Is this a blasphemous spectacle of brutality?
The downfall of Western culture?
Nah, its just the hottest, most innovative entertainment pop culture has to offer.
Credit: EW
Its not just a bunch of men in their underwear going into a ring, says McMahon.
Our stories are far more complex than they ever were.
But its not just the leagues and wrestlers that are different so are those fans.
Theyve created a morally ambiguous universe, with antiheroes and sympathetic villains.
Its appealing to aPulp Fictioncrowd.
Still, the question persists, why, of all things, wrestling?
For viewers, it flies in the face of the networks' repeat-ridden, copycat-strewn landscape.
“A hybrid of everything successful on TV, all rolled into one.”
Who’s to thank (or blame) for all this?
(Lately, WWF’s Raw/War is thumping its rival.)
“Then a Burger King opens, and people start showing up to eat.
Then I go, ‘Wait a second–I’m here too.'”
And if you look at it with no preconceptions, it’s hard not to like it."
As a result, WWF recently tagged Raw with a TV-14, L,V rating.
The WCW is in discussions with NBC about a series of possible specials and a TV movie.
And oh, yeah, three more years of Gov.
Says McMahon, “The appetite isn’t anywhere near satiated.”
America, prepare to let out your pants.
