?

Lesnar is attacked by Rollins, and Lesnar keeps the belt but there is no follow up whats so ever, and I expect no follow up. In the past, that would of been the perfect chance to build it into something. Instead they act as if nothing happened. We have a future legend Randy Orton playing under Rollins as if Rollins is the young up coming beast like Brock Lesnar, sadly Orton should be calling the shorts for Rollins, not Rollins calling the shots, what ever happened to Orton wanting to be the fact of the WWE? So the former "face of the WWE" is doing what Rollins tells him? How does that make any sense? Kane doing what Rollins says? That stuff just makes bad tv. This would be like Ziggler and Cena being in a group and Ziggler giving Cena orders. Bad writing!

And the Authority is no damn Vince Mcmahon lead Corporation, they are too weak, and soft. Not to mention the fact that the Authority tries to make Cena look good. Since when did Vince try and make Austin ever look good? or look strong? Never. But Triple H and Steph will never put Cena down, but shit all over Bryan the whole time that feud happened. Again all bad booking and writing.

 

[BillAlfonsos_Whistle]

The Daniel Bryan injury really left them with their pants down.
The Bella angle would have been so much better had HHH/Bryan been involved.
The only "underdog" that is completely over is D. Bryan at this point.
Ambrose has great potential but is ultimately being set up to fail by being pushed way too hard too early. Reigns injury may have been the best thing for him. He will return as a fucking monster face and be a legit contender this time next year.

 

[Navi]

The only thing about the Authority right now that bothers me is they don't have an original thought. Every RAW for the past month or so has pretty much ended the same way, Smackdown as well.

Kane really needs to get out of the ring and now, he's not a credible threat anymore, and seeing a chock slam 4 times a week now is just boring as shit. Orton needs a character overhaul even quicker than Kane getting out of the ring.

Turn him face for God's sake, pit him against the Authority, shake it up a bit. When Reigns comes back, he'll join in and get them on the run. Reigns, Ambrose and Orton, 3 top faces against 4 top heels. That would be great TV. Leave Cena to battle it out with Lesnar, whenever he decides to come back.

 

[suleman09]

i love the authority! maybe they do take up too much of the show with their faces but I still love seeing Triple H and Stephanie work together with orton and rollins. but the problem isn't the authority, the problem is that we don't have enough people to make the show entertaining anymore. not much main event talent and the mid carders can't carry 2/3rds of the show

 

[THTRobtaylor]

It's not the Authority per se but the concept of a heel authority figure that is old, passe and frankly getting on my tits.

It leads to lazy, rehashed writing. Nothing Trips and Steph are doing is different to Johnny L. or Regal or Vince... it's so lukewarm pizza from last night it really will make you sick...

What is required is a return to the old style of president, Jack Tunney or Monsoon or dare I say Dana White style. A guy who is wheeled out not as a plot device but as a legit authority figure, respected by all who pisses face and heel off alike. Think back to Randy v Jake, Tunney wasn't letting Savage get his own way cos he was the face or making heels lives difficult for the sake of it. Monsoon was the same, he had no problem telling Bret he had to go into Overtime in the Iron Man match etc... sure it was still storyline but the layer of respect made it far more important.

Taker or Sting are the two picks under their real names... possibly Regal...

By taking this crutch away from the writers and Vince in particular it will force them to make better TV, rather than relying on the "evil boss" formula which after nearly 20 years is sagging more than Mae Young's puppies did at the Rumble...

 

[lil steroid meat]

I've been tired of the Authority angle. It should have ended after Bryan won at WM30.

But I think it's still going simply because the writers are lazy and don't know how to get people over without piggybacking off of already established entities. They've relied on The Authority to establish Reigns, Bryan, Ambrose and Rollins.

 

[thebarber]

How good would a storyline be where a mysterious person takes out Triple H on Raw, no fanfare, no reason just a run in, masked attack where he is taken out with a sledgehammer. No comkmentary from the commentators, dead air. No expalnation given as none needsto be given. HHH left lying in a pool of blood strecthered off. Steph crying, breaking character iof they need to really get the angle over. Have fortnightly or three weekly updates on his health but dont sit down interview with him. Push it as real as possibler, sell it to thye media like a real attack. Have Helmsley sell this unjuery like the old school 80s, get around in public in a wheelchair or blindfold, pending the injury. Have Rollins, Kane and Orton all act suspiciously around each other like they may be responsbile, even set up or framing each other when the actual assailant is the debutting superstar. Have him revealed and issue a challenge to HHH for Wrestlemania 31, and doesnt reveal his true identity until the actual match. There would be some tweaking, but imagine the buy rates of people buying this ppv just to see who the mystery person is, and then up until the actual day they could source talent to play the role. Whether it be Punk getting his main event spot, HBK in a returning one night matcn, be it whomever, the payoff would have to be somebody huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge.

