When you have a couple of minutes, please give me your opinion of my idea for WWE's next program/project to attract the mainstream.
I am sure that WWE and you personally are inundated with storyline ideas, etc., and thus there is no appropriate contact info readily available.
I still miss the old radio show, Sunday nights on WSB.
Thanks in advance, Bryan from Charlotte
If WWE is truly interested in spending additional production dollars to attract new fans with a nod to reality tv, but wanting to stretch current resources, televise OVW and FCW on national tv with an authentic but Tough Enough-esque feel..
Do a "season" of OVW then a "season" of FCW with one star winning a vacant title at the end of each season. Do a third season of Divas.
Present the show as "You are watching the WWE Superstars of tomorrow today" and celebrate it as such. Produce the show with an emphasis on character development, but with focus on the title being the ticket to the big stage, a spot on the main WWE RAW/Smackdown roster.
Anyone who has seen tape of an OVW farewell match when Cena, Batista, or Mickie James is leaving for the big leagues, the dedicated OVW (and now FCW) fans are aware, give the proper send off, and this makes for good tv.
Create this effect for a national tv audience, in turn creating a developed star that has grown as the fans have watched.
In the end, fans of the reality show will tune into RAW/Smackdown/PPV and attend live events to see "their guy" shine on the big stage. Following the success of The Wrestler, new fans will be more likely to tune into something of this sort.
Regards,
Bryan Ward
Mon, 02/23/2009 - 4:11pm — markofthewolves
Can you really blame us though? The Ultimate Warrior dvd pretty much humiliated him, and just about every wrestling fan knows that theres some unspoken hatred between Vince and Randy Savage, and Vince seems to have a fetish for humiliating those he holds grudges against.
Mon, 02/23/2009 - 3:33pm — kitty
Hey JR, one of your Q&A's concerned Shawn Michaels saying that he had given WWE a date that he plans to retire on, and you asked if Shawn had said this or was it just a rumor. Shawn did state this on a radio show in San Antonio back in November 2008 when he was on to promote Wrestlemania.
Sun, 02/22/2009 - 8:05pm — Regiment47
JR, I've been watching wrestling since I was old enough to watch. I remember being introduced to a bald headed beer swelling angry Texas Rattlesnake, to you your heros may date back to Ric Flair, and Ricky Steamboat but my generation grew up on Stone Cold, The Rock, and Triple H. Please, if you can to the best of your ability let me know.. Is Stone Cold going to return? I recall The Rock and Stonecold talking about doing so about a year or so back, for maybe one last match. Can this happen? Is it possible, and if so what are the odds? Thank you.
Mon, 02/23/2009 - 3:35pm — J.R.
It's not going to happen.
Sat, 02/21/2009 - 5:35am — LeonBradley
I know the 'E' is getting ready to Release a 'Macho Man' Randy Savage DVD *FINALLY*..
There is something im worried about on this. Will the Powers that Be at the WWE do a BURIAL job on him like they did with 'The Ultimate Warrior'?
Mon, 02/23/2009 - 3:36pm — J.R.
It amazes me that this Savage DVD is being panned and predicted for gloom and doom even before it goes to edit.
J.R.,
When you have a couple of minutes, please give me your opinion of my idea for WWE's next program/project to attract the mainstream.
I am sure that WWE and you personally are inundated with storyline ideas, etc., and thus there is no appropriate contact info readily available.
I still miss the old radio show, Sunday nights on WSB.
Thanks in advance,
Bryan from Charlotte
If WWE is truly interested in spending additional production dollars to attract new fans with a nod to reality tv, but wanting to stretch current resources, televise OVW and FCW on national tv with an authentic but Tough Enough-esque feel..
Do a "season" of OVW then a "season" of FCW with one star winning a vacant title at the end of each season. Do a third season of Divas.
Present the show as "You are watching the WWE Superstars of tomorrow today" and celebrate it as such. Produce the show with an emphasis on character development, but with focus on the title being the ticket to the big stage, a spot on the main WWE RAW/Smackdown roster.
Anyone who has seen tape of an OVW farewell match when Cena, Batista, or Mickie James is leaving for the big leagues, the dedicated OVW (and now FCW) fans are aware, give the proper send off, and this makes for good tv.
Create this effect for a national tv audience, in turn creating a developed star that has grown as the fans have watched.
In the end, fans of the reality show will tune into RAW/Smackdown/PPV and attend live events to see "their guy" shine on the big stage. Following the success of The Wrestler, new fans will be more likely to tune into something of this sort.
Regards,
Bryan Ward
Can you really blame us though? The Ultimate Warrior dvd pretty much humiliated him, and just about every wrestling fan knows that theres some unspoken hatred between Vince and Randy Savage, and Vince seems to have a fetish for humiliating those he holds grudges against.
Hey JR, one of your Q&A's concerned Shawn Michaels saying that he had given WWE a date that he plans to retire on, and you asked if Shawn had said this or was it just a rumor. Shawn did state this on a radio show in San Antonio back in November 2008 when he was on to promote Wrestlemania.
JR, I've been watching wrestling since I was old enough to watch. I remember being introduced to a bald headed beer swelling angry Texas Rattlesnake, to you your heros may date back to Ric Flair, and Ricky Steamboat but my generation grew up on Stone Cold, The Rock, and Triple H. Please, if you can to the best of your ability let me know.. Is Stone Cold going to return? I recall The Rock and Stonecold talking about doing so about a year or so back, for maybe one last match. Can this happen? Is it possible, and if so what are the odds? Thank you.
It's not going to happen.
I know the 'E' is getting ready to Release a 'Macho Man' Randy Savage DVD *FINALLY*..
There is something im worried about on this. Will the Powers that Be at the WWE do a BURIAL job on him like they did with 'The Ultimate Warrior'?
It amazes me that this Savage DVD is being panned and predicted for gloom and doom even before it goes to edit.