Thread: Your most "Against The Grain" opinion on wrestling
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Old 08-11-2016, 08:42 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by Dastardly Dale Newstead View Post
lol Owen was fucking unbelievable but he was not a main event talent.
Really not so sure. Between being allegedly better than Bret, that whole "Owen was supposed to become The Game" rumor, and the overwhelming fact that he died way too soon, it is difficult to dismiss his main event potential out of hand.

You never know: he might have said or done something or been put into position to be propelled into the stratosphere. The argument of history may not even been about Bret or Shawn, but Owen or Shawn.

I guess this brings another "against the grain" argument: me not liking to arbitrarily dismiss people as not being "main eventers" or "top draws" when the situation never really arose. It is a combination of ability, timing, and the right people thinking a push for so and so is the right thing to do.

If Vince didn't see money in "Austin 3:16", he may have well gotten the Zack Ryder treatment, and allowed him to fuck off into oblivion while still trying to create another Hogan in spite of the overwhelming number of signs and chants. What if they decided the failed push of Flex Kivana or overhyped babyface Rocky Miavia was considered to be all Rock's fault and decided just to job him out on Shotgun Saturday Night for a couple of years? The same thing could be said about them in those situations: that they "didn't have it" and weren't main eventers or draws, and the evidence would have supported that point of view.
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