Welcome to the first edition of The WZ Inbox here at WrestleZone.com! This is a forum for all our loyal WZ readers to send in questions, comments, thoughts, opinions, pictures of your girlfriends in bathing suits, or whatever you feel like sending to us that we will respond to right here on the site on a weekly basis! If you have something you’d like to send to us, please feel free to email us anytime at [email protected]. That said, let’s get right into some of YOUR thoughts this week, and remember, ANYTHING you want answered or commented on will be done every week on The WZ Inbox!
The following was sent in by Daniel
Hi Nick
The WWE ratings are dropping because McMahon has given his shows a PG rating. The WWE should bring back a new “Attitude Era”. Times and attitude change, but for wrestling to improve I think it needs a drastic turn around. I am a wrestling fan that was brought up with the 1980 era including NWA, AWA, WWF, WCCW, Big Time Wrestling etc. Wrestling will see a big decline in the future. There should be a stronger mix of old school and new ideas in their scripts? Do you agree Nick? What was your favorite wrestling feud? Mine was the Road Warriors and the Russians.
In my opinion, Daniel, there is a major Catch 22 at work here when you talk about WWE bringing back an “Attitude Era” or something like it. The real issue is that children are a cash cow for pro wrestling, and marketing your product towards them helps not only gain sponsorship because your weekly TV shows are not as racy, but it also helps sell merchandise. You have to remember that the youth demographic are the ones buying all of the Rey Mysterio masks, for example, and WWE relies on parents bringing their children to live events so that those masks can sell. If the product is catered to someone of my age, I’m 30 years old, then they miss out on selling an extra ticket to my child, and are less likely to get me to spend money on a replica Mike Knox beard (I think they need to start making those).
Having said all of the above, however, there is a way WWE can produce a PG rated show without having to dumb it down for the rest of their demographic. One emphasis can be on more consistent, high quality in-ring action as that will always appeal to the older generation (not that I’m old mind you).
And as far as my favorite feud goes, there have been so many through the years to choose from, but I don’t think anything got me more excited when I was a kid watching wrestling and seeing Hulk Hogan feud with The Ultimate Warrior leading to their epic battle at Wrestlemania 6.
The following was sent in by UWAMag99
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
