I saw a comment on one of the news articles on the main page here and someone seemed to suggest that if WWE becomes too much about wrestling and not enough about the storylines than people will lose interest.
I kind of found that surprising.
Personally, I would like to see about a 70/30 or 60/40 relationship between Wrestling and Storylines (aka promos, talk segments).
I don't know that WWE does that most of the time. Probably they do on NXT or Superstars just because they are more condensed shows and they aren't usually mainstream talent performing so they might as well just wrestle.
But on Smackdown and definitely on Raw there seems to be a lot more talk than action.
I am a fan of wrestling for a big reason because I like to see great matches put on. I like to see a quick series of moves, a bunch of smart reversals, some big power moves and emotion from the wres--- sorry, Superstars!
I do like some of the talk/promo segments but often I feel they are way too long and drawn out.
Example: Segment with Big Show and "Big Johnny" on last Raw. I liked that they started by having a match. Big Show vs. Kane. I knew the match wouldn't be too long but it was pretty good while it lasted and had a predictable finish with Johnny's distraction. Then we all knew it was time for Big Show to apologize... now it played out pretty well at first where it made sense Big Show didn't want to apologize but then after Big Show did say he was sorry John could have said the thing about Big Show having to get down on his knees and beg and after Big Show thought about it a bit he could have just said no, I won't, even though I love this business, I won't degrade myself like that. They John could have said fine, you're fired!...
We could have saved ourselves about 15 minutes of Big Show pleading with John and crying!
Those 15 minutes could then be used to have another match. Perhaps, I dunno, a tag team match, maybe The Usos vs Hawkins & Reks... something that could start building the Tag Division instead of making everyone feel awkward watching a big man cry.
Anyway, those are just my thoughts.
What are yours?
I kind of found that surprising.
Personally, I would like to see about a 70/30 or 60/40 relationship between Wrestling and Storylines (aka promos, talk segments).
I don't know that WWE does that most of the time. Probably they do on NXT or Superstars just because they are more condensed shows and they aren't usually mainstream talent performing so they might as well just wrestle.
But on Smackdown and definitely on Raw there seems to be a lot more talk than action.
I am a fan of wrestling for a big reason because I like to see great matches put on. I like to see a quick series of moves, a bunch of smart reversals, some big power moves and emotion from the wres--- sorry, Superstars!
I do like some of the talk/promo segments but often I feel they are way too long and drawn out.
Example: Segment with Big Show and "Big Johnny" on last Raw. I liked that they started by having a match. Big Show vs. Kane. I knew the match wouldn't be too long but it was pretty good while it lasted and had a predictable finish with Johnny's distraction. Then we all knew it was time for Big Show to apologize... now it played out pretty well at first where it made sense Big Show didn't want to apologize but then after Big Show did say he was sorry John could have said the thing about Big Show having to get down on his knees and beg and after Big Show thought about it a bit he could have just said no, I won't, even though I love this business, I won't degrade myself like that. They John could have said fine, you're fired!...
We could have saved ourselves about 15 minutes of Big Show pleading with John and crying!
Those 15 minutes could then be used to have another match. Perhaps, I dunno, a tag team match, maybe The Usos vs Hawkins & Reks... something that could start building the Tag Division instead of making everyone feel awkward watching a big man cry.
Anyway, those are just my thoughts.
What are yours?