[Pepsi Man]

Originally Posted by Head Yes, the big stars of the past did "pay their dues." Mostly because EVERYBODY paying dues used to be somthing that every wrestler had to go through until the last couple of years. You gave the example of Brock being a hothead after only a few years, and Mick Foley being a good guy. How about Angle, a guy who really didn't pay his dues being a complete team player compared to guys like Triple H, Randy Savage, Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Bob Holly, Undertaker, ect. who DID pay their dues? Citing one asshole who did not pay their dues and one good guy who did and blaming the fact that the guy is an asshole on not paying his dues doesn't cut it. It's pointless to try and say that wrestling is diffrent from slavery because people arn't forced into wrestling. So now anything that people arn't forced into shouldn't imrpove? People wern't nececarily forced into factory work in the 19th century, but saying that the working conditions there shouldn't have improved is ridiculous. The fact that the WWE is a business with the main purpose of making a revenue for it's share holders (somthing any wrestler should understand) would make it very stupid of them to hold back a more talented wrestler so they can put in an older guy who has paid his dues. It's the way the world works. People advance in life based on their skill. Wrestling, whether some people want to think so or not, is a competitive business, and not somthing that anybody who puts the time into will automatically excel in.

I'm not saying that anything besides slavery shouldn't be improved...but there's basically no comparison for it. It's not a good analogy to use at all. It's like comparing apples to ancient Japanese parasitic bacteria.