Breaking The Walls Down Submitted by Chris Dailey on Tuesday, November 20, 2001 at 6:38 PM EST
Breaking The Walls Down
Hello everyone and welcome back to another edition of Breaking The Walls Down. Thanksgiving is almost upon us (for those of you in the U.S.), so it's almost time to stuff yourselves with food, which is a good thing. But, rather than getting into how much of a pig I'm going to make myself, let's get right into it. Onto Bits and Pieces.
Bits and Pieces
So, Bill Goldberg would consider himself a hypocrite if he joined the WWF, eh? Well, all I can say is enjoy the money now, Bill, because maybe in a few years swallowing your pride may have never looked so good.
Hey, did anyone notice that the order of which the wrestlers were eliminated in the main event in Survivor Series was the same order in which they entered?
Nothing really spectacular happened at Survivor Series in my opinion. I don't know what to even say about it. Some matches were good, surprisingly Test's match was good, but, hey, that involved Edge, so who can complain? Maybe, just maybe, Test is getting better. Maybe.
Food for thought: If certain titles are united, why isn't there one title for that category instead of two?
Keep your prayers going for Hayabusa, he needs them.
And now, onto the column.
You've Got My Attention, Now Do Something About It
O.K., so here we sit. Flair and Lawler are back. Ric strutted into the ring on Monday night and it was great to see. Lawler on the headset was good to hear. And, Austin coming to the ring in old Austin fashion was great to see. But, the question begs to be asked, "What now?" And if that can be answered, "For how long?"
If anything has become evident in the WWF, storylines have simply grown so boring that no one cares. Remember how much of a dream it was for everyone to see an invasion of the two/three biggest federations in the U.S. and maybe the world? The biggest star the WWF got from WCW was Booker T. Which, is fine, but he's not all they needed. It's unfortunate that the invasion angle went the way it did. It went down hill and went down hill real quick.
But, last night Vince tried to make some things right in the world of professional wrestling. We were reintroduced to Ric Flair, Jerry Lawler, and a face Austin. What? A face Austin. Yes, that is what I said and that is what the WWF needs. But, the WWF also needs a face Triple H. It's time to turn The Rock heel and do it soon. Hopefully Vince does this. It makes sense to turn him heel. He's had more than his fare share as a face, turn him heel, he's a good heel, in fact, he's a great heel.
However, how long can Vince keep our attention. It is my hope that this "partnership" doesn't turn into a Vince McMahon/Linda McMahon situation. And, what I mean by that is Vince and Linda constantly trying to out do the other by making matches. The concern here is that the WWF is replacing Linda McMahon with Ric Flair. Granted, Flair is exceptional on the mic and gets the crowd going, but my concern is that we've seen this before. Almost every aspect we've seen with Vince we've seen before. My concern is that now we'll have a rerun of the Vince vs. Linda feud but with a new character.
Yes, it is premature to assume that Vince will go this route, however I'm not assuming, just raising the possibility. Another possibility is that Vince and Flair will have their own factions, which will make more sense. There have been rumors flying around that Vince and Flair will pick wrestlers for each other's faction. That presents an interesting possibility, but one that could get convoluted real quick. Espionage, back-stabbing, who's on who's side, plots within plots, etc. could develop. And, to me that is interesting, yet it has to be written properly. That is no easy task when you consider you have to keep the storylines at an understandable level for the millions of viewers that currently enjoy the WWF's programming.
My concern, which may be yours, is is Vince going to keep our interest? WWF programming for the past half a year or so has been completely boring. I have been, for the most part, using the WWF to help me fall asleep at night. Vince needs to listen to his wrestlers and learn from past mistakes. I'm hoping that The Nature Boy is only the beginning, because if that is all Vince can do, in the long run, it won't be enough.
