Just some old school Wrestling MM3

Yes we all know that wrestling is fake and scripted, but it is, or use to be fun to watch. I use to watch wrestling back in the days of Stone Cold Steve Austin and the Rock. Ya it was cool seeing all those guys fight and how the storylines played out back in the day. They were supposed to be considered badasses and thats what made it fun to watch. There was cussing and fighting, beer drinking and everything else needed to put on a good show. But times have changed unfortunately.
Wrestling has moved from the good ol' days to the days of jokes that little kids will understand as WWE has become PG rated. They wanted to expand their audience and yet still put on a show about fighting and not fully closed wrestlers. Wrestling just doesn't pack the punch that it use to. No longer can they show blood in matches, they get away from the swearing, and play to the younger audience. While many may see this as a good thing, many wrestling fans do not.
It has taken away a show and an attitude and made it so kid friendly that their is no edge. You no longer have to worry about a guy getting his a$$ whipped. Now you just have to worry whether or not the kids will think that guy is cool and want to buy his stuff.
Old storylines use to promote swearing and trying to get in the guys head by destroying his car or bad mouthing him, tactics that seemed real and keep you involved in the story. It kept you interested and made you pick a side. But with the new rating, swearing has ceased(which makes sense for adults not wanting children to hear)which takes away from the intensity of a rivalry,but they kept the same time slot which is when most are asleep. Many fans are upset and want it to go back to the old days, but it is just a dream.



See that is classic and something that we can only now look back upon. You don't hear that kind of reaction anymore when someone's music hits. When Austin came to the ring you knew it was about to go down and everyone was pumped. There of course has been a cultural shift. Parents are worried about kids flipping on the tube and watching this, which makes sense. Wrestling has been criticized for its content, but changing its whole attitude just has really taken away from the show. It's not like it is all bad, there are still good shows they put on, but its hard to watch because you can see that they are playing to a younger audience and trying to promote products for those kids to buy rather than putting on a good show. They try to of course use the beautiful people technique by giving us only the best looking people that are sporting fake tans and sprays to make them look bigger and better than they are.
One good point the book makes is that with broadcast television, people can illegally steal it over the internet or with DVR can record their shows rather than watch them live. You can see this in wrestling as viewership levels have decreased and many of their PPV's can now be stolen and watched on the internet, decreasing sales. I've seen a PPV match posted on youtube less than a day after it happened, spending no money to see it.
Wrestling has changed for what some may consider the better. Less violence, less swearing and a PG rating. Do parents still want their kids to watch it, no. And for us fans that remember the good ol' days, we'll just have to keep living in the past.