WWE Musings

A Merry Monday to You, Enthusiasts! This is an important night.   The WWE seems to be going out of its way to tank its own flagship show as not only are they set to continue the Rusev, Lana & Lashley saga but now, there’s some bad press circulating over a member of the NXT roster.   Now, knowing that the WWE probably has a fanbase that consists of a fair share of text book “rednecks”, it’s no surprise that the WWE runs into sensitivity issues from time to time.   This time around, it appears to be more of a “tone deaf” sort of situation as a Jordan Myles called out the WWE for what he feels was a blatant show of what I call “minstrel-ization”.   You’ll have to see the shirt for yourself to make your own decision.   I can see where he can make the allegation but this seems a bit off…why make the accusations after approving the shirt?   This is not the full story.   Yet, I do wonder how this idea didn’t get struck down sooner.   I could see this if it was like 15-20 years ago

Greetings Enthusiasts! Here we are at another Friday night and I have to tell ya, the stakes are kinda high.    The WWE is seeing staggering drops in ratings of late and now have no choice but to turn things around.   Fortunately, SmackDown has been holding its own of late.   It’s RAW that has to make serious changes.  Personally, I’ve been voicing in this here blog that the WWE should be prepared to lose fans as they retool itself.   Some people may simply not like what it has become and that’s okay.   I can’t vouch for them when it comes to putting poor content out but I can understand it not suiting everyone’s taste.   The way they may continue to go, hopefully with improvements, may not go over well with all fans.   A lot feel they should mimic AEW and NXT’s style and presentation more and show less of the corporate glitz it seems to.    I don’t mind the glitz because the WWE definitely had its grittier days and it’s good to see that they’ve “made it” and it should be clear

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts? I got front row seats to a brush fire.   They’re quite common in SoCal. It wasn’t that big.   Anyway, we are gathered again tonight to witness WWE’s RAW offering. As you probably know, these are some interesting times as rival factions continue to make their play for wrestling fans.   AEW continues to make strides and I hear that New Japan is making a play for American markets.   That may not take as well because they tend to “really wrestle”.   Not to say that the matches aren’t still booked and decided beforehand but the outcomes and matches look actually wrestled and I’m not sure that the American palate will adapt.   People will either like it or they won’t.   We’re used to more showy displays. They’re almost like Olympic style.   We’ll see how it takes. As for the WWE Universe, they have to reestablish themselves as leader of the pack.   I think AEW is doing that for the most part ratings wise yet, WWE has its street-cred to worry about and it