The Problems in the Wrestling World

I know many wrestling fans out there have been bitching and moaning for some time with the direction the wrestling world has taken since Vince McMahon bought WCW and ECW all those years ago. Sure, some of it has to do with no competition. Hell, when he was competing with the NWA and making his company the first world wide company in the 80s it was hot. Then NWA began to fall, Turner bought it, and then the WWF went into a rut. When Eric Bischoff took over, the nWo came about, and WCW took over ratings Vince had to claw his way back to the top.

For the last few years Vince has been the only big dog in the yard and when that happens, the big dog tends to get lazy. Sure there is TNA, and even if they have Christian, Joe and Angle right now, they're no real threat at this point. Vince has gone back to pushing the muscle bound oafs who CAN'T entertain for the life of them. Sure they have the look, but they have no charisma. It is very sad when John Cena has the most charisma right now of their champions. Course, look at two of them what are they? Nothing but big muscle bound guys with a great personal story, but ZERO charisma. Diesel was a big man, but he has charisma coming out the ass. Warrior, huge muscle bound oaf, but no matter what his psychotic issues are, he had charisma. What I am trying to get at it there is a lack of entertainment in the WWE.

At least in TNA they have entertainment; Alex Shelley, Austin Starr, Christian Cage, LAX, these men have something that the WWE doesn't have. Do I want to see Edge and Orton beat up another person with a chair for the tenth week in a row? Do I want to continue to see the pointless battle of the Hardys and MNM, well yes because they actually give good matches for the most part, but do you see my point? All I see on the WWE is the same recycled crap week in, week out. Instead of pushing people WITH charisma (Monty Brown, CM Punk, and Kennedy who I admit has got a tiny one) they continue to put on TV the likes of...Chris Masters. I yearn for wrestling that we had what seemed like only yesterday; a mere ten years ago wrestling was a beautiful landscape and may have never been bigger.

With that in mind, with the future kickball season approaching, I was inspired today by one of the greatest moments of that time and one that I shall share with you right now. The date was August 9, 1999. It is Monday Night Raw, they had climbed their way back to the top and were once again number one. Up until this point though, they hadn't really stolen any of the WCW talent, until now. I introduce to you what to expect this coming season of kickball....the ayatollah of rock'n'rolla...the paragon of virtue for the entire free world...and what the wrestling world needs right now almost more then an Austin vs. Hogan Wrestlemania...