{"id":30866,"date":"2017-10-26T16:10:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T21:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=30866"},"modified":"2017-10-26T15:27:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T20:27:41","slug":"wills-new-thing-just-wrestling-isnt-enough-demanding-better-wwe-great-things-wrestling-life-shane-omac-gif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2017\/10\/26\/wills-new-thing-just-wrestling-isnt-enough-demanding-better-wwe-great-things-wrestling-life-shane-omac-gif\/","title":{"rendered":"Will\u2019s New Thing &#8211; \u201cIt\u2019s just wrestling\u201d isn\u2019t enough and demanding better from WWE, great things in wrestling and life itself, and a Shane O\u2019Mac gif!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-2571598015\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Will Pruett<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Watching TLC\u2019s main event this past Sunday with vest-wearing dad Kurt Angle and his sons, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins taking on the absurd combination of wig wearing homicidal politician Kane, Braun Strowman, Cesaro, Sheamus, and Miz, I couldn\u2019t help but think of how weird wrestling is. Mainly, I thought of WWE and its history of weird career-based wrestlers, odd Vince McMahon vendettas, bringing in various degrees of \u201creality\u201d thus making everything less real, and mind-numbing storyline management structures. As I spent the overly long 45 minutes of that match having an existential crisis of wrestling fandom, I came to a conclusion. Wrestling isn\u2019t \u201cjust wrestling\u201d and we deserve better.<\/p>\n<p>Over and over again, the criticism leveled at criticism from the anti-critical is that wrestling is \u201cjust wrestling.\u201d They are saying wrestling isn\u2019t a serious art form, a real source of entertainment, and will always be bad, so we need to accept it. Maybe they feel empowered by their ability to lower their own expectations. Maybe they are fine spending many hours per week on an entertainment source that disrespects them at its very core. Maybe they really don\u2019t want anything better, but these people are so very wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Wrestling is never \u201cjust wrestling.\u201d At its best, wrestling tells us the story of human struggle. It tells us about rising above adversity and inspires viewers to do so. Wrestling tells those who watch it closely about good and evil and doing things the right way. Wrestling, when it comes together perfectly, can create a feeling of catharsis one cannot find anywhere else. This is why I watch. I watch for the moments where wrestling lives up to what it can be. I watch hoping to catch glimpses of wrestling being more.<\/p>\n<p>Professional wrestling is a massive medium capable of encompassing just about any genre. Wrestling has immense potential for comedy, drama, romance, horror, and any crossover of them. Even the TLC match from Sunday has elements of horror with Kane, the classic comeback story with Kurt Angle, and Ambrose and Rollins brought elements of action comedy. All of this and the match wasn\u2019t even good!<\/p>\n<p>What if we expected better from WWE? What if, as fans, we told them absurd meandering senseless matches like TLC\u2019s main event weren\u2019t acceptable? Even when they\u2019re entertaining, they serve no purpose. TLC filled time, but little else. Why would someone waste 45 minutes on it?<\/p>\n<p>Imagine a wrestling world with consistency of character and intricately told stories. I\u2019m not just talking about drama here. I want great comedy wrestling. I want great action film-esque wrestling. I want great romance-based wrestling (without tired tropes like \u201ccrazy\u201d or gullible women falling for nefarious men).<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the excuse for WWE not producing something great on a semi-regular basis? What\u2019s the reasoning for a lack of great stories? WWE often prioritizes short term financial gain over long term storytelling. They want to do everything right away and patience isn\u2019t a strong suit. If all of entertainment did this, we\u2019d live in a world with only <i>Pirates of the Caribbean<\/i> sequels. No one wants that.<\/p>\n<p>We deserve better. As fans and appreciators of the medium that is professional wrestling, we deserve better. WWE wants fans to spend more than five hours per week watching wrestling. For this time commitment, nothing delivers less consistent quality than wrestling. We deserve better and should begin holding WWE accountable for their complete lack of consistency. Wrestling isn\u2019t \u201cjust wrestling,\u201d it\u2019s a broad artistic medium capable of just about anything.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Last week\u2019s essential viewing and what I absolutely positively love in wrestling this week:<\/b><\/span><\/p><div id=\"prowr-1618972904\" class=\"prowr-content-4 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_2 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_2\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><b>AJ Styles vs. Finn Balor<\/b> &#8211; I\u2019m combining essential viewing with what I love, because this was the only thing I want to watch again after the week that was in wrestling. Styles and Balor, two wrestlers who haven\u2019t crossed paths in WWE and have rarely even been on the same tour, put together one of the best WWE matches this year. They didn\u2019t get a long story to build it up. They didn\u2019t get time to work out the perfect match. They didn\u2019t get more than two days notice and AJ may not have even slept the night before. They created something beautiful in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>This was Balor\u2019s best match in WWE (including NXT) and was surely better than Pumpkin Demon vs. Lady Bray would have been (Bray Wyatt is bad). AJ Styles is the best wrestler in the US and it isn\u2019t close. Name almost any wrestler and I\u2019d assume their best possible match would be against AJ. This was art and I\u2019m glad I got to experience it.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy getting a little bit of what I love in wresting each week, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfMU6sUZAYG8YeYzoOgEQrQ\">my new YouTube series called \u201cWhat I Love About Professional Wrestling!\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>What I absolutely positively love in the world this week:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson<\/b> &#8211; Aside from my mother, father, and brother, no relationship has been with me as long as my relationship with <i>The Simpsons<\/i>. It is the pop culture core of my being. While my interests have broadened and I try to enjoy more than yellow animated humans, I will always love Homer, Lisa, Bart, Marge, and Maggie. It was with joy that I ignored football on Sunday to watch <i>Springfield of Dreams<\/i>, a documentary that treats the brilliant <i>Homer at the Bat<\/i> episode as true. I have no idea where this can be watched online, but I urge you to seek out alternate means (wink wink) to view it. It was a wonderful hour of my life.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Springfield of Dreams: &quot;Homer at the Bat&quot; Promo Clip | FOX SPORTS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rakj3zmCpXc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>SSMGOTW (Superfluous Shane McMahon Gif of the Week):<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In honor of Halloween, remember that time mayoral candidate Kane (Glenn Jacobs) hooked a car battery up to the testicles of a son of a member of President Trump\u2019s cabinet, Shane McMahon? What a world we live in\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.giphy.com\/media\/eDVpgRYg2aqKA\/giphy.gif?ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>We\u2019re Done Here:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Two in a row! As I sit in a coffeeshop in Atlanta, Georgia and listen to depressing music, debating the nature of coffee itself with a barista, I\u2019m thankful that anyone would read my weird rambling thoughts. Let\u2019s all try to be as happy today as Kurt Angle inexplicably was entering through the crowd to Roman Reigns\u2019 theme music.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/uproxx.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/10\/angle.jpg?quality=100&#038;w=650&#038;resize=650%2C369\" width=\"650\" height=\"369\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Will Pruett writes about wrestling and popular culture at prowrestling.net. Of interest to him are diversity in wrestling and wrestling as a theatrical art form. To see his video series \u201cWhat I Love About Professional Wrestling\u201d <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfMU6sUZAYG8YeYzoOgEQrQ\"><i>subscribe to his YouTube channel<\/i><\/a><i>. 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