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Originally Posted by Heyman
- Pretty solid analysis V, but I strongly disagree with the above. One thing the WWE has done extremely well with Rusev, is in building him up slowly. Rusev is an amazing talent, and I think he's got a bright future ahead of him. The WWE seem to be teasing a Rusev/Lana and I think this will further add to Rusev's heeldom.
Having said all that, I'm almost as down on Wyatt as you are with Rusev. Wyatt seems to have stagnated a bit and I hope the WWE's long term plan is to have Wyatt ultimately end Taker's career. |
I don't think so. I feel like Cena more or less killed the Accolade, no sold Lana ENTIRELY (I felt like the thrown shoe should have been a bit more of a distraction), and made Rusev look bad in the process.
Wyatt is in a rough state right now. If it was me, the match would have been last year, when the Family was still together. During the build, Taker says something to the effect of "The man who has the power to beat me is standing in that ring." Everyone thinks they're talking about Wyatt. During the match itself, the Family gets involved, Rowan gets taken out, and there's an intense stare down between Taker and Harper, This leads to a near fall for Wyatt.
In the end, Taker won, but we see a development in Harper's character from then on. It starts very subtle, with Harper starting to do the eye roll, but no one really catches it, thinking he's just being nuts as usual. During a big match at Summerslam, he's hit with something that should beat him. There's a bit of a stall from the opponent, he staggers to his opponent, and Harper sits up. There is an eventual split with Wyatt and Harper debuts a new move to his arsenal during their match at Survivor Series: A chokeslam.
It builds up to Harper vs. Taker this year, and it is Harper who ends the streak. From that point on, Harper is the new phenom, not unlike how 'Taker became the phenom after Superfly.
But that's a bridge that was already crossed. Sorry for the accidental Noid post.