Compared to, say, 2003 or 2004 - has WWE as 'televisio' become too polished, too slick and too visually - shiny?

[Anonymous]

It just seems like it looks so cool and so flashy and shiny - and it's fantastic in high definition in this glorious 2020s decade.

However - 👀👀 unless it's just my nostalgia and my own eyeballs - has what the "product' lost visually is "any sense of this being amateur or gritty" - aka a lot of polish and not a lot of - grit.

Or even - spit. So to speak. I guess it's like watching something on a home video camera versus high definition camera in between only 20 years.

Yes too shiny

No not shiny enough

Other

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Note - the safety improvements and wellbeing of performer improvements and fans enjoyment is all cool. Improved graphics, improved cameras, sure. Yet it's as if the soul 😇 of the old ways just seemed cool. Not the blading (blood) or the excess. But just the cool, unpredictable nature of the escapism 😆😁✌🏻

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[Beckybooboo]

I am obsessed with the shows called, "Tales From the Territories" and "Dark Side of the Ring". I've never watched WWE but these shows are kind of a behind the scenes look at the entire industry and wrestlers involved in the business. It is really interesting!

I'll leave you a clip of an example of how far they took the "angle" back in the day.

[Beckybooboo]

https://youtu.be/FNYvsk7EqHc?si=2ARUnepGeeR2QA1-

My dad remembers this from when he was a kid and thought it was 100 percent real lol I had to tell him, that it was a "storyline".

[queenofcardio]

It looks even more fake now. I saw they moved to Netflix

[Asker]

Aka it's too perfect right? It's polished. Say in 2003 - it felt more grounded. And the budget spoke for itself. And it was a family business.

[Asker]

@queenofcardio The safety advances are welcome and the improvements to wellbeing sure - ☺️ - yet the other things where it looks indeed now less than it used to be is - and I've heard this years ago on YouTube - "it's become too pretty" - whatever that is interpreted. It's become all shiny. Too shiny maybe. I'm glad they did do away with blading aka blood cuts that sort of excess. Yet the "gritty nature" of other cool props and stuff - and less stylised / less stylized looks and stuff - made it feel cooler. Like you know - something they'd call a soul

[Shiprex]

It's a gimmicky circus of pie in the face comedy but people watch it for goodness knows what reasons.