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Originally Posted by Jeritron
Hindsight is 20/20 of course. Interestingly enough, people talk about how things are still shitty now, but slightly better.
There's no reason to believe right now that things are moving towards another boom, or even a signifigant upswing. But who knows. Maybe we'll look back in 10 years and say..."Things started to not suck starting with the HHH move to Smackdown"
Doubtful. Just noting the interesting nature of hindsight
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I see what you're saying, but I have to disagree. During the attitude era, fore-site was 20/20 as well. When Stone Cold Steve Austin won the King of the Ring and said "I just whipped your ass" it FELT like something big was about to happen. Then, at Wrestlemania 13 when he made his official face turn, his eventual WWF title run was so obvious it was as if it already happened.
When The Rock started acting cockier than ever, referring to himself in the 3rd person, and acting as if he was God's gift to wrestling; we KNEW something was on the horizon.
I can say the same for guys like John Cena and Randy Orton. Back when Cena started tangling with guys like Lesnar, it was pretty clear that he was on his way to the top. When Orton joined Evolution, the same can be said for him.
The problem NOW is that these pushes are not steady. For example, Orton did get a push but then he got pushed down. As soon as he lost to Taker at Wrestlemania 21 he started a downward spiral. Mysterio even got a clean win over him.
With Cena, I think he needed one more heel run before he could be the top face. People would have hated him so much they'd start to enjoy it, and eventually like him.