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This music video is what actually killed the WWE 2017-02-23 03:07:25 Post No. 2300393
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This music video is what actually killed the WWE
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2017-02-23 03:07:25
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The "WWF Desire - Lonely Road of Faith" video.
This is it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMrp5aX5-6k
This video is the video that actually killed kayfabe. Not the reveal that wrestling was staged.
What I'm getting at is this video is the turning point where every single professional wrestler with very few exceptions became a face. Every wrestler from here on out would be depicted as a dreamer. As a person who traveled all over the world sacrificing their lives and bodies in the pursuit of that dream that is depicted in this video.
Which is all very sentimental, and sounds good at first but it does a tremendous damage to the presentation of wrestling. It makes every heel character into a sympathetic figure. Because it's hard to hate someone who you know is so hard working.
WWE has gone progressively farther with this over the years to the point that every time a heel is injured they will go on to do a real-life interview talking about their feelings on the matter and how they are going to persevere through this and come back. And WWE makes a story about it.
Until the time that WWE can stop being so obsessed with itself, until it can stop talking about what a dream it is to be a WWE superstar and to have a "Wrestlemania Moment" every feud will be heatless.
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They're all competing to be employee of the month.
WWE 2K17 is a dystopia where VInce McMahon won
Discuss.
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>>2300424
Well, there is is element too. The current roster has or is
1. no where else to work for the same money
2. getting paid a lot more than wrestlers of the past
3. no drug problems
4. different goals and mentality when it comes to their lives
WWF in the 90s was at a much, much lower level in comparison to the competition. ECW (to say nothing of WCW in the equation) was much closer in size to the WWF than TNA ever reached during its lifespan. And Japan was on fire with multiple great places to work.
Without dependencies on drugs and the chaotic backgrounds of wrestlers in the 90s the current roster is much more well adjusted and is fine sitting in the mid-card making more money than they know what to do with. Why try to be John Cena when being Dolph Ziggler is 98% as good with much less of the hassle?
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>>2300448
the real-world issues and reasons for a completely cowed locker room are part of it.
but part of it is just the ownership has a lot of leverage and they're too comfortable.
nobody earns anything, they all get OPPORTUNITIES
Stephanie treats these pro fighters like the losers that make her fries at McD's
There's not an incentive to succeed beyond a certain level because it's so obviously cosmetic, they like your body and face or they don't.
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