Post by Goldash on Jul 20, 2011 15:16:14 GMT -5
What impact - if any - does the Money in the Bank event have on the future of the WWE as a company? Will we get a new era of wrestling in WWE or will we go back to the mindless and lackluster sports-entertainment we've had for the last four years or so?
Call me crazy or just another face in the ocean of the Internet Wrestling Community, but I had the impression that MITB was like watching a pay-per-view from the early part of the decade - solid pay-per-view quality matches, no cheap finishes (except for Orton/Christian), amazing crowd reactions, the whole nine. Likewise, the next night's Raw was dedicated - for the most part - to wrestling, with talking and angles kept to a bare minimum and reserved for the beginning and end of the show.
Likewise, this CM Punk/WWE angle has turned out to be groundbreaking and extremely interesting from my point of view. The IWC is naturally squeeing through this whole thing, saying "Wow, after this much time, Stamford's listening to us!" and the ratings have seen a gradual improvement. Also, to say the crowd in Chicago last Sunday was a wrestling crowd would be an understatement. The Allstate Arena's atmosphere rivaled and, in my mind, exceeded Wrestlemania 22's. The pops for Punk and Cena were among the loudest I've heard in a while, which shows just how well this angle was constructed. ESPN's Bill Simmons praised its effectiveness himself on a recent podcast. When "legit" sports news sources are praising a "fake sport", something has to be going right.
In a way, the on-screen "passing of the torch by way of forced retirement" from Vince to Trips could be something huge for the on-screen product, which has seemed to focus on wrestling over plunder throughout this entire angle...either that or I need to take my fanboy blinders off because they'll be back to Hornswoggle and Little Jimmy after Summerslam...
ANYWAY, what does this mean for WWE? Is it indeed a new focus, or just smoke and mirrors to draw fans in before going back to the status quo? Discuss.
Call me crazy or just another face in the ocean of the Internet Wrestling Community, but I had the impression that MITB was like watching a pay-per-view from the early part of the decade - solid pay-per-view quality matches, no cheap finishes (except for Orton/Christian), amazing crowd reactions, the whole nine. Likewise, the next night's Raw was dedicated - for the most part - to wrestling, with talking and angles kept to a bare minimum and reserved for the beginning and end of the show.
Likewise, this CM Punk/WWE angle has turned out to be groundbreaking and extremely interesting from my point of view. The IWC is naturally squeeing through this whole thing, saying "Wow, after this much time, Stamford's listening to us!" and the ratings have seen a gradual improvement. Also, to say the crowd in Chicago last Sunday was a wrestling crowd would be an understatement. The Allstate Arena's atmosphere rivaled and, in my mind, exceeded Wrestlemania 22's. The pops for Punk and Cena were among the loudest I've heard in a while, which shows just how well this angle was constructed. ESPN's Bill Simmons praised its effectiveness himself on a recent podcast. When "legit" sports news sources are praising a "fake sport", something has to be going right.
In a way, the on-screen "passing of the torch by way of forced retirement" from Vince to Trips could be something huge for the on-screen product, which has seemed to focus on wrestling over plunder throughout this entire angle...either that or I need to take my fanboy blinders off because they'll be back to Hornswoggle and Little Jimmy after Summerslam...
ANYWAY, what does this mean for WWE? Is it indeed a new focus, or just smoke and mirrors to draw fans in before going back to the status quo? Discuss.
