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...Doomed To Repeat It
May 18, 2012 (09:00) [ Indexed from WRESTLEZONE.com ]
WWE Monday Night Raw is increasing to three hours. Some of you seem to think that’s a good thing. It’s not. It’s reminiscent of the downfall of WCW. WCW used to substitute more for better ALL THE TIME. A two-hour Nitro on TNT and the traditional Saturday TBS show was plenty. Always leave ‘em wanting more. Those two-hour Nitros had FOCUS. The product was ORGANIZED. Uh, sometimes. But WCW added Thunder on TBS. Nitro went to three hours. There wasn’t enough creativity to go around. Talent, yes. Creativity, no. There was barely enough creativity to fill the programming WCW had, but WCW kept adding MORE. The three-hour Nitro made Thunder meaningless. Nitro was the A show, Thunder the B show. Three hours of Nitro downgraded Thunder to B-minus. Nitro killed Thunder. Nitro committed suicide via the extra hour. Now it’s all happening again. When was the last time you watched Smackdown? (WCW flashback: Thunder premiered Jan. 8, 1998. Nitro went to three hours Jan. 26, 1998. WCW added three hours of new programming the same month. How arrogant.) There’s only so much time a normal human spends watching wrestling. The market is saturated. Parents, do you want your kids to watch MORE WRESTLING? My column earlier this week detailed the obvious holes and flaws in this past Monday’s Raw. Do you think more TV will remedy those problems, or exacerbate them? Will WWE creative knuckle down and come up with quality programming for that extra hour, or just throw X amount of meaningless matches out there? I think you know that answer. It’s hard to write good TV. Sitcom writers have to fill just 23 minutes per week, and sitcoms have bigger, more experienced, more talented staffs than WWE has, and those staffs have to write for far less characters with winning and losing NOT INVOLVED. The added hour is a disaster. No TV > bad TV. BTW, it’s obvious that Big Show will go reluctant heel at the PPV, getting his job back by way of helping John Laurinaitis beat John Cena. So Cena, WWE’s only full-time star, will have beaten Brock Lesnar, but lost to a movie star and a non-wrestler. It’s sheer lunacy. But we’ll get to watch another hour of it. Or not watch. When Vince McMahon debuted his heel owner character in 1997, it was great. His feud with Steve Austin was great. But it turned out to be the WORST THING for wrestling, because all we’ve seen since are storylines that involve AUTHORITY FIGURES. It’s every booker’s lazy way out. It’s all WWE does now. Laurinaitis feuds with EVERYBODY. Impact is going live. Does going live make a train wreck anything besides a train wreck? Mark Madden hosts a radio show 3-6 p.m.weekdays on WXDX-FM, Pittsburgh, PA(105.9). Check out his web page at WXDX.com. Contact Mark by emailing wzmarkmadden@hotmail.com. FOLLOW MARK ON TWITTER: @MarkMaddenX Read more... More...
Full Smackdown Taping Results For Tonight
May 18, 2012 (08:25) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
The following article contains spoiler information. Due to the fact the material in this post will spoil upcoming programming, we have removed the excerpt so you must click the link to view the story contents. More...
Watch The Impact Wrestling Post Show Here
May 18, 2012 (08:20) [ Indexed from WrestlingNewsWorld ]
Embedded in the video below is the Impact Wrestling Post Show courtesy of the companys official YouTube channel. More...
Will Brooke Hogan Be on TNA TV?
May 18, 2012 (07:40) [ Indexed from 411 Mania ]
See what the Hulkster says More...
WWE News: Shane and Stephanie on WWE.com, AWA Subsection Added
May 18, 2012 (07:40) [ Indexed from 411 Mania ]
The kids are back More...
The 411 on Wrestling Podcast Returns Tonight at 10:30PM ET With Taeler Hendrix
May 18, 2012 (07:40) [ Indexed from 411 Mania ]
Plus discussion of Raw going to 3-hours and IMPACT going live More...
