I'm honestly surprised it lasted that long on Fridays (known as the "Death Spot" on TV). They only moved there at the behest of a network they haven't been on in quite some time.
I felt there were ways to build a Sting-HHH feud without having to bring back the Authority in a position of power (and thus pretty much render what won their match of the year award completely irrelevant). And I really wish they'd stop trying to rehash Mr. McMahon vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin because it's never worked without those two.
My only trouble with that bit was Cena shaking the hand of the guy (well, ONE of the guys) who once came to his dad's house and beat him up.
Yeah, they talked about that, and Edge in his day woulda told Cena he'd do it again....
I guess my ass better call somebody*Well, I didn't know. Guess I'd better call somebody.
Nice pic!
In recent appearances, it's been changed to "You'd better call somebody." Probably because of the PG rating of the current WWE product.
PG?!?! IN MY WRESTLING. I better insult everything to show how much of a cool Attitude Era fanboy I am.
I'd rather have that any day rather than a fan who insists everything Japanese or TNA (Although the latter is NOT common at all anymore*) is better than the best WWE can currently offer.
I haven't watched TNA in years,but the last time I left it was bilge water with Hulkster and his bros killing it just like they destroyed WCW. You gotta think Sting hates those guys personally now. Only thing TNA had up on the WWE was they knew how to use their highflyers appropriately without all the life shortening danger, but from what I last saw they had neutered the X-Division, so that was basically shit too.I'd rather have that any day rather than a fan who insists everything Japanese or TNA (Although the latter is NOT common at all anymore*) is better than the best WWE can currently offer.
*Of course, I currently consider NXT to be the clear #2 wrestling brand in America right now...
I think TNA's problem in a nutshell (other than starting just as Jeff Jarrett's vanity promotion) was that they should have based their promotion on their in house talent and used WWE castoffs to enhance the product.
You're exactly right. I basically say the same thing to anybody I talk to TNA about, it became WWE Lite. More specifically, it tries to be Attitude Era Jr. Right down to unnecessarily dropping swears to unnecessarily ramped up intercompany drama. It comes across as less daring and edgy and more annoying and overdone because it's been almost 20 years since that shit was fresh and new. TNA was at it's best when it was it's own thing, when it was just lightly poking fun at WWE with Shark Boy and BG James and Kip basically all but screaming they were the New Age Outlaws. Affectionate shit like that before it became outright coattail riding. Hulk has every last single one of Vince's problems and then some. He thinks people want to see big, beefy guys who beat up on each other before being winded in under 12 seconds flat, sees a story line being successful and can't move past it, has to rehash it several times and just generally doesn't treat anybody who works for him with any respect.
And then after Attitude Era Jr. began to fail, they tried to be ECW without actually saying ECW... didn't work either.
Their first mistake was getting rid of the ring. It was the only thing differentiating it, giving it any flavor. It was a huge mistake to downgrade and they lost a lot of their appeal in I think. Doesn't help the way they present it makes it looks like some low budget, local cable provider wrestling program shot in a high school gym.
