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Originally Posted by Heyman
I think a large part of this problem stems from...
A) The overall workload and demand required from the Wrestlers. Seriously - these guys are busting their butts over 300 days of the year. When these guys have even a little bit of time off, do you really think they want to be thinking about wrestling?
B) The glass ceiling. If wrestlers feel that they will get held back no matter what they do, then what incentives do they have to invest some time into thinking about their characters?
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Ok...
A) Your point? They are on the road a long period of time, yes. I mean hell, if they're sharing a ride with someone (and most on that level likely are.), WHY NOT think about improving your career when you're not driving? WHY NOT think about important aspects of your character while in the tanning bed, when you're not doing much else?
B) That just sounds like a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.
Do you think the writing staff from WWF circa 1996 any different from WWE Creative now? This midcard guy asked for a new gimmick and was given shit like "Baron Von Ruthless" and "Ice Dagger." He literally had to come up with his own gimmick. Some lucky breaks later, He got to cut his own promo where he said "You talk about your Psalms, and your John 3:16, well Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass!"
In order for the Attitude Era to begin, there had to be guys like Austin, like Foley, to take the ideas given to them and tweak them to their own liking or to make their own gimmicks. Mick had to do a great deal of tweaking to save Mankind from being Mason the Mutillator. How over would the legendary Rattlesnake have been if he just went with "Chilly McFreeze?"