Wrestling's 4R's 05.18.12: WWE Raw and ROH on Sinclair
May 18, 2012 (07:40) [ Indexed from 411 Mania ]
The Big Show was fired by John Laurinaitis, Triple H had a confrontation with Paul Heyman, Cody Rhodes lost yet again and more! Wrestling's 4R's breaks down the Right, the wRong and the Ridiculous of WWE Raw and ROH on Sinclair! More...
The Piledriver Report 05.18.12: Getting the F Out- Ten Years Later
May 18, 2012 (07:40) [ Indexed from 411 Mania ]
On May 5th, the WWE celebrated an anniversary that should have never been needed to happen. That was the 10th anniversary of the companys name change from the World Wrestling Federation to World Wrestling Entertainment. The Piledriver Report takes a look on why the WWF had to change their initials, as well as looking at the best the WWE had to offer over the last ten years. More...
Non-Spoiler Match Listing For Tonights WWE Smackdown
May 18, 2012 (07:40) [ Indexed from 411 Mania ]
Whats on tap for tonights show? More...
**Spoilers** " Results from debut NXT tapings at the Full Sail
May 18, 2012 (07:35) [ Indexed from The Turnbuckle Post ]
WWE held their Superstar Showdown at the Full Sail University last night. A total of... More...
Brooke Hogan becomes the new Executive of the TNA Wrestling Knockouts
May 18, 2012 (07:30) [ Indexed from Women of Wrestling ]
—It has been announced on ImpactWrestling.com, that Brooke Hogan—The daughter of Hulk Hogan, will be joining Impact Wrestling. Starting on the Thursday, May 31 2012 edition of Impact Wrestling, Brooke Hogan (PICTURES) will take over as Executive to the Knockouts Division—a position left open since Karen Jarrett’s departure. There following was reported… Television personality [...] More...
Jim Ross " Update on the new NXTs future
May 18, 2012 (07:20) [ Indexed from The Turnbuckle Post ]
JIM Ross has revealed that WWE taped FOUR one-hour episodes of NXT last night at... More...
Scott Steiner " Big Poppa tells Brooke to do a porn flick with your Dad!
May 18, 2012 (07:10) [ Indexed from The Turnbuckle Post ]
SCOTT Steiner was contacted by lawyers of Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff last week about... More...
Earl Hebner " New TNA deal for famous referee
May 18, 2012 (07:00) [ Indexed from The Turnbuckle Post ]
EARL Hebner has confirmed that he has signed a brand new TNA deal that will... More...
Brooke Hogan " Whats nepotism? TNA gets a NEW executive
May 18, 2012 (07:00) [ Indexed from The Turnbuckle Post ]
SCOTT Steiner was right… at least about TNA signing Brooke Hogan. TNA Wrestling have officially... More...
Three Up, Three Down 5.18.12: WWE Raw 5.14.12
May 18, 2012 (06:40) [ Indexed from 411 Mania ]
Jordan Garretson takes a look at the good and bad from Monday's episode of Raw, including the continuation of the Daniel Bryan-CM Punk feud, the reemergence of intrigue in Randy Orton's character, Cena-Laurinaitis, and more! More...
411's WWE Superstars Report 05.17.12
May 18, 2012 (06:40) [ Indexed from 411 Mania ]
Tyson Kidd battled Lord Tensai, Heath Slater took on Alex Riley, and Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger faced the Jimmy and Jey Uso all tonight on WWE Superstars! More...
[VIDEO] TNA Impact Wrestling Post-Game Show
May 18, 2012 (06:40) [ Indexed from 411 Mania ]
Featuring Bobby Roode, Kurt Angle and more More...
411s TNA IMPACT Wrestling Report 5.17.12
May 18, 2012 (06:40) [ Indexed from 411 Mania ]
Kurt Angle battled Samoa Joe, AJ Styles had to answer more questions about Dixie Carter, Bully Ray battled RVD, Gail Kim defended the Knockouts Title against two challengers and more! Check out 411s IMPACT Wrestling report for all the details! More...

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