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Old 11-15-2012, 12:06 AM   #32
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Originally Posted by Heyman View Post
I don't think it had as much to do with WCW not mowing what to do, as it did with the politics and glass ceiling.

Since 2002, the WWE has had many of the same problems on very frequent occassions.

There is just too much fear to give the ball to the new guy(s) while deviating from what is an established "sure" thing.

The only reason why the WWE went this route during the mid 90's with Austin, Rocky, Hunter, Mankind, etc., was because they had no choice.

After the Attitude era, the WWE had numerous chances to give the ball to the likes of RVD, Orton, Lesnar, CM Punk, etc. and push them the right way but failed miserably each time (for various reasons.....although some of it was brought Pom the wrestlers themselves)
RVD proved why they didn't give him the ball for so long.
Orton has proved why he can't be given the ball.
Lesnar was given the ball, but he took it to the NFL.
CM Punk has been given a share of the ball and a large share of it. I think we will see this as he will headline WrestleMania and not John Cena (unless they do do the Rock/Punk/Cena 3-way).
Nobody else has really been over enough to be given the ball. Christian and those guys have never been and never will be "the top guy".
WWE has way too many heels. They need to take the same risks with babyfaces they do with heels. The problem WWE has is they think they can manufacture "top guys". You don't. You can't. Whether it was Hogan, Hart, Michaels, Austin, Rock, Cena, Goldberg, etc., you didn't just put the belt on them or put them in a bunch of main events and that automatically made them a huge top tier star. It has to be organic and years in the making. CM Punk is another example of that. You have to be on TV for a few years at least and build a deep character and story around your character. Ryback is a flash in the pan and will fizzle unless they flesh him out. Hart, Michaels, Austin, Rock, Cena, and Punk all had a WWE career that people knew about and became invested in the character as they battled for the Intercontinental Championship and worked their way up the ladder. When the time finally came for them to break through into that "next level", the fans wanted it and demanded it to the point of where it couldn't be denied.
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