Regenerated
An Unearthly Child
Posts: 21,399
Joined: Apr 2010
Reputation: 184
|
WWE Over The Limit discussion
"WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ACID HOUSE MUSIC?"
BABE OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER: MEGAN ROX
|
|
22-05-2010 15:49 |
|
Regenerated
An Unearthly Child
Posts: 21,399
Joined: Apr 2010
Reputation: 184
|
RE: WWE Over The Limit discussion
"WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ACID HOUSE MUSIC?"
BABE OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER: MEGAN ROX
|
|
23-05-2010 15:18 |
|
vostok 1
Twitter Troll
Posts: 1,613
Joined: Nov 2008
|
RE: WWE Over The Limit discussion
Just watched the morning replay.
The Mysterio/Punk match was very well executed, the first time in a long time that a WWE contest had me on the edge of my seat.
Maryse has a lot of charisma, her laughs, cries and tantrums really made that match.
Matt Stryker brought a great deal to commentary, he seems to force Cole to up his game to a decent standard, (something that even JBL couldn't do) and he also seems to get Lawler to return to form.
I think that this was the first non Wrestle Mania PPV in the last 4 years that was worth paying £15 for.
|
|
24-05-2010 10:41 |
|
Warwick Hunt
Senior Poster
Posts: 340
Joined: Mar 2010
Reputation: 18
|
RE: WWE Over The Limit discussion
(24-05-2010 10:41 )vostok 1 Wrote: Just watched the morning replay.
The Mysterio/Punk match was very well executed, the first time in a long time that a WWE contest had me on the edge of my seat.
It was the best thing on the show, but WWE NEEDS TO KNOCK IT OFF WITH BLOOD STOPPAGES!
I get that WWE has gone PG and tried to become more "family friendly". Therefore I understand there will be no blade jobs and such. But when someone gets opened hardway like Punk did, and they stop the match to clean him up, it damages the match. You could see that Punk was irate, and the crowd hated this stoppage as well.
That wasn't the first time this has happened either (the Orton/Cena Iron Man match on Bragging Rights last year did this, as did Christian vs Shelton Benjamin from TLC).
Kids play outside, they fall over, they graze their elbows/knees etc. They bleed. Shit happens. It pissed me off.
|
|
26-05-2010 19:11 |
|
Warwick Hunt
Senior Poster
Posts: 340
Joined: Mar 2010
Reputation: 18
|
RE: WWE Over The Limit discussion
The issue for me isn't so much the PG thing, as the Rey/Punk angles aren't a purely kiddie thing. But when matches get stopped to tend to a cut or something, that's killing matches.
Ultimately though, I don't think the PG thing is quite as bad as some make out (TNA's been doing blood-heavy angles regularly of late, and the ratings aren't exactly stellar). Some people use it as a kind of crutch, something they can blame for everything wrong with WWE right now (apart from y'know, the inability to truly make any new stars, which I'd argue is a bigger problem. WWE is PG right now, purely as a business thing. They have a lot of shareholders to answer to, sponsorship deals and such as well. The Mattel deal they recently made for the action figures alone is a big deal, and they may not have got that if they were doing risque angles and such. Lot of money on the table.
All that said, I don't think it will last. Vince tends to go through phases on things. When he feels it's time, and it's the right thing for business, WWE will drop it. He ain't stupid.
|
|
30-05-2010 10:46 |
|