Poop Master Flex
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The title of the thread says it all. It's something that I'm sure many of us have thought of but I couldn't find a thread on it.
Lately in WWE there has been a decline in audience and ratings and I feel lack of personality has a lot to do about it. Maybe it's the old school in me but I feel its a big problem that WWE is currently facing and has a lot to do with their declining interest (I think there is more to it than that but I'll talk about that later).
Back in WWE's 2 biggest boom periods there were more personalities and guys who stuck out than I can count. In the 80's you had Hogan, Savage, Rick Rude, Jake Roberts, The Bushwackers, Demolition, The British Bulldogs, Andre the Giant, The Honky Tonk Man, The Ultimate Warrior, The Rockers, hell even "The Model" Rick Martel had more personality than 90% of the current roster and he was a guy who never came close to the main event scene. Fast forward to the 90's you had Austin, The Rock, HHH, The New Age Outlaws, Val Venis, The Godfather, Mr. McMahon, The Undertaker, Kane, the Legion of Doom, The Nation of Domination and Mae Young (yes, Mae Young is more entertaining than 90% of the current roster) and these are names that just came to me, there were plenty more then what I've listed.
Now look at WWE lets count them off and I mean guys who actually have personality,Punk, Del Rio, Cena, Sheamus, R-Truth, the Miz and that's really all I can think of. Sure they have guys like Sin Cara who are different but Sin Cara does NOT stand out. I don't care what anyone says but guys like Orton, Ziggler, Swagger, McIntyre and Daniel Bryan have ZERO personality, Orton is one of the 2 faces of the WWE and can't even draw a 2.0 in the ratings, that proves my point.
Sure, guys like Ziggler, Morrison and Swagger are solid, but I could not buy 1 of these guys as a true main eventer, hell Daniel Bryan is right now being pushed for the Main Event of Wrestlemania, ARE YOU KIDDING ME, this guy is one of the most technically sound wrestlers I've ever seen, is fantastic in the ring but lacks personality and drawing power, if you don't have either then you don't deserve to be champion, its that simple. Even guys like R-Truth and the Miz who have personality have personalities that get stale after a while, I like that Mark Henry is showing more personality, but he showed more personality and was much more entertaining when he was in the mid card in the 90's as Sexual Chocolate.
I often hear that Ziggler should be champ, Swagger should get a real run, why is Morrison champion yet when the answer is so obvious, they shouldn't be champ, no personality, and no drawing power whatsoever. The reason Hogan was at the top for so long with limited in ring ability was because he had personality, knew how to get over and put butts in seats, right now they don't have any of that and their ratings, PPV buys and overall attendance prove that.
Sure you have an intriguing storyline with HHH and Punk but that's all you have, although Hogan and Austin were the top draws in their era's they didn't have to do it all themselves, when Austin or Hogan disappeared for injuries or movies business didn't suffer and that's because they had intriguing personalities which made story lines more interesting because it involved people we actually care about. TNA may not know how to capitalize on their personalities but at least their talent has some.
All in all I would love for the WWE to put some personality into their guys, too much of the roster just blends together and few truly stand out from the pack whereas in the 80's and 90's even guys like Outback Jack stood out, more so than pretty much the entire WWE Roster today.
Anyways that's all I have to say, what do you guys think? Do you miss the personality that WWE used to show and do you think more personality could help the WWE become more popular than they currently are?
They obviously still make plenty of money, are still a successful company but no where near what they once were, its like Mario Andretti once said "If you have everything under control then you're not going fast enough" and I think those words could be used to describe the WWE.
Lately in WWE there has been a decline in audience and ratings and I feel lack of personality has a lot to do about it. Maybe it's the old school in me but I feel its a big problem that WWE is currently facing and has a lot to do with their declining interest (I think there is more to it than that but I'll talk about that later).
Back in WWE's 2 biggest boom periods there were more personalities and guys who stuck out than I can count. In the 80's you had Hogan, Savage, Rick Rude, Jake Roberts, The Bushwackers, Demolition, The British Bulldogs, Andre the Giant, The Honky Tonk Man, The Ultimate Warrior, The Rockers, hell even "The Model" Rick Martel had more personality than 90% of the current roster and he was a guy who never came close to the main event scene. Fast forward to the 90's you had Austin, The Rock, HHH, The New Age Outlaws, Val Venis, The Godfather, Mr. McMahon, The Undertaker, Kane, the Legion of Doom, The Nation of Domination and Mae Young (yes, Mae Young is more entertaining than 90% of the current roster) and these are names that just came to me, there were plenty more then what I've listed.
Now look at WWE lets count them off and I mean guys who actually have personality,Punk, Del Rio, Cena, Sheamus, R-Truth, the Miz and that's really all I can think of. Sure they have guys like Sin Cara who are different but Sin Cara does NOT stand out. I don't care what anyone says but guys like Orton, Ziggler, Swagger, McIntyre and Daniel Bryan have ZERO personality, Orton is one of the 2 faces of the WWE and can't even draw a 2.0 in the ratings, that proves my point.
Sure, guys like Ziggler, Morrison and Swagger are solid, but I could not buy 1 of these guys as a true main eventer, hell Daniel Bryan is right now being pushed for the Main Event of Wrestlemania, ARE YOU KIDDING ME, this guy is one of the most technically sound wrestlers I've ever seen, is fantastic in the ring but lacks personality and drawing power, if you don't have either then you don't deserve to be champion, its that simple. Even guys like R-Truth and the Miz who have personality have personalities that get stale after a while, I like that Mark Henry is showing more personality, but he showed more personality and was much more entertaining when he was in the mid card in the 90's as Sexual Chocolate.
I often hear that Ziggler should be champ, Swagger should get a real run, why is Morrison champion yet when the answer is so obvious, they shouldn't be champ, no personality, and no drawing power whatsoever. The reason Hogan was at the top for so long with limited in ring ability was because he had personality, knew how to get over and put butts in seats, right now they don't have any of that and their ratings, PPV buys and overall attendance prove that.
Sure you have an intriguing storyline with HHH and Punk but that's all you have, although Hogan and Austin were the top draws in their era's they didn't have to do it all themselves, when Austin or Hogan disappeared for injuries or movies business didn't suffer and that's because they had intriguing personalities which made story lines more interesting because it involved people we actually care about. TNA may not know how to capitalize on their personalities but at least their talent has some.
All in all I would love for the WWE to put some personality into their guys, too much of the roster just blends together and few truly stand out from the pack whereas in the 80's and 90's even guys like Outback Jack stood out, more so than pretty much the entire WWE Roster today.
Anyways that's all I have to say, what do you guys think? Do you miss the personality that WWE used to show and do you think more personality could help the WWE become more popular than they currently are?
They obviously still make plenty of money, are still a successful company but no where near what they once were, its like Mario Andretti once said "If you have everything under control then you're not going fast enough" and I think those words could be used to describe the WWE.