The wrestling business goes through different eras. Fine.
Professional wrestling is a business. Right.
The WWE is PG; I get that.
Does that mean the WWE can’t do things differently from what we are currently getting? They surely can.
There is a no-blood edict currently in the land of the WWE. I’m no sadist. I don’t need to see someone gushing after a chair shot, but I would like the WWE to be a bit more realistic. Humans bleed.
Heck, I’m sure I can turn on the television and view a children cartoon (also PG) and see some vividly colored creature wincing in pain after seeing blood drip from a cut. Advertisers still sell out money to have their products shown on the network of those cartoons.
It’s not even so much the blood ban. It’s the overall hypocrisy of the WWE.
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The move to PG programming means that Vince McMahon & Co. wants to be more family-friendly. So, let me ask you this Vinnie Mac: How are you family friendly when you allow a man recently suspended for steroids use to return and go right into a title match at a Pay-Per-View?
What kind of message does that send to the younger viewers you are trying to hook with your new cradle to the grave strategy?
“You broke the rules but because you sell a lot of merchandise you will immediately go back into the title scene once your 30 days are up.”
I understand the time was served but how about just showing a bit of a backbone and have the superstar regain your trust? I’m not saying to have them lose to Jamie Noble and Jimmy Wang Yang (men used in dark matches currently), but how about them tussling with the actual mid-card talent?
Prior to this whole situation, you had a very hot program between a former talent who has a history with drug use and another man who is straight edge. Take a guess who was portrayed as the bad guy here?
Granted, CM Punk is much better as a heel, but there was kind of message being put out there that Punk was wrong in everything he was saying to Jeff Hardy and the fans. Is Punk preachy? I guess you can say that. I enjoy the hell out of his promos, but there are those who have said the preachy line. Does that mean that he should have been seen as the bad guy?
Our parents preached to us to do the right thing when they raised us. (At least the responsible parents.) Do we perceive them as the enemy? Well, I’m sure many of those Maury Povich kids might oppose me here.
Hornswoggle is to be viewed as a little kid. Or is he just a midget? Is there any clarity on this? I mean, he was said to be Finlay’s illegitimate child, yet Shaquille O’Neal said that he and Swogs went to school together. What is Hornswoggle’s age?
Anyway, as he looks and acts the part of a child, let’s go with the child perception. His feud with Chavo Guerrero basically was televised child abuse.
Yes, Hornswoggle came out on top all of the time, but he was still being beaten by a full-grown man. It’s not on the level of what John Bradshaw Layfield was doing to the little leprechaun a few years ago but someone is still beating up the little guy.
There was the whole Santino/Santina storyline and Shawn Michaels Superkicking a little girl (as annoying as she was). These are just two other examples of the hypocrisy of this whole family-friendly approach.
Listen, I’m all for trying something new and getting new fans, but how about sticking to your guns? If you say it’s PG, make it PG. I’ve watched many PG shows on television and in theaters that have been more entertaining and logical than what the WWE gives us. Let’s get it together guys. You have it in you to make this thing work since you won't be dropping it anytime soon.
Hornswoggle
Originally posted on HitTheRopes.com.
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