The internets ruined wrasslin. The storyline buildups of the past are just that....a thing of the past.
There's no mystery behind anything anymore. "Who is Iron Sheik really?" Google him. "Wonder what's gonna happen on RAW this week?" Go check Wrestlezone.
There's a PPV every other week it seems so there's no build, no character development, no story to get behind....it's gone as quickly as it came.
The whole "wrasslin was only good during the Monday Night Wars and the WWF Attitude Era" is not true. The 80s were huge in wrasslin and it was fully PG like it is today. We say everything sucks now because we're so fully desensitized today.
As fans we're too involved and impatient.....we live in the instant information and instant communication era so we want to spoil everything before it's even scripted LOL.....the whole process sucks. I use to watch matches build for months and the only time I'd see the wrestlers prior to the matches were during the huge interviews. Find me a Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Rock or Ultimate Warrior interview today.....you can't!!! There aren't any.
There's no charisma in the wrestlers. The majority of mic skills suck. There are no classic interviews anymore...just stupid sidebars and lame, rehased jokes that don't work.
The truly huge pops during wrestler entrances are gone. Heck, even the entrance music sucks.
The majority of old school wrestlers were all monsters....huge men. Today the guys are big, but not monsters. Where are the Ted Arcidis, Kazs, Hercules Hernandez', Hulk Hogan, Warlords, etc.....once in awhile we get a monster. The wrasslin ranks used to be packed with em....now we get one once in a blue moon.
There are no real tag teams anymore. Gone are the days of the Road Warriors, Midnight Express, Powers of Pain, Horsemen, etc.... There are no true managers either.....no Percy Pringles, no Gary Harts, no Jim Cornettes, no Bobby Heenans.....no nothing.
"Dream matchups" basically occur on every wrasslin program virtually every week. We've seen everything before and it's repeated endlessly with subpar talent today. I'm not saying the wrestlers aren't good athletes, but there's a difference between being a genuine wrestling talent and athleticism.
There are no more Hulk Hogans, Ultimate Warriors, Ric Flairs, Von Erichs, Harts, Dusty Rhodes, etc......
And where have all the career jobbers gone? Where are the "Playboy" Buddy Roses or the unnamed yet fully recognizable "ham n eggers" that were beaten endlessly by Koko B. Ware, the Junkyard Dogg and Dino Bravo.
The fun gimmicks are also gone and the internet has ruined that potential. The fantasy element has left wrasslin because virtually everything can be googled and spoiled so the wrasslin websites cater to that idea because.....well.....wha t else can they do? Turn off the net LOL?
Wrestling will never be what it was again.
