The booking doesn't seem to be long term based, you keep hearing about shows that are still being written that morning and on one occasion while it happening if I remember correctly. Storyline wise CM Punk being allowed anywhere near a title shot before signing a new contract is pretty much proof that you aren't thinking very far ahead.
Yeah exactly. Vince's BROAD general vision for the company
may be long term but even that is questionable.
Its a smart long term business decision to invest in creating new stars to promote and draw for the product. Vince hasn't tried hard enough to do that. They didn't think long term there. They wanted until the last minute. Procrastination like a motherf***er
Most of their ideas for the company creatively and even business related seem to be things that happen on the fly. Look at the HOF building. They don't seem to know their a** from a hole in the ground as far as what to do there. same is true for the WWE network. They're gonna do it next year...but they've been saying "next year" for like four years. Have they REALLY put the research into this that they say they have? I know its not easy to start a network but they've laid out virtually ZERO ideas on what their plan is.
Love it or hate it Oprahs business decisions for her network WERE long term and she was talking about them years ago.
This angle has only been going for a little over a month. MITB was a great PPV, but it's foolish of VInce to be upset that the rating only went up three points. The changes he started in 1996 didn't begin payoff big ratings wise until 1998.
At least the rating went UP and not down.
And sadly I think in some ways the business as a whole may be more cooled off now than it was in 96.
There is no competition from a WCW and there is no cutting edge company like ECW to "take" ideas and talent from. The territorial groomed talent is all but dead (literally in some cases) and most to the great booking minds in the business are old, ignored, out of ideas, or have been put to pasture.
Vince acts like ratings are like alchemy were you can take one thing and turn it into something else immediately. Doesn't work that way. They've let too much sh** pile up to immediately expect gold.
