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Wildwood wrote:

> Finally...  Michael  has come back to
> rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated...
> 
> 
>>Wildwood wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Finally...  "Ed Murphy"
 has come back to
>>>rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:40:01 +0000, Hack-Man wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>What was the deal with Russo attacking this guy, then attacking that
>>>>guy, then attacking *that* guy?  They sold it like Russo and Styles
>>>>were in cahoots from the beginning, but it came off more
like (a) Russo
>>>>was delivering random beatings just to mess with our heads,
or (b) the
>>>>writers were telling Russo to deliver random beatings because they
>>>>didn't know where they wanted the angle to end up.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>They showed about a month's worth of attacks compressed into 3
>>>minutes, but still, Russo has the McMahon disease, where he, as a
>>>writer, *MUST* be on TV and MUST "swerve" the fans
every week.  :-(
>>
>>Actually, as head of the promotion, did Eric Bischoff start that trend? 
>> Not that Russo and Vince haven't taken it to extremes.
>>
> 
> 
> True, Bischoff started it, but the Vinces beat it to death, hang it on
> a symbol, animate the stinking corpse to have sex with it, burn it to
> a crisp in the Dupp Cup and call it what we, the viewing public wants
> - we just don't know we want it, but THEY want it, so we MUST want
> their sloppy seconds.  ;-)
> 
> Here's a suggestion to everyone at WWE and TNA shows, especially if
> you are seated on camera.  If you are as bored with the Vinces as I
> am, take a newspaper with you, and hold it in front of your face,
> reading it, while Vince is in the ring.
> 
> Since booing is considered "good heat" and silence is sweetened (at
> least on Smackdown), this is as close as the classic ECW turning of
> the back and shouting "Bingo!" as we can get now on boring things.

Just out of curiosity, what's worse:

- Shane being booked as the apparent tamer of Kane?

Or

- The booking of Steph over and over in big matches (that may or may not 
take place) on Smackdown?

The plus in Shane's column is that he's shown more than a simple 
willingness to take insane bumps.

Can't think of a plus in Steph's column.

Michael


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