Rock Bottom
09-15-2012, 12:16 AM
WARNING: This post contains concepts based off of John Cena turning heel.
The WWE needs something big to happen to shake it up. They've gone to 3 hour Raws, they've brought back The Rock, dished out 5 million dollars to Brock Lesnar, and much more. The old stars returning does help the product out. They will definitely help sell PPV's. In the meantime though, Raw (Can't speak for SmackDown, don't watch it much) is left only to this handful of guys that are doing their absolute best to haul the company around.
John Cena has been suffering a lot of abuse lately. He's also worth a lot of money to the company. Daniel Bryan and CM Punk are stepping up in a big way, Kane and Big Show are supporting the card just beneath that, then you have Sheamus and Del Rio being Sheamus and Del Rio at each other. This is a very small sandbox.
Dolph Ziggler is teasing at the main event. They have him, and other young talent that may prove themselves and become big stars. Then they have drive-by main eventers like The Miz. It seems like whenever they give people opportunities, they are fed through a factory that earns them some main events, and either the WWE, or WH Championship; then, they lose to a babyface and bump their head a thousand times on the way down the job well.
CM Punk's face run lasted a while, but with both him and Cena face, there weren't even any matches to book... Now they turn Punk heel, and he gets heat by beating up Jerry Lawler because there are no other people to feud with on anything more than a transient basis. They have to pull out another big main event. Punk being heel is a solid decision at this point, in my opinion, but it's still just John Cena running around in the big babyface headliner department. Sheamus, whatever, fella.
If you were to have Punk and Cena wrestle a nice, heated feud, something more personal than the matches they had before, I think the opportunity could present itself to turn John Cena and let some guys step up as babyfaces in the company. You keep CM Punk as a heel, with John Cena eventually buying into Punk's preaching about respect. He's one of the biggest WWE stars in history, he says his prayers, and takes his vitamins.
"As far as I'm concerned, all this crap in the ring represents all these fans out here. For two years, brother, for two years, I held my head high. I did everything for the charities. I did everything for the kids, and the receotion I got when I came out here... You fans can stick it, brother."
CM Punk and John Cena "wreak havoc" on the WWE. They are brutal terrorists. They demand respect. They are tired of The Rock coming and getting Wrestlemania main events and title shots. They work their asses off for these unappreciative fans, and all they do is cheer relics of the past. If you want to really go crazy, which I know they don't, turn Orton with them.
They beat the shit out of a bunch of "attitude era" vets like Kane, Undertaker. They could have run-ins with Lesnar, Triple H. They can destroy The Rock, who should at that point, probably finally lay down. There's plenty of wheels to keep this thing going while they outfit some babyfaces in jumpsuits. But for fuck's sake, try something new. If you're going to go balls deep on having a "face of the company," and even refer to them as such on television, don't job them out and do absolutely nothing with it.
Bring back Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, and whoever else you can talk into a ring. Give Kurt Angle a call. You guys are doing all of this stuff anyway, giving them cameos, may as well make more use of them. Ask the healthy ones to bump a bit to a beat-up. Get stomped on for a while and put in some submission holds.
Even if you decide to turn one of them face in the future, they have a lot of steam behind them.
I guess a bonus question is, which of these guys would you suit up as a babyface and push in this scenario?
The WWE needs something big to happen to shake it up. They've gone to 3 hour Raws, they've brought back The Rock, dished out 5 million dollars to Brock Lesnar, and much more. The old stars returning does help the product out. They will definitely help sell PPV's. In the meantime though, Raw (Can't speak for SmackDown, don't watch it much) is left only to this handful of guys that are doing their absolute best to haul the company around.
John Cena has been suffering a lot of abuse lately. He's also worth a lot of money to the company. Daniel Bryan and CM Punk are stepping up in a big way, Kane and Big Show are supporting the card just beneath that, then you have Sheamus and Del Rio being Sheamus and Del Rio at each other. This is a very small sandbox.
Dolph Ziggler is teasing at the main event. They have him, and other young talent that may prove themselves and become big stars. Then they have drive-by main eventers like The Miz. It seems like whenever they give people opportunities, they are fed through a factory that earns them some main events, and either the WWE, or WH Championship; then, they lose to a babyface and bump their head a thousand times on the way down the job well.
CM Punk's face run lasted a while, but with both him and Cena face, there weren't even any matches to book... Now they turn Punk heel, and he gets heat by beating up Jerry Lawler because there are no other people to feud with on anything more than a transient basis. They have to pull out another big main event. Punk being heel is a solid decision at this point, in my opinion, but it's still just John Cena running around in the big babyface headliner department. Sheamus, whatever, fella.
If you were to have Punk and Cena wrestle a nice, heated feud, something more personal than the matches they had before, I think the opportunity could present itself to turn John Cena and let some guys step up as babyfaces in the company. You keep CM Punk as a heel, with John Cena eventually buying into Punk's preaching about respect. He's one of the biggest WWE stars in history, he says his prayers, and takes his vitamins.
"As far as I'm concerned, all this crap in the ring represents all these fans out here. For two years, brother, for two years, I held my head high. I did everything for the charities. I did everything for the kids, and the receotion I got when I came out here... You fans can stick it, brother."
CM Punk and John Cena "wreak havoc" on the WWE. They are brutal terrorists. They demand respect. They are tired of The Rock coming and getting Wrestlemania main events and title shots. They work their asses off for these unappreciative fans, and all they do is cheer relics of the past. If you want to really go crazy, which I know they don't, turn Orton with them.
They beat the shit out of a bunch of "attitude era" vets like Kane, Undertaker. They could have run-ins with Lesnar, Triple H. They can destroy The Rock, who should at that point, probably finally lay down. There's plenty of wheels to keep this thing going while they outfit some babyfaces in jumpsuits. But for fuck's sake, try something new. If you're going to go balls deep on having a "face of the company," and even refer to them as such on television, don't job them out and do absolutely nothing with it.
Bring back Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, and whoever else you can talk into a ring. Give Kurt Angle a call. You guys are doing all of this stuff anyway, giving them cameos, may as well make more use of them. Ask the healthy ones to bump a bit to a beat-up. Get stomped on for a while and put in some submission holds.
Even if you decide to turn one of them face in the future, they have a lot of steam behind them.
I guess a bonus question is, which of these guys would you suit up as a babyface and push in this scenario?