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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
There were definitely times when the gore went too far (JBL vs. Guerrero, 2005) and the spots were too dangerous (all those early Elimination Chamber matches).
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I enjoyed ECW back in the day, but good riddance it's now a dead company.
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Originally Posted by CoMoChief
The Vince Russo stuff got REALLY silly towards the end.
But it's still 100x better than anything they write today. I remember when Smackdown was just as good as Raw, and better than any PPV WWE puts on today. I remember going to the very first Smackdown ever, taped in KC at Kemper, it was on my 16th bday. Rock was sweet chin music'd by HBK during a People's Elbow, who was special guest ref during title match vs HHH. Also was at the Owen Hart show Over the Edge PPV, and I'll never forget that. I had floor seats and he fell not too far away from where I was sitting.
And the guys are smaller and more athletic now...but they all look like a bunch of metro-sexuals who are getting ready for a night out on the town. Characters aren't believable anymore. The mystique factor is gone, too many cameras behind the curtain, reality shows etc etc.
With exception to Stroman and a couple others, gone are the days of the big powerful wrestler that wow'd everyone. And that's partly due to WWE wellness policy and their overall direction they chose to go in.
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No way. This isn't even the worst period for WWE, and the worst period for them (diva search) was still better than Russo and his viagra on a pole match.