So I just read an article about how Vince McMahon realizes that while the Divas attract a certain demographic (I presume dudes who act like they've never seen an attractive woman before), he dislikes their matches and segments.
Yeah... That's pretty much what's wrong with the WWE. Instead of improving a stale or broken product, they just let it sit there and rot. Great. From what I understand of the Divas division, the 2 best female wrestlers are on the same f-ing team (Natalya and Beth Phoenix). What the hell? I've never been a fan of the women's/Diva's division, but if it's going to be there, it might as well be as entertaining as it can be, meaning ol' Johnny Funkman should do some damn talent scouting and bring in some women who can actually wrestle and not have a bunch of models running around who don't know their way around the ring. I can name one wrestler right off the bat: Daffney. Yeah, she's 36, but she's trained to wrestle and doesn't suck at it. Plus, she's hot so she can still be marketed that way since that's half the appeal of the division. Apparently, she used to date CM Punk so unless that's really awkward, I say bring her in and make that division less about Kelly Kelly pretending that she wrestles and more about chicks who can.
Speaking of CM Punk, apparently, Shawn Michaels saved his career back in 2007. Michaels was sitting in an ECW storyline meeting when Vince and the agents started bashing Punk (again) until Michaels said, "“Um, if you don’t like something the kid is doing, why don’t you work with him to fix it… instead of killing him." It's sad that it took someone who isn't a part of the creative team to say that. Why hire and pay these people if you're just going to bash them? Why cringe at and mock employees who put on matches and segments that are boring, terrible, and don't appeal to the live audience or at home (i.e. Diva's Division) instead of trying to improve them?
I only really pay attention to Punk's segments and matches and they've taken a dip in quality since becoming a full-fledged face. I thought it worked better when he was playing the rebel who was kind of a face and kind of a heel. So much for that. The rest of the show ranges from barely passable to neverending facepalm. It's just not that interesting and I'm glad I can skip a lot of it on youtube. But, it doesn't have to be like that. There's too much talking and not enough wrestling. Bring in guys and gals who can do both but have them fucking wrestle more. That's what the second W stands for, dammit! And bringing back Mick Foley isn't going to fix an overall shitty show, especially if they have him play super-face Foley that jumps at every cheap pop he can get. Not even bringing back Chris Jericho is going to fix a whole lot if the product itself remains stale and predictable. CM Punk's epic promo back in June was awesome because there was nothing else like it. After that, Raw just became lame again.
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