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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 12 2013, 09:53 PM (887 Views) | |
| + Yusuke | Oct 12 2013, 09:53 PM Post #1 |
 
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What do you guys think of this particular era of WWE (mid-2008 to present) Personally, I think it was better off as a TV-14 show but I understand why they changed it. The WWE was getting bad publicity after the deaths of Eddie and Chris (espically Chris) so one of the only ways to stop that was by going PG. I definatly don't approve of the PG rating, it's not as bad as some people think. I mean sure, it's not as interesting as it was in the Attitude Era and the Ruthless Agression Era but they do put on good matches time and time again like HBK VS Jericho (NM 2008), HBK VS Taker (WM25 & WM26), Punk VS Hardy (SS 2009), Cena VS Punk (MITB 2011), and a bunch of others I haven't listed. IMO, it's not the PG rating that's the problem, it's the actual content of the show itself. Smackdown was PG for almost all of it's run and it was still great from it's debut and WCW (when it wasn't a mess lol) was good as well. It boils down to what the product is, not so much the rating. As Triple H would say it, it's "best for business". So, what do you think of the PG Era? Edited by Yusuke, Oct 12 2013, 09:53 PM.
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WWE sucks, its not like what is use to be back in the 1998 to 2005 days |
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| + Yusuke | Oct 12 2013, 10:58 PM Post #3 |
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I know what you mean SSJ4 but they do occasionally have good matches. Did you see Punk Vs Cena back in 2011? That was arguably one of the best matches in recent history. The storylines are kind of bland, yes but they still put on good matches sometimes. I think they were in a bit of a pickle after all the bad publicity of Eddie and Chris's death. They were losing their sponsors and their brand was being damaged. I don't approve of the PG rating but I suppose it was something that had to be done. |
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Around Summerslam was the best moments of the year. Now it's just meh. |
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| + Yusuke | Nov 9 2013, 08:19 PM Post #5 |
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Yeah, Summerslam > Wrestlemania 29 for sure. As a matter of fact, Wrestlemania was absolutely horrible this year. Most of the card was predictable and everyone knew Cena was going to win. The fans were even cheering for Ziggler to cash in, that's how bad the match was. |
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| + miguelnuva | Nov 10 2013, 06:37 AM Post #6 |
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Wrestlemania 29 was better than summerslam. Not by a lot but it was. |
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| Pookie | Nov 11 2013, 04:07 AM Post #7 |
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The PG era is no good for WWE. If you watch TNA, the show is far better as far as in-ring wrestling and "story" content is concerned. However, since this is about WWE, I will give my two cents on what I think. The problem with the WWE is not so much the PG era even though it really isn't good for wrestling like I mentioned in my first paragraph. The problem is the talent on the WWE roster. I feel like some of the new wrestlers are not good at all. They are not creative, their wrestling ability in the ring is boring, and it is the same stories being recycled. Out of all the "new" wrestlers, whether you like him or you hate him, Alberto Del Rio is probably the only one who has great in-ring ability. He sucks on the mic, but that is to be expected when English is his 2nd language. With that said, his character would be so much better if he was allowed to be more violent. However, with the PG era, wrestlers are limited now and days. The only popular wrestlers left are the ones who established themselves towards the end of the PG era. Edited by Pookie, Nov 11 2013, 04:07 AM.
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| MetalWarriorWill | Nov 12 2013, 02:25 AM Post #8 |
 
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WWE is how it is now because of "Adolf" Levesque (or Triple H to the rest of you) making decisions that annoy most of the "WWE universe" and giving pushes to wrestlers who are pure garbage like John Cena, Curtis Axel, Mark Henry, Ryback and Randy Orton. Their is only a slim few of wrestlers I watch WWE for including The Shield, Daniel Bryan, Big E Langston, Brock Lesnar(when he's around) CM Punk, Antonio Cesaro, Sheamus and Cody Rhodes. Anybody agree? |
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| Master Gohan | Nov 12 2013, 02:31 AM Post #9 |
 
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Randy Orton was amazing though, I really liked him. Cena was always garbage though. |
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| Pookie | Nov 12 2013, 03:08 AM Post #10 |
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@Metal- I absolutely agree with everything you said except for the Randy Orton comment. I don't like Randy Orton, but right now, he is the only reason WWE is a little interesting. At the same time, he is only popular because he had more flexibility with his character when he first came in. I think the RKO is one of the most overrated and abused attacks in the WWE. I can't stand it, but then again, Stone Cold used to do the Stunner all the time. John Cena has a total of 6 moves. I don't hate him because of all the kids he attracts. I dislike him because he has no talent in the ring. Watching him wrestle, is absolutely boring. His match with the Rock, for the 2nd time, was the worst match I have ever seen. Granted, both of them were injured, but still I didn't like it. It wasn't any better the first time they squared off. The diva division is non existent. I stopped watching the WWE because I kept seeing Natalya lose to poop wrestlers like the Bella Twins. It has gone down the drain. The only positive note is that AJ is not a total loss in that division. I started watching wrestling back in 95 when WCW was around. I'd watch every episode, every match, and I'd absolutely enjoy watching it. Now and days I can't stand watching at least an hour of the show. I end up DVRing it, and then forwarding the parts I dislike which is practically 85% of the show. The fact they made a bad show 3 hours long is beyond me. Also, if I see Kane lose one more time to someone unworthy or hug another person, I am going to flip.  Nah, I won't flip, but I don't like it.
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| Goddess Ultimecia | Nov 13 2013, 01:06 PM Post #11 |
 
