From: dkempste@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David N Kempster)
Subject: Re: How to make the WWF better (10 ways if possible)
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Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 15:37:05 GMT


Keep
>Allow me to clarify,
>
>     Due to the stupidity of Bill Watts, The WCW light-heavy division has gone
>down the tubes.  Like it or not McMahon has his publicity machine, which could
>get a light-heavy division off the ground.  Once established, I feel that He
>could easily sign Liger, along with Owen Hart, and perhaps Jeff Jarret, and
>even Bruce Hart (He DID appear in one of the interviews leading up to the
>Bulldog v Bret Hart match at SS.
>      Also, I never knew that a O Hart v Liger match took place! Where and
>when did it happen, and what was the result?
>
>
>                                I won't rest until the Midnight Express
>                                              Returns!!!
>
>                                         Joe"Chaos"Gentile
>
McMahon's publicity machine is not doing that well right now. But why would you
think that the light heavy in the Wiff would be a money making venture. It 
never has been for him in the past. You have to remember he has done his best 
to make people uninterested in wrestling. People who watch the wiff watch it 
for the stupid comicbook characters and not for the wrestling. Your claiming 
that it would be a money maker for McMahon to create a lt. heavy division and 
do the things you suggested is like saying if Anheiser-Bush put out a good beer
would be a great and popular money maker. This company has trained the American
"Beer" drinkers into not liking beer. Budweiser does not even have a family 
resemblance to good beer, but people buy it more then they would a good beer.  
I think the same is true in the Wiff.
     This also brings me to your wanting wrestler X in the wiff. You want the 
Midnight Express, Arn Anderson, and others to come to the Wiff because you 
think they are great wrestlers. But remember whenever these people do come to 
the WWF, their work rate declines, the number of moves they do goes down and 
they become much less interesting. Ric Flair is a good example of this. He has 
had some ok matches in the wiff but alot of * matches as well. His squash 
matches are four slaps and a figure four leg lock. Can you say Booooring?
Remember also the Bobby Eaton has NO personality, and that is Death in the WWF.
The Midnight express gimick may not be seen as enough. In fact McMoney would 
almost surely change the name (see Road Warriors) because Wrestling has no 
history for him.
     So if you like someone because they are a good wrestler DON'T wish the WWF
on them. And if you want to see matches like Owen Hart vs. Liger go look in the
yellow pages, find a Japanese food market in your area and go. They OFTEN rent 
tapes, and although the labels will all be in Japanese, it is easy enough to 
ask the people where theire Pro-wrestling videos are. No matter which tape you 
get you will be seeing much better wrestling then you are used to (espeically 
if you are used to the WWF).
                                      David Kempster
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