We recognize that this SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 commercial does a great job of selling the game to its core demographic, but, to us, it's a sad reminder of what the World Wrestling Federation has become.
Remember how the Bushwackers used to stomp around their downed adversaries? Remember when you thought the Undertaker was for real and that someone was surely going to die by the match's end? Remember Hulk Hogan running up to the ring with an American Flag in tow, ripping apart his sleeveless yellow shirt to reveal his oiled chest to a throng of frenzied, heterosexual men, everyone chanting, "U-S-A! U-S-A!"
Gone are those glory days -- the greatest days, some would call them. THQ's commercial is representative of what the WWE has celebrated in their stead: gratuitous displays of flesh, jackasses walking around with open shirts like that's the proper order of business, and crotch-chop gestures accompanied by some scoundrel telling you to "suck it." If you're exhausted with our nostalgia-tinged rant and would rather watch an extended, minute-long version of the ad, bring your best moves past the post break.
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11-28-2007 @ 3:16PM
Jared said...
I remember the glory days of Rowdy Roddy Piper, Junk Yard Dog (JYD), Andre the Giant, the Iron Sheik, Superfly Snooka, etc. Remember WWF cartoons? Were they not just totally badass?
I loved to watch wrestling growing up. Now, I avoid it at all costs. It saddens me at what it has become. I'm totally with you, Eric.
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11-28-2007 @ 3:20PM
taintedzodiac said...
Well, you're thinking of the WWF. The name change to WWE was symbolically more than just to please the World Wildlife Foundation.
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11-28-2007 @ 3:35PM
bd said...
Did Phil Mushnick write this?
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11-28-2007 @ 6:30PM
Don said...
I like it.
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11-29-2007 @ 12:16AM
Waffala said...
That music is so incongruous.
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12-01-2007 @ 12:19AM
jason said...
That's pretty much why I stick to TNA (Thursdays on Spike TV). It isn't quite as good as the glory days of wrestling, but it's a thousand fold better than WWE.
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