Black Widow
03-25-2009, 07:53 PM
VINCE McMahon has said he finds some aspects of rival wrestling group TNA “reprehensible”.
Despite running many hugely controversial storylines in the past, the WWE boss is now making his group more family-friendly.
And he told the Hollywood Reporter: “My concern with TNA is not in terms of competition.
“My concern with TNA is that they are TV-14, and we are PG. They have to change with the times.
“I think some of the things they do on television are reprehensible, but it is a TV-14 rating.
“That's the only bone I have to pick with them. Their TV ratings are a fraction of ours.”
The journalist then questioned the WWE owner over a recent scene on Raw where Triple H broke into Randy Orton’s house with a sledgehammer.
He replied: “What we try to do in situations like that is use things that you can't find around the house.
“You will never see us use a baseball bat. You don't find folding metal chairs around the house.
“We are very selective. You can go up to the line.
“It's storytelling – that's how our business thrives. If you have well-defined characters and put them in the right story line against other characters, people care about their welfare.”
Addressing the threat to WWE revenues from Mixed Martial Arts group UFC, Vince added: “Most people thought at one point that we would be competitors.
“But it turns out they are not competition to us at all, or hardly at all.
“They are sport, we are entertainment – it's a huge difference.
“The revenue they have cut into is that of boxing.”
The Sun
Despite running many hugely controversial storylines in the past, the WWE boss is now making his group more family-friendly.
And he told the Hollywood Reporter: “My concern with TNA is not in terms of competition.
“My concern with TNA is that they are TV-14, and we are PG. They have to change with the times.
“I think some of the things they do on television are reprehensible, but it is a TV-14 rating.
“That's the only bone I have to pick with them. Their TV ratings are a fraction of ours.”
The journalist then questioned the WWE owner over a recent scene on Raw where Triple H broke into Randy Orton’s house with a sledgehammer.
He replied: “What we try to do in situations like that is use things that you can't find around the house.
“You will never see us use a baseball bat. You don't find folding metal chairs around the house.
“We are very selective. You can go up to the line.
“It's storytelling – that's how our business thrives. If you have well-defined characters and put them in the right story line against other characters, people care about their welfare.”
Addressing the threat to WWE revenues from Mixed Martial Arts group UFC, Vince added: “Most people thought at one point that we would be competitors.
“But it turns out they are not competition to us at all, or hardly at all.
“They are sport, we are entertainment – it's a huge difference.
“The revenue they have cut into is that of boxing.”
The Sun