BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
(FOUR) BLOOD
I’m not asking for pools of blood or anyone to get seriously hurt. I just miss WWE having blood. Wrestling is a scripted sport, but when watching you want to be able to dispend belief. How am I supposed to accept that in a fight that someone isn’t going to occasionally bleed. I’d even take it for big big matches or special occasions, but the complete shunning of it cheapens the “what if” factor and eases too much tension on bigger matches. You can watch two people hate eachother and beat eachother up, but bet your ass you will NOT see any blood. Knowing that, does kind of suck.
(THREE) MANAGERS
I know there’s the occasional diva at ringside, but it’s never really a “manager”. It’s like a buddy or love interest. Nothing more. No one is out there saying “I’m a manager”. Paul Bearer was around for a little while, but not much. There are so many wrestlers who can work okay in the ring but have bland personalities. Giving them a manager or second voice would do so much for them. It worked in the past and it works with Vicki Guerreo, but we need more. This could be a great way to utilize some legends like Arn Anderson, Ted DiBiase, Honky Tonk Man, and others. Then there are people like Abraham Washington just sitting around collecting dust.
(TWO) OLD SCHOOL COMMENTARY
I’m not saying JR. JR would be a welcomed change, but I’m not just sticking with him on this. I absolutely hate hearing Michael Cole’s voice. It has nothing to do with him being “heelish” as I’ve felt like he was horrible much before then. His voice is like nails on a cock-board. I don’t know what that is, but I neither want to see, hear, or experience it. I’d take a robotic impersonation of Gorilla Monsoon, Todd Grisham, Joey Styles, Tony Shivani, or anyone for that matter. Michael Cole is a reason I watch less wrestling in recent years. He’s THAT bad.
(ONE) THE OLD CAGE
Remember the old cage in WWF? The big bulky blue bars crossing about every foot. This was the cage I grew up with. The cage I saw Bret Hart escape to beat Owen at Summerslam 94. The cage the coming to fame Mankind jumped off of onto the snobbish Triple H. The cage Bret Hart threw a shocking curse word fit in to jump start the Attitude era. There is so much history with this cage that it’s retardiculous for it not to be in use. When we think of a cage, we get chain linked fence and a big bulky thing that falls from the sky. That was NWA/WCW. They had the chain link and WWF had their own bad ass steel cage. The WWF one was cooler. It seemed easier to climb, thus easier to hit big moves. It looked cooler and we could see more of the action without it looking like a dot matrix. They need to bring this cage back in some fashion. Please!
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