Ten Resolutions for Professional American Wrestling Companies for 2011

January 5, 2011 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling, TV 0

With 2011 now underway, Review Fix EIC Patrick Hickey Jr. gives out some resolutions to the three major wrestling companies in the United States.

10- Ring of Honor: Pick up the pace and develop- You guys have a talented roster, but go out of your way to pick up a legitimate heavyweight or develop your own and diversify your in-ring style. Adding older former stars from TNA is going to provide good matches, but fans need more than that. Everyone loves X-Division-styled matches, but if you want to grow in this business, you need to give the fans more than one reason to watch your show. Getting Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas was a good step in helping to build on the tag division, now just do it in the World Championship division. Roderick Strong is a great in-ring talent, but he needs a monster to help bring legitimacy to his reign.

9: TNA: Stop it with all the cliques- It feels like the old WWF in the mid ‘90s when everyone was in some kind of group or faction. Keep a few around and develop them so they can stand strong on their own. Make the personalities the center of attention and not the group itself.

8: WWE: Make Miz earn his title- Get this guy in a feud with a legitimate threat. John Morrison is a great athlete, but he’s not ready for the World Title. Put him in the ring with someone that can destroy him and have him build his credentials with his solid mic skills and putting in the man-hours in the ring. Anything less would be uncivilized.

7: TNA: Improved Storylines- No more silly Zen master storylines with Brian Kendrick and stop the nonsense with Orlando Jordan. Suspend our disbelief guys.

6:TNA: Make the X Division mean something again- Jay Lethal needs to defend that title on every show, against all comers. Samoa Joe just got resigned. Lets see a feud between those two.

5: WWE: Develop Tag Teams- Hardcore fans miss the good old days where there were three or four top teams at any given time, ready to go at it for a half hour at a time. The Usos are a talented group, but have lost too many matches to be taken seriously. The WWE needs to get their act together here and quick.

4: TNA: Try to get another show- Even if it’s for an hour, TNA needs more time on TV to develop their storylines. The extra hour after Impact is simply fodder. Most fans shut the show off right after the last match.

3: WWE: Pick up the pace in the ring- It’s understandable why Vince McMahon doesn’t want his wrestlers to break a sweat in the ring anymore, but ultimately that’s what many of the fans want. No one’s asking for huge spots every five minutes, but seeing these guys sweat at the end of a match, rather than look like beefed-up actors would be nice.

2: TNA: Stop deserting storylines every week- If you miss a few episodes of TNA Impact, sometimes it feels like you’re in a whole new world. For fans to get truly comfortable with the show and get addicted, they need continuity. Give it to them.

1: WWE: Gives fans back the Attitude Era- Fans miss the gritty sexy show you used to put on Vince. Why not give them what they want?

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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