At 12/24/04 11:47 PM, shadowmoses_sol wrote:
:and i dont know when itll get out
Probably whenever the fuck Vince realizes his vision isn't what people want anymore, and that maybe it's time to turn the book over to someone who has DRAWN some ratings when he's in charge of the shows. See, I have a theory, and I don't think I've shared the theory with you. Now we all know the reason the business has these lows is because throughout history, promoters have been stupid in that when something gets hot, they ride it way too long, and act like the fad will never get old, which it does, and then everything goes into a lull until the next hot concept comes along. Now, the three people who have made the most money in this business for their companies when they were in charge are definitely, Vince Mcmahon, Eric Bischoff, and Paul Heyman. Now, all these men work under the same roof, and yet the ratings suck, why do they suck? It's because Paul Heyman is not in charge of creative.
Oh I know what you're going to say "great, another ECW freak sucking Paul's dick because of what he did in the bingo halls" nah, that's not what I'm doing, I'm simply saying that based on track record, the other two guys mentioned are creative retards compared to Heyman, allow me to illustrate:
Vince Mcmahon: Has Vince made more money then anyone else in wrestling? Absolutely. Does that make Vince Mcmahon a genius? No it does not. Does it make Vince horribly creative? No it does not. Now, I know what you're going to say "but wait, how can you sit there and agree he's made the most money in this business, but then say he isn't creative?". Simple, Vince is a great business man, Vince is a great marketer, but when he is micromanaging the writers (as he has been since Vince Russo left really) the product has declined more and more. Vince had one good idea in the 80's Rock and Wrestling, market to kids, and to families, and he had the talent around him that was willing and able to get that done. But after that? Nothing, rode that wave too long, and his company was nearly bankrupted because of it, it wasn't until he started taking Paul Heyman's concepts and talent, and then listening to that talent he had taken, that his product turned around, and attitude started. Vince is a great promoter, the best, and a great business man, but creatively...he pretty much sucks.
Eric Bischoff: Nah, Bischoff stole everything good he ever did, talent, ideas (the nWo was not a horribly new concept, Japan has run that type of angle so much it's as old hat as the concept of gangs here, plus, like it's really hard to imagine a faked WWE vs. WCW situation at that time drawing money and interest). What Bischoff knew how to do was spend wads of cash to get acts that were drawing at the time, but had no clue how to push beyond that, or keep things fresh, and bring new talent up. Bischoff is lucky to even have any sort of job in this industry still. But I give him credit, from Coffee Gofor of Verne Gagne, to executive of a multi-million dollar business, Bisch lived the American Dream, till it turned into a nightmare.
Paul Heyman: Paul E. is a genius, there is no denying that, Paul E. was maybe the first guy in history to understand that if you just give a guy a basic outline of what to do, and then say "ok, now go out there and make it interesting" you will get top to bottom better work, better ring work, better promos, better everything, because the guy is making it with his own talent, not trying to remember a script. He could take guys who no one else could figure out what to do with, and made them stars, big enough stars that the larger promotions stole them, and either made them into even bigger stars, or could never recapture the magic of them. Paul E. inovated in this business, he took everything that was good, and used it, and everything that was bad, and chucked it out the window. Without Paul Heyman you would not have had Hardcore titles, you would not have had Cruiserweights, you would not have had provocative storylines, blue collar characters, high flyers, and greater fan interaction. But I know what you're going to say "hey, that's what he did in the past, what about now? What's he done now?". Everytime Paul E. has been in charge of Smackdown!'s writing, show quality has gone up, and when he was featured as GM, the ratings went up every week, the first week that it was publicly known he was GM, the ratings went up. Nothing was different on that show other then who "was calling the shots" so that has to mean that Paul Heyman's simple PRESCENCE garnered higher ratings.
So why isn't Paul Heyman in charge of Smackdown!? Better yet, why isn't he in charge of CREATIVE period? Two reasons:
1. Vince dosen't trust anyone but his own family anymore in positions of power, because anyone other then family can take a walk. Honestly? Smart business, smart business for the reason I just outlined, when it's your family in there, they won't leave, because it's their money too, you fail, they fail. But the problem here is that Stephanie is not good in Creative, Stephanie dosen't understand what she's doing it seems, and she's just a puppet relaying what daddy tells her, and according to some, the will of her husband Triple H as well. But that's what Vince wants...which leads us into point two.
2. Vince dosen't want people around him who will tell him he's wrong. Vince has a tremendous ego, and he loves to have that ego stroked, Paul Heyman will not do that, if he thinks you're wrong, he tells you. Vince wants yes men, to hold a position of power there, you have to see things "the Vince Mcmahon way" or at least pretend you do, so that you get to keep your job. If you think that's going to change, think again, as long as Vince can pay himself huge bonuses, and the overall war chest of WWE is still fairly strong, Vince is going to keep trying to force us to see things his way, remember, things didn't change before until Vince was on the verge of bankruptcy before.
Until things get so bad again, or until Vince realizes that if he simply did what Todd Gordon did, in handing Paul E. creative control and letting the man work, I think WWE is going to continue to leave money on the table, and continue to flounder. Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.