And bringing in guys like Goldberg and Steiner, both of whom (wow, I can't believe I used the word "whom"... does it even fit there?) got the crowd to turn on them in their FIRST MATCH in WWE certainly doesn't help anything.
Didn't Vince used to make fun of WCW for having a bunch of old guys as their biggest stars? Now WWE has the same old guys but they're give years older...
And I kinda disagree with TheGame in one point, that being I believe that the world title should be the main focus on both shows. When feuding for a title, the main reason for the feud should be because the challenger wants the damn belt, that's why it's there in the first place. Start with that very simple formula, and then there can be added agendas as the feud carries on. If there's gonna be a feud between two guys because they used to be old friends and now have split, then don't make it for the damn belt. It seems like every feud now is for the stupidest reasons, or for no reasons at all. (Ie. Hogan/Vince, this feud is also a prime example of my second point.)
They really need to make the titles mean more than they do right now. I remember when Bret Hart wanted HIS IC Belt back, and his match with Piper at WM8 seemed to meant so, so much. Razor Ramon was screwed out of his IC Championship, and he wanted to prove he was the real IC Champ and he had a classic with HBK in a Ladder match. Then there were also matches like Austin vs Bret at WM13 (well, most of that whole feud) that weren't for the belt, and it worked perfectly. The story was that Austin was the new big thing, this tough SOB, had no respect for anything, and he thought babyface good guy Bret Hart was a piece of ****, so he said so. Bret comes back, and they have an awesome feud while the World title was in a different feud because it wasn't needed here. Then I also remember when number one contendership matches meant so much to me. Like in 1994 (I think) when there was a battle royal on Raw, and Razor and Rick Martel were the last two standing.
Now I just don't give a **** about title matches or number one contendership matches. They're all predictable (not just for people who read wrestling news on the internet either, any idiot knows who'll win most of the matches in WWE), or built up badly. In short, I want matches that mean something.
That's more of some of my good memories of wrestling than it is a thought out idea, but hey, I'm not telling you anything you don't already know.
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