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Old 08-26-2011, 07:46 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by Captain of Fun View Post
This happens quite often these days. Like any time someone gets a little hot it's as if everyone on the internet collectively spazzes out when they don't give them the strap.

I miss the days when guys fought several years or more to get to that spot. Made it so much more memorable when they did win it.
You were being specific about Barrett, but this comment is touching on something bigger.

While it may be true that "internet collectively spazzes out" when someone hot and new is on the scene, it's usually with good reason. It may look like everyone is jumping the gun on "GIVE ____ A TITLE RUN RITE NAO!!!", the inverse of that is the penchant for (WWE specifically) to push a new debut, and if he doesn't get over in a "we want t-shirts" kind of way in like the first 3 appearances, they kind of stop pushing the guy. Period. This is the feared fate of people like Wade, who was going so strong, then they just let him get lost in the shuffle and sort-of forgotten. There rarely is "slow build" anymore.

There is fear that someone like a Bryan Danielson, who became so over on the internet because he is a really gifted technical wrestler, will be given shitty assignments like wearing an eagle mascot costume or dancing the cabbage patch whilst proclaiming that he has a big penis instead of letting him do his thing and wow the crowd in a match.

Even following what logic there may be in jobbing a guy out to make him humble (insert Iron Sheik joke), why try to make someone look so strong out of the gate, then make him look like a big freakin' loser for longer? If he's that much of a loser, no one will care, and you will fufill your own prophecy.

(note: I had to abridge this- I have a couple things I need to take care of)
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