Post by Chip on Jan 28, 2013 17:18:55 GMT -5
I think its safe to say at this point the WWE is going to milk Wrestlemania full of its biggest former stars (and Cena) for as long as they possibly can.
Wrestlemania USED to be about being the biggest event in the WWE. With all sorts of matches and talent.
Now it's pretty much been dumbed down to
- What big name will lose to Undertaker
- What former star can we get for a "nostalgia" match or moment
- Cena vs _____ for the WWE title
- lame ass pop music star "concert" for 20 minutes
- what celebrities will they show in the audience
- how many times is "Wrestlemania" trending
fill in the rest...
Eventually these guys aren't going to be able to go. Rocky was BLOWN UP last night 5 minutes into that match and all he was doing was a bunch of kicks & punches.
all that matters to them is selling social media & trying to be mainstream
They are gonna be in deep horsecrapwhen Superman has to hang up the sneakers, and the other big 4 (HHH, Rocky, 'Taker, Lesnar) aren't able to work matches to draw $$$$
everyone always says "oh you think Punk v. ______ would sell tickets?? no way" or Del Rio, or Bryan, or Christian, or Barrett, or Cesaro, or even Sheamus & Orton
but nobody ever talks about the fact that those guys SHOULD be the ones selling the damn tickets.
Not to mention that this supposed WWE "machine" that can make stars out of anyone just craps all over the entire roster save John Cena, Sheamus & Randy Orton.
Because in the end, Punk loses to Rock because Rock is more important to them. They never made it seem like this was Rocky coming back for "one final run".....it was actually to be assume Rocky was coming back to win the title, and that's it.
So he did, and now what? He gets to headline 'Mania with the guy who's headlined it for the last few years, in a match we already saw, with an outcome we already know (Cena getting "his" title back) so the 100 steps forward they took with Punk and this supposed "change" they kept bullshitting us with, is now 100+ steps right back to their own shitty comfort zone.
Wrestlemania USED to be about being the biggest event in the WWE. With all sorts of matches and talent.
Now it's pretty much been dumbed down to
- What big name will lose to Undertaker
- What former star can we get for a "nostalgia" match or moment
- Cena vs _____ for the WWE title
- lame ass pop music star "concert" for 20 minutes
- what celebrities will they show in the audience
- how many times is "Wrestlemania" trending
fill in the rest...
Eventually these guys aren't going to be able to go. Rocky was BLOWN UP last night 5 minutes into that match and all he was doing was a bunch of kicks & punches.
all that matters to them is selling social media & trying to be mainstream
They are gonna be in deep horsecrapwhen Superman has to hang up the sneakers, and the other big 4 (HHH, Rocky, 'Taker, Lesnar) aren't able to work matches to draw $$$$
everyone always says "oh you think Punk v. ______ would sell tickets?? no way" or Del Rio, or Bryan, or Christian, or Barrett, or Cesaro, or even Sheamus & Orton
but nobody ever talks about the fact that those guys SHOULD be the ones selling the damn tickets.
Not to mention that this supposed WWE "machine" that can make stars out of anyone just craps all over the entire roster save John Cena, Sheamus & Randy Orton.
Because in the end, Punk loses to Rock because Rock is more important to them. They never made it seem like this was Rocky coming back for "one final run".....it was actually to be assume Rocky was coming back to win the title, and that's it.
So he did, and now what? He gets to headline 'Mania with the guy who's headlined it for the last few years, in a match we already saw, with an outcome we already know (Cena getting "his" title back) so the 100 steps forward they took with Punk and this supposed "change" they kept bullshitting us with, is now 100+ steps right back to their own shitty comfort zone.