I honestly think a lot of people are misunderstanding the purpose behind this discussion. While obviously, opinions are welcome.. people are claiming selective entrances (Takers, King Booker's, etc) to be boring.. when they aren't.
What do you expect for their character type? Would you rather Taker came out to the gong music, & walked normally without dark lighting & smoke. Imagine Taker just walking out from the back, similar to the way Steve Austin, or The Rock just walked out with a determined step.. that wouldn't fit Taker at all.
His entrance DOES drag on a bit, but its all in his character. Same with Hogan, to a degree. Now if you want to discuss truly horrible entrances, on an unbias (sp?) point of view.. look at Steve Austin. Yes, he had decent music (had better music when it was the Disturbed song, then the remix) but the part of his intro that sucks, is he goes to all 4 corners & does the same double finger, arm raise, salute thing.
Yes, thats his gimmick, but do they have to show him doing it on each f'n corner? They could cut off his music & begin introducing his opponent while he continues to showboat to the live crowd. (after all, thats one of the reasons on what being there live is suppose to be for, anyways)
King Booker's entrance was awesome. He did that king style pinky pose, you never seen Jerry Lawler doing that, why? Because Lawler didn't have the guts to do something so kingly. lol Booker T added that extra element to his character, whereas Lawler has just become the type that walks out, holds up the crown, continues walking, enters the ring, then awaits to hit 3 moves before losing.
