Ruined FOREVER/Professional Wrestling


 * For many wrestling fans, the question isn't if Vince McMahon ruined wrestling but how may times he's done it. He's been declared the Antichrist ever since he bought the World Wrestling Federation from his father, when Bruno Sammartino and most of the old guard accused him of making a mockery of their sport with his theatrics. Of course, before Vinnie came along, wrestling was full of nothing but liars and con men determined to make their paying customers believe everything they were putting on was real authentic competition.
 * Everything Vince did with the ECW revival beyond the original One Night Stand PPV was accused of ruining the memories of ECW forever.
 * The announcement that Hulk Hogan will be joining TNA has caused many smarks to proclaim the inevitable doom of the company. The fact that he, Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff are now working for the same company has only made the doomsayers even more frantic, and add to that the recent announcement of a 2 hour special on MONDAY NIGHT, and removal (then quick reinstatement) of 4-sided rings instead of the TNA's usual 6, not only do you have fans of the company crying doom, you also have WWE fans saying this proves the end is near. Of course, the ratings freefall isn't exactly making an argument against this.
 * Within seconds of the dirtsheets reporting an indy wrestler has signed with WWE or TNA the smarks scream in unison that he or she is "Ruined FOREVER!"
 * Ruined FOREVER was the reaction of many fans to the decision by Ring of Honor to replace Gabe Sapolsky as the head Booker.
 * The PG era of WWE Raw had this reaction coming from the "fan base".