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Post by sincityhero on Dec 2, 2007 20:48:19 GMT -5
Why did they change everything so quickly?
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Post by brm on Dec 2, 2007 20:55:14 GMT -5
Because they beat WCW, and didn't need to try so hard anymore.
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Post by sincityhero on Dec 2, 2007 21:03:43 GMT -5
So what, why stop what was working SOOOO WELL?
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Post by therichisamazing on Dec 2, 2007 22:38:39 GMT -5
What exactly did they change? They didnt change anything just got stale
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Post by sincityhero on Dec 2, 2007 22:39:47 GMT -5
They changed their edginess.
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Post by HHH316 on Dec 2, 2007 22:47:14 GMT -5
Blame the writers
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Post by No Brokeback on Dec 2, 2007 22:51:16 GMT -5
What WWE was in the attitude, was more intended for teens and adults. Rather than before, it was family viewing pretty much. They needed to 'up' their game because it was what WcW was doing, and obviously they wanted to compete and they did very well.
From that time, the 'big' wrestlers got injured or had grown tired of the buisness, so obviously they had to change it.
WWE again, obviously came more 'kid/family' oriented when they brought in the likes of Umaga/Boogeyman/Little Bastard/Spirit Squad. They went back to the 'cartoon' gimicks rather than people actually being themselves.
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Post by Stevo on Dec 2, 2007 23:32:59 GMT -5
The writers had a surge of new talent from WCW, and the InVasion angle completely took everything over. There was no need for "edgy angles" because nearly all of the talent was a part of one big fiasco. After the InVasion angle ended, its like the writers couldn't get back into the midset. Perhaps it was the lack of competition and the lack of drive to fight for ratings. They all just came to the WWF.
Also, it didn't help that The Rock and Stone Cold were sporadically dissappearing, Brock Lesnar, who has no charisma to pull of the Attitude-Era promos, was ruling the jungle, the Undertaker was a tamer character who didn't use dark forces and sinister matches, and Triple H became an abusive heel who worked as an assassin, using promos and mind games instead of pranks and bullcrap.
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Post by King Shocker the Monumentous on Dec 3, 2007 0:38:55 GMT -5
Necessity is the mother of invention. Therefore, no necessity, no invention.
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Post by Mark on Dec 3, 2007 0:46:49 GMT -5
What happend was, after XFL everything changed. Vince got rid of writers, put his daughter in charge of a few things, Kevin Dunn got big headed and everything went to hell
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Post by Master Lewpac on Dec 3, 2007 1:51:59 GMT -5
Russo left.
Like it or not.. thats the answer, you cant come up with anything other than that. Russo may have lost his mind, but the man is responsible for some of the greatest, and worst things in wrestling history.
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Post by Sound888 on Dec 3, 2007 2:17:12 GMT -5
Russo left. Like it or not.. thats the answer, you cant come up with anything other than that. Russo may have lost his mind, but the man is responsible for some of the greatest, and worst things in wrestling history. Russo left way before the attitude era was ending. |
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Post by dancinfatass on Dec 3, 2007 3:59:41 GMT -5
SCSA left, Rock left, Triple and Steph finally got married, he got even more pull and thus the Triple H show was born. He buried everyone he felt like burying, killed careers, put people to sleep, and eventually made half the fans quit watching.
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Post by eandcking on Dec 3, 2007 4:17:01 GMT -5
SCSA left, Rock left, Triple and Steph finally got married, he got even more pull and thus the Triple H show was born. He buried everyone he felt like burying, killed careers, put people to sleep, and eventually made half the fans quit watching. You're kidding yourself if you think Triple H is the sole blame for WWE's going downhill. That's just silly, placing the blame on one guy. The WWE just hit on a great thing back then. Nothing great lasts forever. |
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Post by addam on Dec 3, 2007 10:32:09 GMT -5
What WWE was in the attitude, was more intended for teens and adults. Rather than before, it was family viewing pretty much. They needed to 'up' their game because it was what WcW was doing, and obviously they wanted to compete and they did very well. From that time, the 'big' wrestlers got injured or had grown tired of the buisness, so obviously they had to change it. WWE again, obviously came more 'kid/family' oriented when they brought in the likes of Umaga/Boogeyman/Little Bastard/Spirit Squad. They went back to the 'cartoon' gimicks rather than people actually being themselves. people weren't just themselves during the attitude era....godfather, val venis, ministry of darkness, kaientai, etc. etc....there was lots of "cartoony" stuff that was big during the attitude era, people just don't remember it that way for some reason. the attitude era just sort of fizzled out i guess. what they're doing now is a continuation of that in a sense that they aren't doing much drastically different now then they did then, it's just that a lot of people are tired of it now, plus they don't have the MEGA stars of the attitude era to carry the program. the attitude era was a lot different than what wrestling was before so it was new & exciting, now it just seems like more of the same i suppose. |
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Post by shogun on Dec 3, 2007 10:45:50 GMT -5
if they brought back the New Age Outlaws, they'd be halfway there... and Ken Shamrock...  |
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Post by albireo on Dec 3, 2007 11:19:39 GMT -5
Coca Cola pulled out of their sponsorship with WWE which lead to wwe toning their stuff down.
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Post by compton on Dec 3, 2007 12:39:43 GMT -5
Russo left. Like it or not.. thats the answer, you cant come up with anything other than that. Russo may have lost his mind, but the man is responsible for some of the greatest, and worst things in wrestling history. Vince Russo is completely overrated. The WWF didn't lose a step when he jumped over to WCW. I think his importance was was over exaggerated to generate interest so people would actually watch Nitro. |
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Post by bowlofpetunias on Dec 3, 2007 13:07:24 GMT -5
Coca Cola pulled out of their sponsorship with WWE which lead to wwe toning their stuff down. This is the closet to be correct answer I've seen in this thread. WWE purposefully began toning their product due to pressure from the sponsors. Around 2002-2003, they changed their mission statement, they wanted to recreate the Hogan era after realizing that children are not as fickle as the 16-34 demographic they were aiming for during the Attitude era. Then after the Hassan incident on Smackdown, they made sure that Smackdown was much more family friendly, leaving the more risque segments and story lines for Raw. What you have to realize is that the WWE is a multi-billion dollar company, any changes you notice have been meticulously debated by a staff of marketers and other professionals. It has very little to do with the writers or the talent. |
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Post by Hollywood Asia on Dec 3, 2007 13:12:37 GMT -5
Russo left. Like it or not.. thats the answer, you cant come up with anything other than that. Russo may have lost his mind, but the man is responsible for some of the greatest, and worst things in wrestling history. more of the Worst things |
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