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Old 07-22-2014, 06:16 PM   #687
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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan View Post
I get "Bray had to lose because it's gonna be a 3 month long feud and they need to stretch it out." So just... don't make it a 3 month long feud. Or find a way not to have them have a match right off the bat like I mentioned above. Or simply find a way to keep the feud going the next night on Raw anyway if you're intent on stretching it out. Not every feud needs to have both guys lose a match to make them look even. No one ends up looking like a threat and it doesn't get anyone over.
This. x 1000.

They seem to have lost this ability. They knew how to do it. I know this because I'm watching 97-98 Raw. The best example of this is Kane, who debuted in October and didn't have the big payoff match with Taker until 6 months later. Imagine if they'd done a bunch of non-finishes or traded victories straight out of the gate?

The other thing that really stood out whilst watching the build to Mania 14 is just how little the top guys actually had matches. Austin had 3 TV matches between the start of 98 and winning the title in March. More often than not he'd have one, maybe 2 matches between PPVs. I suppose this made it a big(ger) deal when he did get in the ring. Now you have a guy like Orton who wrestles twice a week most weeks.
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