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I personally dislike the PG era. Almost all of the wrestlers don't have any of the pull or the charisma to pull in and sensationalize an entire nation like how it was back in 98-06. That being said there are a few wrestlers who have prospered like CM Punk. The only ones who are interesting are the wrestlers who were there pre PG era. I'm going to disagree to a point on the John Cena comment, I liked him up to 08, he went bland after that and became the Superman of WWE. |
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| Master Gohan | Nov 13 2013, 02:10 PM Post #12 |
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Yeah, PG era is why I stopped watching and kind of the part that I found out it was fake. (I was a kid, I was easily fooled  ) CM Punk has always been great, he was my favorite. Now it just sucks.
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| Pookie | Nov 13 2013, 05:35 PM Post #13 |
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I used to think CM Punk was decent, but not anymore. He has gotten a bit annoying these past months because of his "voice for the voiceless" type stuff. I didn't like his feud with Brock Lesnar. Wrestling was much better during my brother's generation before the Attitude era even. I grew up watching wrestlers like Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Ric Flair, Sergeant Slaughter, Lex Luger, Hacksaw, Sting, etc. I mean the PG era is so sad now and days that they constantly have to bring back old wrestlers to get some pop out of the crowd. I don't know how many times I have seen younger wrestlers beat up on Sergeant slaughter these past two years. It's sad. |
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| * Bex | Dec 23 2013, 11:43 AM Post #14 |
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The PG era isn't as interesting because of the lack of effort put into stories and lack of effort put into putting people over. You'll get a kind of half thought out story which ends up leading to nothing which puts people off buying the PPVs and such, and you'll get a bunch of wrestlers who are all about level in terms of ability going over against someone one week and then jobbing to them the next week. The only people who are really over have been with the company for years already like Goldust, Rob Van Dam, Chris Jericho, Big Show, Rey Mysterio, John Cena, Kane and Mark Henry - even CM Punk if you think about it, who has been with WWE since he joined Ohio Valley Wrestling in 2005. Daniel Bryan is probably the only wrestler in the last 4 or 5 years who is massively popular with the fans and that's not a good sign really because it means that when the likes of Big Show, Mark Henry, Rey Mysterio and Kane start retiring, he's going to run out of popular wrestlers to put on enthralling matches with. There is also a lack of personality with wrestlers these days. Most of them are just some generic looking dude wearing a pair of wrestling trunks and knee pads. There is no reason to like or cheer for these guys because they don't get given proper gimmicks anymore which is stupid because that's what wrestling is all about. Fandango in my opinion should be pushed a hell of a lot purely off of the fact he has a gimmick. Even if the WWE just started to give their wrestlers more gimmicks it might be a bit more entertaining than just having to sit and listen to some generic lego-man type wrestler spouting off about why he should win a belt. The women's division is also kind of a joke really. There are some divas who are literally complete wastes of space and are only there because they look good (in my opinion The Bella Twins fit this category) - they have no personality whatsoever. You need more people like Summer Rae who again - has a gimmick - but also gets involved with the rest of the roster, i.e. she dances with Fandango so she's on his team and therefore accompanies him to matches. Even A.J. Lee was at least doing some of that when she was 'dating' Dolph Ziggler or Daniel Bryan or whatever but she's not even doing that anymore. The PG rating kinda limits the show in regards to what the performers can do as well, because to be PG you can't have the men and women fighting each other anymore, but then at the same time I personally feel that that creates a huge gap between the male and female performers that confines the women to a corner and doesn't really allow them to be anything more than eye-candy with sub-par to average wrestling skills. The fact that A.J. Lee has held the divas title for ages is also not a good sign because it makes her seem far too much better than the rest of the women's roster - which in a few instances that's probably correct - but it means that there is no real competition either hence why none of the divas matches ever seem to be worth bothering with since there is practically no draw other than "Here are our divas, they look hot". |
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| * Mitas | Dec 23 2013, 12:07 PM Post #15 |
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I think the reason the WWE product has become stale over the past few years is because there is no competition. The Monday Night Wars brought out the best in WWE because they had to up their game to compete on the same level as WCW and eventually overcome them. Then in the years prior to that they were riding the wave of momentum and the stars that the MNW created (the same stars that are still popular now), but also you had new organisations like TNA and RoH, as well as increased interest in Japanese Wrestling. Nowadays these new organisation aren't seen as a threat because they've been around long enough without making a dent in WWE's popularity, and the stars that were popular during WWE's best days are getting older/retiring, and they just haven't focused enough on creating new talent to be able to replace them. I think that a great, positive step for WWE would be to focus more attention on NXT. Televise it, or host some of the title matches on the flagship shows. That way you can put these new, younger wrestlers across to a larger audience. The Shield, Big E. Langston, Antonio Cesaro have all shown the success that the guys from NXT can have when they make the transfer to the main roster, so invest in that talent and they'll start to reap the rewards. |
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