[quote name='GuilewasNK']Vince is the most fortunate moron I have ever seen except for the president.[/QUOTE]
fixed. Let's face it: ain't nothin' gonna change WWE. Vince Russo, for all the harm he caused to pro wrestling, was enough of a person to challenge Vince's vision of pro wrestling in 1996. It made McMahon a billionaire. In fact, it still does. WWE as a product is dreadful, but WWE as a business is fantastic for Vince. No competition means he has immense leverage in negotiating contracts, having a public offering means he cashes checks, to himself, worth tens of millions of dollars each time they have quarterly dividends, and they saturate the market enough with live shows and mechandise so as to make it a very profitable company. Keep income high, keep costs low: Vince has been following that exceptionally well for quite some time, so while the WWE is as stale and stagnant as can be imaginable, they never see it on their end as a result of the magnificent checks they make.
Remember what led to McMahon listening to Russo (again, allegedly the only person Vince ever listened to who disagreed with him): losing the ratings war to WCW, and *hemmorhaging money out the ass*. WWE history is glad to remind you what a success Vince is, and they frequently discuss how the WWF almost went out of business in 1996 because they couldn't turn a profit. Until they're put in such dire straights again, I don't see anything changing.
It's like asking McDonald's to serve you beef tournedos instead of McRibs, because they have trained chefs in the company who create the menu. It's totally
ing futile, and against the goal of the company.
TNA is improving at a snail's pace, and their biggest problem is that they need to grow (unlike WWE), yet the offensive things about their product (pushing Sting v. Jarrett) turn people away at a time when that is precisely what they do not need.
I'll gladly watch ROH when they're in town; they have a genius business model for a smalltime company. Their biggest problem is that, in order to follow storylines, you need to shell out $20 for every dvd they release (which is every goddamned show they do). In the end, they succeed because, while you may not give a shit about the feud between so-and-so A and so-and-so B, they at least get to have a good
ing wrestling match.
Heh. McTournedos.