Wwe "deaths"

[Will]

If anyone had cared to check WWE.com over the last few days, you would see that it is being "reported" that Long is in an Atlanta hospital and is "comatose". He's not dead (kayfabe-wise).

Personally, I think WWE's ways of creating kayfabe injuries and deaths is just stupid. There is a big difference between RAW & SD, and a crime/drama show like CSI (which I think is a pretty bad example considering the show is based on dead people and murder scenes). The difference is that RAW and Smackdown happen in front a live crowd. There were probably a lot of people in Atlanta last Tuesday who thought there might have been something wrong with Long, just as there were a few gullible people a couple months ago who thought Vince had actually been blown up. I know WWE can't be held responsible for the stupidity of its fans, but IMO, the focus should be on wrestling, or at least gimmicks pertaining to wrestling, not these bogus storylines.

I dont go to the land of Marksville, so i do not know what they are saying nor can I even 100% guarantee that wwe.com is actually the web address. The rest of your point makes absolutely no sense. Most television shows are taped in front of a live studio audience, far smaller obviously but still a live audience of fans of the show. Its not like wwe is the only show in the world that has an audience. WWE is nothing like CSI and to use that as a counter point to why they should use death storylines and WWE shouldnt is silly. Its exactly the same as a soap opera, which is also taped in front of a live audience and uses death storylines. The only difference is that fans of soap operas are smart enough to know that everything they see is fake. Vince Mcmahon has said it for the last two decades and its as true today as it was when Vinny first had his visions for the business and bought the company from his father, this is entertainment not wrestling. If you want wrestling, go watch the olympics.

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Also if people couldn't figure out that what happen to Teddy was fake they need help. No matter where u were watching that from it looked fake plus it's the WWE they always doing stuff like this.

[Ill Will]

I dont go to the land of Marksville, so i do not know what they are saying nor can I even 100% guarantee that wwe.com is actually the web address.

I'm not exactly sure where this condescending statement was supposed to be directed at, because it doesn't make a lot of sense, but nevertheless, the report did actually come from WWE.com

http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/a...678/longupdate

And as contrived as it looks, there still are people out there who believe it.

Most television shows are taped in front of a live studio audience

Really? Sporting events, sitcoms, and talk shows are, but crime dramas aren't. CSI (the example used in this thread that I was commenting on) definitely isn't.

Its not like wwe is the only show in the world that has an audience.

I have no clue what that has to do with this thread, unless that's what you thought I was implying. If so, that's pretty sad.

WWE is nothing like CSI and to use that as a counter point to why they should use death storylines and WWE shouldnt is silly.

Just by transitive property, wouldn't that mean it's just as silly to suggest that it's OK for WWE to do it if CSI does it? I know WWE programming is nothing like CSI. That why I previously said that CSI was a bad example. I'm not sure what point you were trying to make here, or if you were just trying to find a way to make what I posted seem stupid.

Its exactly the same as a soap opera, which is also taped in front of a live audience and uses death storylines.

1. Most American daytime dramas (soap operas) are live, not taped.

2. Most American daytime dramas have no studio audience.

3. Are you seriously saying that soap operas and pro wrestling are "exactly the same"? It's not even worth my time to argue that point.

The only difference is that fans of soap operas are smart enough to know that everything they see is fake.

I know WWE can't be held responsible for the stupidity of its fans

Let me know when you find a difference between what I said and what you said...

Vince Mcmahon has said it for the last two decades and its as true today as it was when Vinny first had his visions for the business and bought the company from his father, this is entertainment not wrestling. If you want wrestling, go watch the olympics.

You did a great job here of trying to swerve the topic and trying to make it look as if I was ranting on WWE. This a wrestling discussion board, where I would assume would be a good place to give my opinions and discuss various topics related to pro wrestling. That's exactly what I'm doing. Over the "last two decades", Vince's promotion has changed drastically, but it is still considered to be a pro wrestling company, not a production studio. If you want to call it something else, feel free, but I'd like to stay in reality if you don't mind. Calling it entertainment doesn't really do anything. Almost everything on TV is meant as entertainment. Every sporting event, movie, sitcom, cartoon, etc, is supposed to be entertaining the people watching it.

Your "go watch the oplympics" quip shows that you wholly missed my sentiment in this thread. I'm not asking WWE to start featuring mat-style wrestling, or even to become ROH, I'm saying that I'm alright with some of the over the top gimmicks and characters, the horrible acting in backstage skits, and even some of the storylines I find entertaining to follow, but as a whole, I think they could do without the fake car bombs and "career-ending" kicks to the head. What I'm saying is that my preference is for the stuff that is a little more believable, but the things WWE keeps doing continue to be more and more contrived. It's fine if you want to disagree with me, but there's no need to make it look like my opinion is not valid, or that I should not be discussing wrestling on a wrestling discussion board.

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uh oh...I smell a conflict between the Wills....