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I decided to start the Tough Enough General Discussion Thread because Tough Enough debuts the Raw after Mania which is in 9 days from now and there has been a lack of discussion on it. Here are my views on what needs to happen in order for it to be a sucessful WWE television show.
It needs to be believable. NXT really wasn't as believable as they had hoped it to be. At first they billed it as "Supersatrs who are trying learning how to become a Superstar and recieve a title if they won." Well the problem is every single wrestler who appeared on NXT could put on match, knew how to take hits and knew to to be a Superstar already. Tough Enough however is saying that the people who they are putting on the show have virtually no wrestling experience. I think the show should start off extremely elementary, maybe even showing how to put someone in a hold, or how to properly throw a punch. They cannot make it seem like these people are experts because it takes away from the general concept of the show. I really want to see the struggle and the trials of becoming a superstar. If they do not do this properly then the entire show will ultimately flop. I love the concept of th show but if the concept of the show is not there then it will take away from the show in general. It would be like Money in the Bank match without th ladders, doesn't work.
Next, the Trainers have to actually do things, and appear on T.V almost more than the actual Superstars. What I mean by this is they are training all ten people who want to be come WWE Superstars, so clearly they must actually appear on the show. I know there are three for sure trainers being Stone Cold, King Booker, and Trish Stratus, so they would share the time but they better actually be there. I think it would be awful if theses people magically learn how to perform as a WWE superstar without actual trainining. The trainers are what for me sells the concept of the reality T.V show because it actually is what makes the people into wrestlers. If they are going to do this right then this is how it needs to be because I want the show to be believeable and not some rip off NXT. I wouldn't mind if each star covered different categories of being a Superstar, and the people would rotate amongst all three in the episode. I really want this to ppear as a reality T.V show and not a made up show that WWE scripts.
The guest Superstars have to be a master in the concept that they are teaching. The show has already told people that Guest WWE stars will be coming to the show and present concepts to the contestants. These superstars MUST be skilled in what they are teaching or someone watching will be annoyed by the lack of dedication WWE has to the show. For example if they Yoshi Tatsu teaching stars on how to talk like a WWE superstar then I will be pissed, instead we need someone who has the promo ability of at least the Miz to be really teaching these people. I don't want this show to appear as something else for jobbers to do. Although I wouldn't mind Santino being apart of the show as someone who teaches how them how to get the crowd into what you are doing. I think the Guest Stars will be more than influential in the entire layout of the show.. This must be done well or once again it will look like the WWE doesn't care and if WWE doesn't care why the hell should I?
This must not in any way resemble NXT. I think the majority of people watched the first season of it and then stopped. (I still watch though.) The rating for NXT plummeted so fast because the concept failed. If Tough Enough looks anything like NXT then it will fall way faster than NXT did. I want this to appear as a reality show, not some written up show. I don't think they can have a single wrestling match until the finale, because a match really culminate into everything you learned.
What are evryone else's thoughts on Tough Enough.
It needs to be believable. NXT really wasn't as believable as they had hoped it to be. At first they billed it as "Supersatrs who are trying learning how to become a Superstar and recieve a title if they won." Well the problem is every single wrestler who appeared on NXT could put on match, knew how to take hits and knew to to be a Superstar already. Tough Enough however is saying that the people who they are putting on the show have virtually no wrestling experience. I think the show should start off extremely elementary, maybe even showing how to put someone in a hold, or how to properly throw a punch. They cannot make it seem like these people are experts because it takes away from the general concept of the show. I really want to see the struggle and the trials of becoming a superstar. If they do not do this properly then the entire show will ultimately flop. I love the concept of th show but if the concept of the show is not there then it will take away from the show in general. It would be like Money in the Bank match without th ladders, doesn't work.
Next, the Trainers have to actually do things, and appear on T.V almost more than the actual Superstars. What I mean by this is they are training all ten people who want to be come WWE Superstars, so clearly they must actually appear on the show. I know there are three for sure trainers being Stone Cold, King Booker, and Trish Stratus, so they would share the time but they better actually be there. I think it would be awful if theses people magically learn how to perform as a WWE superstar without actual trainining. The trainers are what for me sells the concept of the reality T.V show because it actually is what makes the people into wrestlers. If they are going to do this right then this is how it needs to be because I want the show to be believeable and not some rip off NXT. I wouldn't mind if each star covered different categories of being a Superstar, and the people would rotate amongst all three in the episode. I really want this to ppear as a reality T.V show and not a made up show that WWE scripts.
The guest Superstars have to be a master in the concept that they are teaching. The show has already told people that Guest WWE stars will be coming to the show and present concepts to the contestants. These superstars MUST be skilled in what they are teaching or someone watching will be annoyed by the lack of dedication WWE has to the show. For example if they Yoshi Tatsu teaching stars on how to talk like a WWE superstar then I will be pissed, instead we need someone who has the promo ability of at least the Miz to be really teaching these people. I don't want this show to appear as something else for jobbers to do. Although I wouldn't mind Santino being apart of the show as someone who teaches how them how to get the crowd into what you are doing. I think the Guest Stars will be more than influential in the entire layout of the show.. This must be done well or once again it will look like the WWE doesn't care and if WWE doesn't care why the hell should I?
This must not in any way resemble NXT. I think the majority of people watched the first season of it and then stopped. (I still watch though.) The rating for NXT plummeted so fast because the concept failed. If Tough Enough looks anything like NXT then it will fall way faster than NXT did. I want this to appear as a reality show, not some written up show. I don't think they can have a single wrestling match until the finale, because a match really culminate into everything you learned.
What are evryone else's thoughts on Tough Enough.
