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Quote from: BlowUpYourVideo on March 18, 2010, 07:59:32 pm

I agree with Hammy, but I do find the whole 'PG' thing a bit confusing. I mean, professional wrestling is based around the basic concept of two guys fighting each other. Seems strange to try and take that idea and make it 'family-friendly'. I don't mean they should go nuts and have barbed wire and full frontal nudity and people nearly getting killed each week (which is what Bruno seems to think wrestling these days is like...) but doing something similar to the Attitude era would surely be popular ....

What? This is a byproduct of the "Attitude era". Those that embrace that era of wrestling should be embracing this.  Ten years ago fans were let in on the joke, and now you're realizing the punchline isn't funny?

Kayfabe virtually destroyed, drowning in skits, spoilers all over the place, actual wrestling taking a backseat, and you're surprised that it's been reduced to this?

You cant embrace Austin talking to a crowd for 20 minutes nonstop, an 80 year old woman giving birth to a hand, and then be mad that a few years later it's "PG". One leads you into the other. While the late 90s had blood and was a bit more violent, old school fans saw this bullshit coming a light year away.

What's happening now is a natural progression from that era. For years fans have wanted less wrestling, more entertainment, and Vince is giving you what you want. Now you have kids who grew up on that era, so its now being catered to them.

Enjoy.....

I would say that the late 90s blood and violence  came as a result of the ECW infleunce.  I would say that the WWE got damn lucky that there were good workers that let them get away with the skits and other junk.  I miss when there was an actual main event wrestling match that ends shows on a weekly basis instead of a main event interview or some segment that advances the angles.

It's sad that skits/interviews have basiclally become accepted norms in the weekly wrestling shows.  Unfortunately, WWE does just enough (some decent PPV matches that feature actual wrestling) to keep me still watching although I haven't seen a Raw from start to finish in years.

Regarding Linda's senate campaign she has nosed ahead of her Republican primary challenger in the pollls but when matched up against the main Democratic challenger that she might be facing in November, she gets creamed.