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Originally Posted by The CyNick
If a heel never loses, he becomes a babyface real quick. Its human nature to root for the team that wins all the time. When they want to turn Rollins, he will start to accumulate wins.
As for Cena, he should be protected, he's far and away the biggest star in the company. However, for a star of his magnitude, he puts over TONS of people.
Im not a huge fan of PPV rematches on TV the night after the Special. However, in some cases they are okay, and serve to move along storylines. There's never going to be a rule that covers all scenarios. TV is important, you need to keep people watching. If no big matches ever happened on RAW, people would likely tune out.
I think they missed the target with the Rusev-Lana thing. I think they thought moving Lana away from Rusev would turn her into a Sable type character after she left Mero. IMO the mistake was making it a love foursome, instead of just having Lana leave Rusev and do her own thing. Now I think they just need to bring them back together.
Wyatt to me is a strange one. I love his gimmick, I love the way he's portrayed, but I just dont think the average fan digs him. I think people like his intro, and all the bells and whistles around the gimmick. I hear a lot of BORING and WHAT chants when Bray is doing longer promos. Thats not conducive to being a #1 type heel.
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I don't recall Triple H losing all that much during his bastard heel run in the Attitude era. He won constantly. It wasn't until he got hurt and came back that he was cheered. And even then, that didn't even last a year. He became the top heel in Raw, won a fuck ton, and the crowd never turned, sans his Mania match with Cena.
They don't need to book Rollins cleanly over every opponent. I'm all for cheap wins because his character fits the slime ball type. Giving a guy like Ryback a roll up victory via distraction every now and again is fine. However, your top champion should in no way lose constantly, on television no less, by being pinned or submitted. By hook or crook a heel champion should be trying to gain heat by going through the back door for victories.
Cena has lost, sure. But other than Punk, who has gone on to be billed as an equal star? I guess you could try top argue Bryan, but injuries will likely leave us never knowing what the outcome of a title run would be. Even when Punk was on top, he wasn't the man like Cena has been the man. That's not Cena's fault, however, using him to elevate younger guys into more prominent positions within the company has been a massive failure on the company's end. Owens, Wyatt, Rusev should all be bigger deals. Thankfully, Owens is being given a go as intercontinental champion in a soft reboot. Those other two went nowhere fast.
I typically watch Raw weekly, and I've never hear a boring chant at Wyatt. Not saying it hasn't happened, but I've yet to experience it. Also, his cadence in his promos does not lend itself to getting the what chant. He's one of the few people other than Cena who can actually promo like he's conversing instead of regurgitating lines.
I still believe he can be a big deal. Everything is in place to make him a top star. It's whether or not they pull the trigger and give him the right direction that's the pending issue for him.