Do you think that "new" wrestlers are missing a "style"?

**Maluco** · 01-22-2007, 11:09 PM

This is something I have thought about for a while, because I have become disillusioned with wrestling, and in asking myself why, I always thought of this.

The point is this one...that the new breed of next generation wrestlers are missing that style, or that character progression that made so many of the older stars popular. There are so many aspects to this, but for example...

Hogan - Had the big boot, leg drop, all his sayings and the red and yellow and the immediately recognsable music.

Rock - The same, after letting his character build, he has all the different moves that the crowd popped for, his own style, sayings etc..

Steve Austin - Much the same again.

..but when you look at the guys coming up the card now...

Randy Orton - Yeah, he is the Legend Killer, but very fews fans know any moves outside the RKO, he has no real marketable lines and a generic look.

Batista is the same, problems on the mic, no real character progression outside "The Animal", and it looks like WWE are going to fast track Kennedy, Dykstra, Nitro, and all the rest, up the card so fast without letting the characters progress and slow boil over time.

My question for discussion is this...how, at this stage, does WWE go about remedying the situation...or maybe you don't think it is a situation, whatever the case, discuss...

01-22-2007, 11:09 PM	#1
Maluco Reigning Tipsters Champ! Posts: 2,088	Do you think that "new" wrestlers are missing a "style"? This is something I have thought about for a while, because I have become disillusioned with wrestling, and in asking myself why, I always thought of this. The point is this one...that the new breed of next generation wrestlers are missing that style, or that character progression that made so many of the older stars popular. There are so many aspects to this, but for example... Hogan - Had the big boot, leg drop, all his sayings and the red and yellow and the immediately recognsable music. Rock - The same, after letting his character build, he has all the different moves that the crowd popped for, his own style, sayings etc.. Steve Austin - Much the same again. ..but when you look at the guys coming up the card now... Randy Orton - Yeah, he is the Legend Killer, but very fews fans know any moves outside the RKO, he has no real marketable lines and a generic look. Batista is the same, problems on the mic, no real character progression outside "The Animal", and it looks like WWE are going to fast track Kennedy, Dykstra, Nitro, and all the rest, up the card so fast without letting the characters progress and slow boil over time. My question for discussion is this...how, at this stage, does WWE go about remedying the situation...or maybe you don't think it is a situation, whatever the case, discuss...