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**PerfectOne** · 02-10-2005, 12:09 AM

Let's look at what would happen if the Rock were still lin WWE, wrestling every week...

Oh, wait, he'd be TRIPLE H.

You see, the Rock is arguably the BIGGEST star in the WWE, period. They can't just have him wrestling Viscera on-screen - no, he'd have to have the BEST fueds, the BIGGEST opponents, etc. Not because of his ego - because that's what sells. Otherwise, you'd just piss off the millions...and millions of the Rock's fans.

That means, every main event, it would be Rock vs. X for the title. Every RAW or Smackdown (depending on his brand) PPV, he would be headlining. He'd become everything the people on this board continuously complain about - a successful wrestler that "hogs the light" from the newer stars.

And it's not like he's the only one looking to get out of wrestling and into movies - he's just the most successful. Recall that Trips was in Blade 3 and will star in the new Connan the Barbarian movie. Edge was in Highlander - Endgame. Andre the Giant was a major player in The Princess' Bride, and had he lived longer, would undoubtedly have had the opportunity for a successful movie career. Goldberg starred in Universal Soldier, and had it not flopped, would have undoubtedly quit wrestling to pursue movies (as he stated in interviews). Jesse Ventura quit and did a HUGE number of movies, far more than Rock to date, including PREDATOR and Major League 2. Hell, Kevin Nash was SUPER SHREDDER in TMNT2.

Now, you say "well, they all came back to wrestling." But they HAD too (except for maybe Andre, who was dying anyway). They came back, possibly because they wanted too, but definitely because their movies didn't do so hot. The ones with take-off careers in movies (Jesse Ventura, Hulk Hogan, Roddy Piper (B-movies, but loads of them)) left wrestling and pursued movies.

There are several reasons - they can appeal to their fanbase in a profession potentially 100 times more profitable than wrestling. The potential for injury is far less, their careers in movies can last far longer, and they can spend more time with family.

Now, ask yourself something. I assume you all work at a job that you like - if not, pretend you did. Now, say someone came to you and said - "I have a job doing that uses the same basic skills you possess - and I'm willing to pay you 10 times what you're currently making, just to start out. By the way, I'll also cut the number of months you work from 12 to about 3-5, and slash the hours you work by 1/2."

Would you take the new job, which you may or may not like, or take the new job with less hours, less stress, and more pay? If you say you'd keep the first job, I think you're lying to yourself to try to prove some mundane point.

02-10-2005, 12:09 AM	#29
PerfectOne Posts: 97	Let's look at what would happen if the Rock were still lin WWE, wrestling every week... Oh, wait, he'd be TRIPLE H. You see, the Rock is arguably the BIGGEST star in the WWE, period. They can't just have him wrestling Viscera on-screen - no, he'd have to have the BEST fueds, the BIGGEST opponents, etc. Not because of his ego - because that's what sells. Otherwise, you'd just piss off the millions...and millions of the Rock's fans. That means, every main event, it would be Rock vs. X for the title. Every RAW or Smackdown (depending on his brand) PPV, he would be headlining. He'd become everything the people on this board continuously complain about - a successful wrestler that "hogs the light" from the newer stars. And it's not like he's the only one looking to get out of wrestling and into movies - he's just the most successful. Recall that Trips was in Blade 3 and will star in the new Connan the Barbarian movie. Edge was in Highlander - Endgame. Andre the Giant was a major player in The Princess' Bride, and had he lived longer, would undoubtedly have had the opportunity for a successful movie career. Goldberg starred in Universal Soldier, and had it not flopped, would have undoubtedly quit wrestling to pursue movies (as he stated in interviews). Jesse Ventura quit and did a HUGE number of movies, far more than Rock to date, including PREDATOR and Major League 2. Hell, Kevin Nash was SUPER SHREDDER in TMNT2. Now, you say "well, they all came back to wrestling." But they HAD too (except for maybe Andre, who was dying anyway). They came back, possibly because they wanted too, but definitely because their movies didn't do so hot. The ones with take-off careers in movies (Jesse Ventura, Hulk Hogan, Roddy Piper (B-movies, but loads of them)) left wrestling and pursued movies. There are several reasons - they can appeal to their fanbase in a profession potentially 100 times more profitable than wrestling. The potential for injury is far less, their careers in movies can last far longer, and they can spend more time with family. Now, ask yourself something. I assume you all work at a job that you like - if not, pretend you did. Now, say someone came to you and said - "I have a job doing that uses the same basic skills you possess - and I'm willing to pay you 10 times what you're currently making, just to start out. By the way, I'll also cut the number of months you work from 12 to about 3-5, and slash the hours you work by 1/2." Would you take the new job, which you may or may not like, or take the new job with less hours, less stress, and more pay? If you say you'd keep the first job, I think you're lying to yourself to try to prove some mundane point.