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To a degree...now they don't see the payoff in building a star when they can just bring in the rock.
What they just did would have been like if Stone Cold after winning the Rumble in 97 was on his way to face HBK at Mania as he had gotten extremely hot...and Bob Backlund just appeared to take his spot cause you know this guy was the champ 20 years ago and proven draw and then we sent Stone Cold to wrestle for the IC title. |
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Huh? This has happened plenty of times before and was incredibly prevalent under Vince.
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Remember when Kofi actually got over big for a bit. Ended in a 7 second squash just so Lesnar could have a shitty match with Velasquez in Saudi
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They have 100% gone to a part timers save us, attitude in the last decade or so. Since Wrestlemania 28 only 2 Wrestlemania Sunday main events have not featured a part timer, and of those two both matches featured a participant who left the company shortly thereafter. The reason I specifically say Wrestlemania Sunday, is that I think we'll all agree that's generally the REAL main event. 28: The Rock Def. John Cena 29: John Cena Def. The Rock 30: Daniel Bryan Def. Randy Orton and Batista (left about 2 months later) 31: Seth Rollins Def. Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar 32: Roman Reigns Def. Triple H 33: Roman Reigns Def. Undertaker 34: Brock Lesnar Def. Roman Reigns 35: Becky Lynch Def. Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey (Left immediately after) 36: Drew McIntyre Def. Brock Lesnar 37: Roman Reigns Def. Edge and Daniel Bryan 38: Roman Reigns (went part time following this match) Def. Brock Lesnar 39: Roman Reigns Def. Cody Rhodes Imagine how much of a slap in the face it is to be a full timer in company busting your ass year-round and constantly be told that people who only show up a few times a year or people that aren't going to be there tomorrow, are more important than you are, and that your contributions to the company aren't important enough to be part of the most important match of the year. And come this year it'll be another main event featuring TWO part timers. |
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Right. This mini Renaissance WWE has been having is precisely because they got away from that shit and Roman demanding Heyman and Hayes be solely responsible for his creative.
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Even if WWE pivots to Cody/Roman (and I'm not at all convinced they will), they'll have still ****ed the story and made Cody look like a huge idiot.
I hate that WWE's method of creating drama often boils down to "This match you really wanna see? It's not happening...or maybe it is? Guess you gotta tune in!" It's the booking equivalent of pretending to throw a ball for a dog before actually throwing it. They did it for Bryan, they did it for Kofi, and if they pivot here they'll be doing it for Cody. If you just book a ****ing match people wanna see then half the promotion is taken care of for you, since "See So-and-So take on Such-and-Such" has generally been what draws in pro wrestling. The whole "the company is the biggest heel" thing Vince ran with for so many years. Way too often the drama wasn't "will so and so overcome the dastardly such and such to win?", instead it'd be "will Triple H FINALLY job?", or "are they gonna put Cena/Roman/etc. over again?", or in this case "will they actually do the right thing and put Bryan/Cody in the biggest spot?" Basically, the meta story of "WWE's decisions will annoy you" was treated as more significant than any actual on-screen story or character progression. |
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Eh, this is also a pretty special set of circumstances. For one, they pretty much had to give Rocky what he wanted to get him on the board. And the part timers they would have relied on are all aged out to where they literally cannot work anymore.
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Once they knew Vince stiffed Grant on the NDA payment and it all became public, they were pretty obviously desperate for anything that would divert. Hell, they gave him ownership rights to "The Rock". That's ****ing insane.
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