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What will happen to wrestling when Vince McMahon dies?
Sat, 21 Jan 2006 13:40:41 -0800
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Keith Seine...
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WWF is currently a monopoly but Vince McMahon is its Atlas. Now that the
other major wrestling organizations have been obliterated, will
wrestling disappear completely once Vince McMahon dies?
Jax...
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Nah. It'll just go back to being super-fragmented, before Vince and
Ted started buying up feds left and right. Unless Stephanie and Shane
can run WWE like their dad was able to, and I don't think either
could...
Bill Becker...
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Nah. HHH will be the super glue that holds the WWE together.
arg.
Curt James...
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McMahon has no lieutenants?
Keith Seine...
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He does, but he himself holds many job responsibilities that no other
one person will be able to hold by themself. WWF after McMahon will be
like Cuba after Castro, most of the organization is tied up in one man's
life.
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Regardless of the fate of Vince and the WWE, pro wrestling will NEVER
die. Was at an übersmall venue and saw 62-year-old Jimmy "Superfly"
Snuka performing to the absolute delight of the crowd in an NCW event.
My brothers and I had front row seats. Just a great time.
Keith Seine...
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Snuka, Billy Graham... these are like the rings Sauron made in Lord of
the Rings. After Sauron died the rings were powerful because he had
imbued them with a bit of his own essence. But what happens when the
last stars McMahon created leave wrestling or die?
Eric Bischoff created one star wrestler, but required several other
McMahon-created wrestlers to do that. Paul Heyman and ECW never created
a star. Cornette and OVW have never created a star. The Jarretts and TNA
never created a star. The only one who has ever created wrestling stars
is McMahon, and he has lost that ability in his old age. "Cena" is not
The Rock or Stone Cold. Nobody will be interested in Cena's biography in
30 years, or his life and times. He has a white rapper gimmick and was
recruited from a reality TV show. Come on.
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WillBrink...
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Who cares?
Milhouse Authentico...
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Can upstart second-rate promotion "TNA" fill the void that will be left
once the WWF dissolves? Could Paul Heyman or Eric Bischoff keep the
legacy of wrestling alive, much less Vince McMahon's pampered kids?
Smart Ape with Dr. Acula...
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LOL @ Eric and/or Paul doing anything for the WWE.
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Will wrestling be forced to return to its roots in territories, or will
UFC/bodybuilding replace wrestling?
Chris Lansdell...
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Find out next week, same Bat-time, same Bat-channel!
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