World Wrestling Insanity (eBook)

Looking for Fault in All the Wrong Places There's an old adage when it comes to the world of professional wrestling: For those who enjoy it, no explanation is needed. For those who don't, no explanation will do. The world of sports entertainment remains a mystery to those who choose to shun it. In many ways, it also remains a mystery to those who follow it. The intrigue behind wrestling is so complex that it's almost impossible to explain without going into detail. While someone who enjoys television sitcoms is someone who enjoys comedy or someone that watches action movies strays toward excitement, professional wrestling isn't so black and white. The industry as a whole wears many hats. It can appeal to those who like anything from comedy to drama, athleticism or romance and every other genre imaginable. For the most part, there's something for any taste within the confines of the squared circle. Chances are even if you've never watched a wrestling program in your life, there's something that's been done somewhere at some time that you would enjoy. That's not to say that sports entertainment succeeds in each and every case. In fact, sometimes it falls flat on its face. In the last few years, it seems to constantly be falling on its face. Why? Well, that's not so easy to blame on one thing. It's a cavalcade of errors that have all lead to the slow sinking of World Wrestling Entertainment's ship. What's World Wrestling Entertainment? That's wwe. World Wrestling Entertainment? Still have no idea what I'm talking about? I'm talking about the WWF. It changed its name. Ohhhhhh. Now you get it. Most people have no idea that it's no longer the World Wrestling Federation. A 2004 article in The Source magazine actually sported the huge headline, 'Is Hip Hop the Next WWF?' It featured this headline two years after WWF had changed its name. In a mtv news brief awhile later, pop singer and on-again off-again nutcase Mariah Carey repeated this headline, complete with the 'WWF.' It became apparent that this whole name change thing didn't take so well. With the World Wildlife Fund forcing a name change, Vince McMahon had no choice but to alter his long-standing company's initials. When doing so, he adopted the phrase 'WWE - Get the F Out.' It was witty. Sadly, most of its audience took the advice and decided to do just that. They started to get the F out . . . in droves. So now that we know the name of the company we're talking about, let's talk about its problem. Is it nepotism? Is it ego? Is it lack of competition? Is it gremlins? What can we blame the rise and fall of World Wrestling Entertainment on? There's a ton of possibilities, many of which will be explored in the upcoming pages. Before doing so, though, it's important to understand the excuses that WWE gives for its woes. It's also important to point out why those excuses don't hold any water. After all, you can't find something's real problem until you clear the air of fake reasons spun to keep people with egos from taking a fall. It's always amazed me how wwe can spout off so many reasons for why its business is down. For some reason, it always gives the same answers when people complain about its product. There's a ton of phony reasons, and fans, eager to...