I Want My Smash TV!
It so sad that back in October we knew who was going to win the Royal Rumble this year. It’s the same thing every year. A Superstar is some how forbidden from getting a title shot just to come back and win the Royal Rumble and get it. Yes, sad but true, 6 months before Wrestle Mania we know that the main event will be Triple H defending the World Championship again Randy Orton.
The WWE has become so predictable over the past few years. Gone are the days of surprises and Smash TV. The things that brought new viewers in and old viewers back. How did we loose this magic? I don’t know for sure. I could list a number of things that could be part of it, but nothing is for certain. I’m still convinced that viewers like surprises, and we haven’t seen anything big in recent memory. Oh, the 10 Superstars released this past week was a surprise, but that wasn’t on TV and won’t do much to increase the rating or bring back viewers because most casual fans won’t even notice those guys and gals are gone. More on this topic later.
Bringing Paul Heyman back into the creative team is a step in the right direction. In case you don’t remember, after the brand extension Smackdown! had higher ratings than Raw, largely in part to Heyman being one of the show’s head writers. A lot of the innovative ideas you saw used in WCW and the WWE during the Monday Night War were complete rip offs of things Heyman was doing in ECW. This guy is a creative genius in this business and can come up with storylines that your former soap opera writers can’t even fathom.
We may be in store for one surprise at Survivor Series. This isn’t a recent rumor or anything (of course most of those so called rumors are internet reporters pulling things out of their asses to get visitors to their shitty web sites or newsletters like the torch), but there was a rumor a while back that Maven may turn heel and getting a big push because some in the WWE feel that we can cut a good promo. It never went through due to Maven's injury and taking time off to care for his dieing mother. Now may be the time for that to happen. I mean look, you’ve seen Maven getting his push the past couple weeks on Raw, but if you’re like me you just aren’t feeling it. It kind of reminds me of the debut of Rocky Miavia, who didn’t get over until he was made a heel which lead to him becoming the most electrifying star in all of entertainment. I’m not saying that Maven’s the next Rock or anything, but I do feel that he can get over as a heel.
So in my opinion, I’m picking Triple H’s team to go over at Survivor Series, thanks to the newest member of Evolution, Maven.
This is an idea that only a genius like Paul Heyman could come up with and I think it may work. If this does happen it will surprise most viewers because there have so far been no rumors of Maven turning on his teammates. Come on, you really don’t expect Randy Orton team to win do you? How interesting would that be watching Orton, Benoit, Jericho and Maven run Raw for the 4 weeks afterward? Not interesting at all and that’s the truth and the truth hurts!
The WWE has become so predictable over the past few years. Gone are the days of surprises and Smash TV. The things that brought new viewers in and old viewers back. How did we loose this magic? I don’t know for sure. I could list a number of things that could be part of it, but nothing is for certain. I’m still convinced that viewers like surprises, and we haven’t seen anything big in recent memory. Oh, the 10 Superstars released this past week was a surprise, but that wasn’t on TV and won’t do much to increase the rating or bring back viewers because most casual fans won’t even notice those guys and gals are gone. More on this topic later.
Bringing Paul Heyman back into the creative team is a step in the right direction. In case you don’t remember, after the brand extension Smackdown! had higher ratings than Raw, largely in part to Heyman being one of the show’s head writers. A lot of the innovative ideas you saw used in WCW and the WWE during the Monday Night War were complete rip offs of things Heyman was doing in ECW. This guy is a creative genius in this business and can come up with storylines that your former soap opera writers can’t even fathom.
We may be in store for one surprise at Survivor Series. This isn’t a recent rumor or anything (of course most of those so called rumors are internet reporters pulling things out of their asses to get visitors to their shitty web sites or newsletters like the torch), but there was a rumor a while back that Maven may turn heel and getting a big push because some in the WWE feel that we can cut a good promo. It never went through due to Maven's injury and taking time off to care for his dieing mother. Now may be the time for that to happen. I mean look, you’ve seen Maven getting his push the past couple weeks on Raw, but if you’re like me you just aren’t feeling it. It kind of reminds me of the debut of Rocky Miavia, who didn’t get over until he was made a heel which lead to him becoming the most electrifying star in all of entertainment. I’m not saying that Maven’s the next Rock or anything, but I do feel that he can get over as a heel.
So in my opinion, I’m picking Triple H’s team to go over at Survivor Series, thanks to the newest member of Evolution, Maven.
This is an idea that only a genius like Paul Heyman could come up with and I think it may work. If this does happen it will surprise most viewers because there have so far been no rumors of Maven turning on his teammates. Come on, you really don’t expect Randy Orton team to win do you? How interesting would that be watching Orton, Benoit, Jericho and Maven run Raw for the 4 weeks afterward? Not interesting at all and that’s the truth and the truth hurts!
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