The Miz doesn't think WWE going PG has hurt storylines (Video)
by Geno Mrosko on Nov 24, 2011 3:33 PM EST
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The easiest way to spot a fan who grew up during the Attitude Era is to wait for their inevitable complaints about the current PG television product WWE is pushing. This is one of those arguments that doesn't seem to have much of a middle ground, at least not for those who speak up on it.
For his part, The Miz says he's a fan of PG and he doesn't think it's hurting storylines:
"It's certainly PG and I don't think the storylines are hurt by it because we have to basically go within the extent of what we have. I think we're getting great TV. Even though it is PG, I actually like it better because I don't have to bleed and I don't have to take chair shots to the head."
The Attitude Era storylines were far more cutting edge and pushed the envelope in a way we simply don't see today. But that includes absolutely atrocious ideas like Stephanie McMahon getting kidnapped by Undertaker, who planned to sacrifice her before she was eventually saved by Stone Cold Steve Austin, to Kane supposedly killing a woman named Katie Vick, who Triple H ended up having mock sex with in a casket while wearing a Kane mask.
You take the good with that bad, I guess.
Anyone disagree with Miz and think WWE should go back to a time when its booking was edgier and bothered to push the envelope? Or is the PG version of the promotion good with you?
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Like you said, you get the good with the bad
I think most of the Attitude Era stuff could still be done today, with a few tweeks.
Time has caused a filter for people about the Attitude Era. For every classic promo the Rock cut or amazing match Kurt Angle had, there were plenty of terrible angles/matches on RAW just as there is now.
by Jonathan Loesche on Nov 24, 2011 3:39 PM EST reply actions
I think you have to take away a lot more of the creative control from the McMahons
Vince and Steph are just too out of touch with what the general populace is interested in, and they’re too inflexible when it comes to other ideas.
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I think PG is an easy scapegoat,
and the shit we see on TV has more to do with, as KJ said, Vince, Steph, and bad booking in general. Just look at SD! compared to Raw, a Vince-run operation, and TNA, a non-PG product as examples.
I don’t have to take chair shots to the head.
And that’s always a plus.
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He’s right though. PG isn’t the problem. Terrible writing is. Some of the best written movies out there are G or PG rated. To use a more germane example, Chikara is the best-booked promotion out there, and they’re truly PG, not some half-hearted attempt at being family friendly like WWE is.
by Thomas Holzerman on Nov 24, 2011 8:37 PM EST reply actions
Echoing everyone above
PG, PG-13, R, it doesn’t really matter. It’s all about writing. How many horrible rated-R movies have you seen? Exactly.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 24, 2011 9:43 PM EST reply actions
People that harp on the fact that Wwe programming is rated PG seem to forget that wrestling was PG, for the most part, all the way through the 80s up until the mid 90s when the Attitude Era began. The very decade where wrestling became big and produced some of its most iconic moments wouldn’t be rated TV-14 if it were produced today. Hogan, Flair, Savage, and the rest of the icons weren’t involved in storylines that were risque or overly violent and people like them and became addicted to the profession because of them. The difference between a Cena match today and Hogan’s matches in the 80s is more of time and name than anything else, neither can really wrestle and both have matches that end with them overcoming insurmountable odds to win.
The problem, as it’s been stated here, is the poor writing, lack of logic and the cramming of horrible performers down the collective throats of the audience.
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