 

[AlexWWE21]

I agree. The Authority angle has gone pretty stale. I will be the first to admit, I was 100 percent behind it when it first started with HHH turning heel and costing Bryan the title at WWE Summerslam 2013. And then they would go on to torture Daniel until WM 30. As one of the posters stated, the authority was at it's best as bullies. IE: Big Show, Daniel Bryan and Brie. The Authority angle has gotten boring and things need to change. However, I can see a Orton face turn happening real soon, in fact maybe even at Hell in a Cell. That could spice things up a bit.
The thing that has me scratching my head is I can remember them saying Vince would return to WWE TV from late 2013 to early 2014, and here it is October 2014 and we have never seen him. I think to bring some excitement to this, Vince can return to WWE as a face and say he's had enough of his daughter and son in law ruining the WWE and start an angle vs the authority. Heck I'd love to see a Team McMahon vs team Authority at Survivor Series or even drag it out to WM 31 and have their proposed WM 31 and have Rock VS Triple H with some stipulation similar to donald trump vs vince with either HHH Stepping down as boss if HHH loses or Vince retiring if Rock loses. If you think about it, Rock is the only guy around that still likes Vince. This would be a good WM 31 match. Or Vince could even go with a current superstar such as Dean Ambrose. Dean VS HHH at WM 31 with same stipulation would be cool too. Just my thoughts though, likely not to ever happen.

 

[Kidpolean]

Casual fans dont think the same as people on this forum. The IWC eats, sleeps, and breathes wrestling. Of course your tired of the authority when you watch hours upon hours of WWE a week, than go on here and discuss it. The Authority angle is fine. Stop coming on here so much, stop watch so much wrestling, and enjoy WWE as a show. A show like any other show where one storyline last for an entire year and one character is put in the spotlight

 

[Darkshadow1234]

Raw has been the same format for the longest since wrestlemania. Every raw has been the same format.
I agree with the OP. Raw has been stale and boring. Just like WWE has been stale and boring. WWE hasn't been good since 2001. Wrestling in general has gone the shitter. The only good wrestling company now is Japan wrestling, Mexican wrestling and ROH. And TNA( I know Im gonna get hate for it) I like TNA.

Smackdown has been boring and stale as well.

But wrestlezone in general. Majority people on here are Pro WWE or WWE marks. Or sheeps. Not saying all.

People love to cricitize TNA.
But people act like WWE can do no wrong.
WWE is trash nowadays. And has been for years. It hasn't changed.
WWE will keep putting on garbage because sheep keep paying money and watching their show. So WWE will never change, since people keep watching and paying.
Ijs

 

[Darkshadow1234]

Yes you are 100% right.

This shit is fucking ridiculous.

If it was TNA or anyone else doing this, the amount of criticism generated would have been much larger.

In fact, I'm quite amazed that not many seem to be bothered by it at all.

But on second thoughts, WZ is typically a pro-WWE site, so I'm not entirely surprised.

As long as Triple-H and Stephanie are on-screen characters, I don't see the routine changing.

I hope Brock Lesnar makes a return one of these weeks and destroys the three main Authority soldiers.

Stone Cold would be even better, because he lives by the principle of Arrive, Raise Hell, Leave, Repeat.

You are 100% right. I agree with u. I usually dont agree with you. But I agree with you.

Raw is stale
WWE is just stale in general. It hasn't been good since 2001.
Ever since WCW and ECW died. Wrestling has been on a decline

 

[Mudlup50]

You are 100% right. I agree with u. I usually dont agree with you. But I agree with you.

Raw is stale
WWE is just stale in general. It hasn't been good since 2001.
Ever since WCW and ECW died. Wrestling has been on a decline

Pardon my asking but why do you still comment on here? Like there is a TNA section if you have such a problem with WWE?

Also, how could it be stale for 13 years? What do you watch once a month to see if it's still stale? I'm really just curious, I'm sorry if it sounds rude >< cuz it really isn't meant that way.

 

[Darkshadow1234]

Kane needs to get off TV. He hasnt been relevant since 1998. He is nothing but a jobber.
He could barely lift ambrose for a chokeslam. Painful to see.