10 Reasons The PG Era Isn't So Bad
3. Bleeding Less Frequently Makes It More Exciting
It's going to be almost impossible to convince fans with an insatiable bloodlust that the constant bladings of yesteryear - which eventually veered into overkill, to the point that it was weird if someone didn't bleed at least once each night - should stay gone from the WWE.
It's not because kids are watching and Vince McMahon needs to shield them from the fact that "Yes, people bleed when they get their faces raked across barbed wire, Little Timmy, so don't try this at home".
It's because there came a point in time when the bloodspill failed to capture the same level of high drama it did back when Stone Cold was split wide open and refusing to tap to Bret Hart.
Simply put, it was overdone and, as a result, the magic and intensity of those moments were gone.
But now, when you see a guy get busted open in the ring, there's more excitement about it, isn't there? It feels a bit real, oftentimes because it's an honest-to-goodness mistake. A superstar bleeding from the face today feels like it's been earned more.
Now, if they wanted to bring back the old bloodbaths that The Brood used to do...that would be fantastic.