It is said that those who fail to learn from their mistakes are bound to repeat them. Perhaps McMahon and co at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE a.k.a. WWF) should reflect on this saying because after watching the latest episode of Monday Night Raw I’m beginning to wonder why I even bothered tuning in.
In general, it has to be said, Raw has been the weaker of WWE’s two main shows over the last few months and Smackdown has continually provided a more entertaining product. It has younger talent (Morrison, Punk, Ziggler, Cryme Tyme) and feuds that haven’t been played out at least three times before. Moreover, the shows are slick and actually make sense in terms of storylines and pay-per-view matches.
Raw on the other hand is stuck in a rut of running the same feuds with the same talent that was popular 5 or more years ago. Cases in point:
*Orton/Cena feud: these guys have been feuding off and on for the last 4 years at least with limited success yet at the next pay-per-view we get a whole HOUR of them going at it
*DX/any future talent: HHH and Michaels were popular during the 90s because they were attitude – they have the same act, the same jokes and continue to prevent younger talent from getting places e.g. Legacy
*Jericho/Show: the unified world tag teams champions are feuding and will probably split up just like every single tag team partner does with Show leaving him once again a big guy who they occasionally give a title to keep him happy
So what would I do, so all those narks can’t accuse me of criticizing without offering solutions? A few names for you: MVP, Miz, Swagger, Bourne and Kingston. These are the future of the industry and every time they ever get even slightly built up they have to get knocked down a peg or so HHH, Show, Orton or Cena can get another run with the belt. Let these guys run with the title for a while and when you do, don’t book them badly like you did Punk or Mysterio so that their title runs become a joke. Also, stop the gimmicky pay-per-views (one gimmicky match per show is enough) and let them wrestle without the need for ridiculous stipulations everyone knows don’t mean squat.
I may be 3 months behind in fueds. But it's always the same, and then you have people like Kane, who always get teased with a go at the title but lose to go into some retarded fued with someone else. I'm sick of squash matches and 'big guy who can only throw punches' vs 'other big guy who can only throw punches'
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