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I like the last paragraph especially. Sorry, but WWE isn't going anywhere. There'll always be that core of fans (the author included) that will watch this crap no matter what. I don't know why, if I did I'd develop a cure, give it to all of you and then sell it to everyone else.
The reality is WWE already has chased away all of their "fair-weather fans" so to speak, all of the people that tuned in to see what The Rock was going to say next, who Austin was going to stun next, and what Foley was going to fall off of next.
The present fans are more hardcore than Bob Holly, in the sense that they'll take the Katie Vicks, the Cryme Tymes, the Harry Beaver Cleavers, the Greater Powers, the endless John Cena/HHH title reigns, etc, and keep coming back for more.
I honestly believe that the majority of WCW's fanbase was made up of the people that started to tune in because wrestling was suddenly socially acceptable, maybe even "cool" for awhile. As soon as wrestling's popularity began to wane, so did WCW's fan base, pretty much all the way back down to where it started.
So, while the David Arquette championship fiasco certainly didn't help things along, WCW was already dead, and there weren't any fad viewers left for Arquette to turn away.
Now, I could be wrong on this, and perhaps if Vince is really dumb and puts the strap on K-Fed, WWE's ratings might actually sink even lower. I doubt Vince would ever put the title on a celebrity though; however, even if he did I don't think there's too many people (of the remaining viewers) that wouldn't tune in the next week to see what happened. Either way, I guarantee you Cryme Tyme isn't turning away enough viewers to where their gimmick is a detriment to the bottom line.
It's too bad retards aren't capable of writing anything like that, or calling in and complaining, then maybe we would've got more backlash during the early stages of the Eugene character's development.
As long as there's controversial gimmicks/storylines there's going to be people that just find the show totally distasteful and out of line (if it wasn't from time to time we wouldn't watch it), the problem is because Cryme Tyme is a race issue it's getting more glorified than it really is. Not just a race issue, but a black/white issue, America's favorite
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You didn't see this much backlash during the Mexi-cools angle, and those guys road to the ring on f*cking lawn-mowers, it doesn't get anymore stereo-typical/racist than that! That'd be like Cryme Tyme shooting a sketch where they're picking cotton. Yet, for some reason that angle was ok, and now this particular angle could be the end of the company? Give me a break.[/QUOTE]
I don't disagree with you, especially on the Mexicools point. You're completely right about that. Hell, the Guerreros we also ("we lie, we cheat, we steal," remember?).
Now the last statement (WWE will be a carny show) is just hyperbole, and you can't use one foolish statement to invalidate the whole claim being made.
The difference between the Mexicools and Cryme Tyme lies within political culture (that's probably represented by your eye-rolling smilie). There are ample and very vocal groups who point out anti-black sentiment in the media, and few, if any, who get any airtime for anti-Hispanic sentiment (and, given the immigration issue, it's more often that being an anti-Hispanic bigot will get you quality airtime on Lou Dobbs' show). Bigotry may be bigotry, but the political climate makes the Cryme Tyme/Mexicools comparison apples and oranges.