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Old 02-27-2015, 01:20 AM   #13715
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Originally Posted by Dark One View Post
I'm 100% sure now that the longstanding complaint that WWE doesn't know how to build new stars is incorect, or at least not entirely correct.

The real problem is that they refuse to use the new stars they lucked into. Bryan and Ziggler and Ambrose were/are all incredibly over. They've all been shoved back down the card because fuck you that's why.

They're not hurting for people that are over and that the crowd is invested in. They're hurting the people that are over and that the crowd is invested in.
This.

I still sigh wistfully when I think that about this time, Ziggler vs. Kofi for a number one contender match for the WWE Championship would not only be not farfetched, but thought of as totally legit AND would tear the goddamn house down. They always create magic when they oppose eachother, and that could have been used to elevate the prestige of the Intercontinental Championship, and later on, the main event picture.

Instead, they insisted on repeatedly yanking the rug out from under Dolph, and Kingston keeps getting shoved into tag teams (Sydal, Truth, New Day...) instead of letting him shine as a singles competitor somewhere other than his requisite battle royal anti-elimination spot.

That picture a few years back with "the future" could have been attainable and believable if actually expounded upon. Too much emphasis placed on "Punk whining" and "Bourne smoking weed" and not enough focus on the fact that WWE kinda stopped pushing (or in the case of Ryder, never really got behind IN SPITE of his popularity) the majority of them.
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