Roofaldo wrote:it's just another example of the bad writing that is killing the wwe. what is wrong with letting the wrestlers do their own promos? give them direction, maybe a line or 2 that might help their character/angle get over more but don't script little thing. these guys AREN'T ACTORS. learning lines is not something they teach in most wrestling schools.
If you don't believe me about unscripted promos being better try looking up some of Mick Foley's anti-hardcore promos from his ECW days on a certain video sharing website. Two words for your search "Cane Dewey"
You can say that, but, most of the guys on the WWE roster...i'm talking everyone apart from:
Hunter
Jericho
Taker
HBK
Regal
Christian
Edge
came up from the WWE's 'Development' territory. Now a few pottered about on the 'Indie' scene before they were signed up [Punk, Harry Smith, TJ Wilson etc] but none have the background of working the territories that the older guys had. The territories are where you honed your craft and being a sculpted performer before you move up to the big one that is WWE. The new guys just don't have this advantage, so never come up to the WWE roster as a finished, polished product. The have no idea about promos and about ring psychology. This is why WWE sucks. Not the writers, not the corny backstage skits. It's tje fact that when, in a few years, the guys i've mentioned have all retired WWE will be full of guys who have simply come up through developmental. Not really a positive future for Pro Wrestling, really.