The Pro’s and Con’s of the WWE
With the Monday Night Wars just right around the corner, I’d like to take the time to look at both companies but I am starting with the WWE. The WWE has been around for years and has been family operated for it’s entire existence. People are familiar with their product and their stars. That’s one of the positives that WWE does, and that would be marketing their fighting. It seems like on a regular basis one of their stars is on a commercial, a movie or a late night talk show. They know how to promote and make their product noticeable. The other great thing that the WWE does is that they have four TV shows which allows them to highlight all of their talent on a consistent and regular basis. Wrestling fans are expose to everyone and all their styles.
Despite all that talent there are a lot of downsides to the WWE right now. The thing that stands out the most is how worthless the WWE Championship has become. The WWE Championship has changed hands 9 times this year which is ridiculous. I remember the days when champions had 6 to 12 months title reigns and gave the title some value. I also cannot stand the number of title reigns everyone has. Ric Flair is a 16 time champion, and Hulk Hogan is a 12 time champion. Some of these guys are pushing being ten time World Champions and they are killing what being a World Champion is about. The WWE has also been predictable since WCW died off in 2001. To me that was their last great year. After the Alliance vs. WWE angle was done, they lost their touch. Now with TNA switching to Monday Nights will they bring back that shock feeling.
WWE needs to recapture the old attitude era ways they had from 1997-2001 otherwise they will lose a lot of fans because you can believe that TNA Wrestling will be pulling out all the stops and shocking the fans like they haven’t been shocked before. WWE is a household name but they have lost some key players like Linda and Shane McMahon who have helped build the company with Vince. I think they realize that the WWE has gone as high as it’s ever going to be. Then again in wrestling you always have to expected the unexpected. What can we expect from WWE in 2010? Stay tuned to find out what happens.
