Raw in 1999 - The Thinking Man's Wrestling Show
>intricate storylines
>shades of grey characters with depth
>unpredictable
>intrigue throughout every episode
>live audience enjoyment
>mainstream crossover
Raw in 2019 - The Unthinking Man's Wrestling Show
>no storylines
>2D cartoon characters
>predictable months in advance
>every episode is boring
>dead crowds
>only enjoyed by bottom of the barrel genetic trash
What changed?
>What changed?
No Bobcore.
A 50 year old man became 70
50 year old Vince was just as much out of touch. WCW was doing cutting edge programming with nWo and WWF was still doing cartoony bullshit.
Vince always sucked. Russo was the filter the entire time.
based
They both were filter to one another. Notice how Russo and Vince both hadn't achieve anything in 20 years
>intricate storylines
>shades of grey characters with depth
>unpredictable
>intrigue throughout every episode
>live audience enjoyment
>mainstream crossover
>Mainstream crossover
Yeah nah
In Japan it is. TV Asahi airs shows and wrestlers are on mainstream talk shows and get NHK documentaries all the time.
Except NJPW doesnt run with weekly episodic formatted tv show.
In japan yes.
>Tiger Mask anime
>In the Yakuza games
>In tekken
>Makabe has an extremely popular TV show
>Tanahashi's new movie opened extremely positively
>Ibushi is in Commercial's and alot of Reality tv shows
None of this applies for a company that runs one show a year
they have run 5 shows this week
> t. zoomer
People said the exact same things about him then that they do today
> yfw that perfect storm will never be replicated
Russo and Ferrara going over big ratings scripts in the background on an episode of RAW.
We lost the man who made it all possible
bleacherreport.com
Bingo Hall "shows" filmed with a single cheap camera aren't the same as network television
Every show has the same high quality KINO camera work. People got mad when ROH did the camera work for MSG since New japan's is the best in the game. and The place they are running on satuday has a Capacity of 7,514 people
1999
>filtering out the crowd is unheard of
>wouldn't even dare to try it
2019
>crowds so silent you can hear a moth fart
>crowd noise and chants filtered out when desired result isn't happening
>have to edit in crowd noise in future replays
