Official WWE/TNA/ROH Thread

[HollywoodLeo]

Their profit issues isn't because they're not catering to the people who are going to buy into their product with no viable competition regardless. It's because they're not doing quite as good of a job at convincing the average fan to watch.

1999 is irrelevant. They still had to compete with WCW then.

[Slyder]

Their profit issues isn't because they're not catering to the people who are going to buy into their product with no viable competition regardless. It's because they're not doing quite as good of a job at convincing the average fan to watch.

1999 is irrelevant. They still had to compete with WCW then.

It gets at the root of the problem. WWE relies on the same handful of guys and they are losing fans because of it. 1999 matters because it shows you an example of how WWE use to be.

[Epic Dean]

Sting is getting all cryptic on Twitter again. 7-14-14

[HollywoodLeo]

It gets at the root of the problem. WWE relies on the same handful of guys and they are losing fans because of it. 1999 matters because it shows you an example of how WWE use to be.

1999 doesn't matter in the context of the current conversation because the dynamics of how they need to sell their product then differs from how they need to sell it now....or, more to the point, who they need to sell it to.

In 1999 they still had to contend with WCW. So, diehard fans of the industry such as you and myself had options forcing them to show us they had the best option.

Who's their competition today? TNA? ROH? Yeah...they don't really have competition for us. You and I may complain about John Cena and his nonstop wins all day, but at the end of the day we'll still tune in (even if there are intermittent breaks fueled by frustration on occasion). Why? Because regardless of whatever crap WWE puts on TV we still love the wrestling industry and that's all that's really available to us so we'll come crawling back no matter how much we hate the current angle.

In 1999 if the E (or WWF then) put out a shit angle we can flip the channel to WCW and get something possibly better. That dynamic doesn't exist today.

So, it's not us that the WWE needs to convince to buy into their product. It's that fringe viewer who may or may not be into wrestling in the first place. It's why the entirety of Raw seems like a 3 hour long commercial selling the concept of staged wrestling entertainment.

And it won't be any different until some other promotion actually gets big enough to provide Vince with real competition. The best we can do is look past all the bullshit and enjoy the performers and what minimal interesting storylines they give us....and watch NXT because NXT is awesome.

[Slyder]

7/14/14 was on Sting's twitter earlier. Think he debute on Monday?

[Witlon]

And do what? Face authority figure? Meh.

[Hammer]

in time to get him a summerslam match against...? wyatt? i doubt sting loses in his first match in wwe, and wyatt losing would be as worthless as him losing his feud to cena. maybe kane? i doubt undertaker ever wrestles again, so holding stings first match for wrestlemania against him doesnt mean anything if hes already under contract.

[Slyder]

in time to get him a summerslam match against...? wyatt? i doubt sting loses in his first match in wwe, and wyatt losing would be as worthless as him losing his feud to cena. maybe kane? i doubt undertaker ever wrestles again, so holding stings first match for wrestlemania against him doesnt mean anything if hes already under contract.

Also nicely coincides with the "free trial" offer of the network. I'm intrigued to see where they go. I want to eventually see a Sting/Wyatt feud, if they are doing Crow Sting esque gimmick to hype the Monday Night Wars part of the network. But immediately I'm not sure how well that would go.

[Epic Dean]

The real Wyatt Family

[HollywoodLeo]

So who's brainchild idea was it to start the Rusev Swagger feud right before they go to Canada?

[HollywoodLeo]

[Witlon]

I don't even remember Sting's music, and I've almost certainly watched more Sting in WCW more than 99% of the audience.

[HollywoodLeo]

It was never really distinctive.

They used this when he went to the crow paint stuff



This was his last one with the classic Sting paint prior to that.

[HafDawg2003]

I legitimately think this will happen tonight.

[Slyder]

I legitimately think this will happen tonight.

Then from the rafters will come the Legend to proceed to drop Sting-dow like a bad habit 1-2-3. He's here!