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Originally Posted by loopydate
I'll give you one: Vince didn't "create" Jericho. He was already popular when he came in, and that's the kiss of death. Ask Booker T, RVD, Scott Steiner, or Goldberg.
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And that's one of the biggest things that has hurt Vince and WWE since 2001.
For as much as he, Jim Ross, and Bret Hart himself lamented the way Bret was treated in WCW, they (so far) have done nothing to prove that they were any better than WCW in that regard. Sure, they had Stone Cold -- but arguably, that character was "created" in ECW. HBK (1997 version) and The Rock were wrestlers being themselves, shedding most of the gimmicks with which Vince saddled them. You could make an argument about HHH being the same (because even though he's kept the same ring name for years, the assholia HHH spouted at his peak is a far cry from the snob who used to bow to his opponents).
I know that Vince is trying to keep another "Hogan/Savage/Diesel/Razor" situation from happening (and seems to have failed with Christian, who it seems he just gave up on)...but this is, and has been asinine. If a wrestler is good enough to get over on his own, they should roll with that. Christian is a fine example. They dropped the ball with him because they didn't use him as Cena's heel foil. Christian was really connecting with the fans, and then they bury him? What if they did that with Stone Cold?