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Old 03-30-2012, 02:29 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by Gerard View Post
Wish they'd give up trying to find the next big transitional "Wrestling to Movie star" and then there'd be no more of these cringeworthy movies.
The problem isn't the transition. It could be done. Hell, HHH was in a Blade movie, for chrissakes! Oh, and lets not forget Terry Funk getting his ass kicked in movies like Roadhouse.

The problem is both: a) that it can't be done with the frequency Vince would like it to happen (they only have a handful of people who can fucking act to begin with... and I don't mean promo... RVD proved they don't go hand in hand... yuck.), then, they have to be OVER enough to warrant a cossover. They can't be some two-bit jobber they don't have a plan for, like DiBiase.

and: b) the idea of WWE trying to keep it "in house". If they can build a cash-cow, why shouldn't they go and try to package and sell the milk themselves? They don't see their production company as substandard, and that is a huge reason why it is, in fact, substandard.

They don't see that if The Rock were to star in shit like "The Marine" and take strides to semi-distance himself from wrestling he wouldn't have gotten over as a "legit" actor. And trust me, he would have ended up like Piper. Yeah, They Live = great film, but it's a Cameron film. Don't forget, he also did shit like Hell Comes to Frogtown. Rocky would have been being offered shitty roles in B movies because "he's not a real actor with chops... he's just a wrassler!" He was able to put a divide between his ring persona and convince people that this wasn't some cross-promotion or half-assed venture like an athlete wanting to have a rap career.

WWE doesn't see that as a good. They just seem to see "all the money they missed" by not having Dwayne still be under their employ while works all these relatively high grossing films.
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