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| Guest Columns | Chuck Carlin |
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ADVICE TO VINCE Everyone it seems has been writing columns about what WCW should do to improve the quality of their programming, especially Nitro. However, these columns mostly seem to be geared toward WWF marks, and not WCW executives. So I figured, why not write about what WWF can do to improve their show for a change. because their poor ratings sure could use a boost. First of all guys, lets talk about continuity. Now Vince does a bang up job of making us completely forget what he wants us to, but is that such a good goal? I think we all like to fondly remember storylines that just evaporated some time ago. Such as the Acolytes. Does anyone else remember that they were originally The Jakyl's thugs? But what happenned to that little plotine? It was completely dropped in leu of The Undertaker's newly forming Ministry. That's a nice start, but what Vince really needs to do is act on a larger scale. He needs to build up things that EVERYBODY will remember, and THEN drop them. An example of this would be just how nicely WCW managed to execute the fantastic Hummer story. Compare that to how disapointed the world was when WWF actually showed us who the Greater/Higher Power was. We weren't disapointed so much that it was Vince, just that they had showed us who it was too soon. I mean only a week to speculate? C'mon guys, get with it. WWF relies too uch on their coveted "pay-off". Just think how great the Gobbledy-Gooker would have been if nobody ever found out what it was. Also, I've had just about enough of these so-called "Superstars" of the WWF. These guys like The Rock, Austin, HHH, and Mankind are NOT established wrestling superstars, no matter how much Vince wants us to believe otherwise. The true superstars of wrestling are the legends, such as Gorilla Monsoon, Killer Kowalski, Gerry Brisco, and such. So why are they not given the push? Retirement reshmirement. I would easily plop down 30 bucks every month to see the corpse of the REAL Gorgeous George face off against Pat Patterson to see just who is the most feminine. Enough of these young guys and all their flashy, risky moves. That's how careers get cut short. Let's see some good old fashioned punches, and lots of them! Hardcore matches. What can I say. They're just way to far fetched. We're supposed to believe that two men that hardly even dislike, much less hate each other are going to resort to hitting each other with chairs, bricks, and tables to get a win? In fact all of us know that no win is worth possibly injuring your opponent. Instead of chairs, use big foam fingers borrowed from a fan. In stead of throwing one another into a table, make sure there's a nice pile of padding or cardboard nearby to throw your opponent into. Things like scalding coffee, broom handles, and trash cans can all be replaced by luke-warm water, wiffle bats, and tupperware. Let's respect each other. Not enough of a story can be told in merely two hours of Monday night programming. I say, go all the way, have a full day of preshows leading up to the big 6 hours of Raw is War, Warzone, War is Raw, No Fly Zone (for wrestlers like Viscera and Big Show), Raw si War (for our spanish speaking friends), and The Late Show With Jim Ross. I doubt that the USA network would object to 6 hours of live wrestling preceded by 10 hours of pre shows starting at 9 am every Monday. It would be a ratings lock for sure! Tune in next week for more opinions from me, as well as a really nifty pizza recipe! Chuck Carlin (CFC3) freelance Mail the Author |
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