Wednesday, August 31, 2011

The State of the WWE as of 8/31/11

This is going to be a long post, but I'm going to be using a font size hierarchy so that if you don't want to read the really specific stuff, just don't read the small text.  The WWE right now technically has four brands: Raw, Smackdown, Superstars and NXT.  In this post I'm going to be addressing Raw and Smackdown in separate sections, and then Superstars and NXT will both be in one section towards the end.  So if you don't care about the C and D shows, they're at the end and easily ignored.  Convenient, right?  My Power Rankings at the beginning of each brand are top 9, simply for the sake of aesthetics.  That damn 10 looks so chunky below all those single digit numbers.

Welcome to PWB

I'm not here to give people any big stories or find the next big exclusive.  I'm not even here to rate matches with stars; that's for marks.  I am here to offer my opinion on the state of Professional Wrestling.  I'm not even limiting it to just what's going on today; I might occasionally get the urge to post something about Pro Wrestling's past.  I have been watching Pro Wrestling since 1996, when I was a mere six years old, and I've been intensely passionate about the business ever since.  I learned some of the inner workings of the business around the time that "Beyond the Mat" came out.  You know, the movie that goes inside the lives of Jake Roberts, Mick Foley and Terry Funk.  When I saw Foley and Rock discussing spots before their big I Quit match that I marked out so passionately for when it happened, it all clicked.