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Old 07-04-2018, 02:06 PM   #73
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Originally Posted by BigCrippyZ View Post
It seems that Vince doesn't want another Rock situation where a top WWE star has opportunities to go on and make more $ or be even more successful or popular outside of WWE and leave the WWE hanging to have to build new stars when they don't have the talent or haven't been planning to have to do so. As a result, no one talent can be allowed to stand out and be a bigger focus or star than the company and its events as a whole, and so most talent seems at relatively the same level overall. It's a great idea if you have enough $ and consistent enough revenues that you have no reason to take any risk and/or you want your product and talent to be mediocre overall.
Yeah but that argument goes both ways. If they have a constant stream of revenue, they shouldn't be afraid if somebody gets really famous and leaves.

Even in the situation of The Rock, it's not like it happened overnight. They had him full time as a mega star for more than 3 years, then as a part time moviestar for another 2 years after that. And for those 2 years as a part timer he worked way more than Lesnar does now.

For Cena it was even longer. Cena didn't start getting real outside offers until after about 10 years as a mega star.

Then you have guys like Batista who has put together a bell of an IMDB page, or Jericho who has done a lot of outside stuff, that still are willing to come back from time to time. Like it or not, they raise the awareness of WWE to a far greater audience then if they were just wrestlers.

Literally the only downside of guys becoming bigger than the WWE brand is they aren't on WWE TV as often anymore, but now especially with the Network, they are really always available.

Maybe some comic fan who never watched WWE in their life loves Drax, decides to check out a match or 2 of Batistas, enjoy it, and give Raw a shot.

If Raw is compelling and hooks them, WWE wins even though Batista himself hasn't had a match himself in over 4 years.

Building stars vs not is the difference in getting people to watch now, so who cares if the wrestler that gets them to watch now decides to leave in 5 years for outside success. Maybe that person will lead to a new person giving WWE a shot down the road after they are no longer a wrestler.

It's a far better option then somebody tuning in now and seeing bland interchangeable characters that don't compel them to keep watching.
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