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Originally Posted by Loose Cannon
starting to get the rub? the "young guns" have been getting the rub since 2005 when Cena and Batista were put in top spots. There has been tons of young guys that have recieved pushes since then and some have made it and most have failed (or just given up on coughkenkennedy).
It may seem like they are just starting to get rubs because the WWE does do a lot of flip flopping with thier younger talent. A guy may carry the IC Title today and 6 months later will be jobbing on ECW.
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Loose Cannon has a good point here....Look at The Brian Kendrick for example....when he started the swaggeristic, self centered gimmick with Big Zeke as his muscle, he got a major push getting wins over guys like Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, R Truth, Kane, and others....and nay we forget that he actually was placed in a WWE Title main event and scored a pin in in the Championship Scramble to become interim WWE Champion, and then just a little over a year later, he is on RAW and is losing to Kofi Kingston and others in less than 10 seconds. Shortly after TBK was given "future endeavors" and sent packing with little or nothing to show for it.
Young guys are always being given opportunities, title opportunities, and a medium to showcase that "IT" factor that makes or breaks a main eventer. The problem in WWE is either they think you have it or you don't have it. If you don't take the initiative to push your own character, try to invent yourself in a way the fans see it, and actually grab the brass ring and get over...then WWE sees nothing left in you and your left stuck on the midcard or getting one sentence on WWE.com with Future Endeavors surrounding your name.
WWE biggest problem is they feel we need comic relief and keep guys like Santino Marella and Hornswoggle employed over others, versus showcasing quality wrestling matches and well developed story lines.
Some blame does fall on the talent, as in the case with Kennedy and TBK, but there are plenty of people who have been given the pink slip to the door that never got a chance to showcase their talent or show what kind of gimmick they could really run with because they were lost in the pack of established names in the "E." WWE is just as much to blame if not most to blame for the problems of young guys getting hammered by the glass ceiling in pro wrestling.