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[Damian Rey]

Originally Posted by Juan Exactly. People are too afraid to look like marks and just sit there instead of actually enjoying the show.

I don't understand the idea of not getting your money's worth when going to a show. When I went to the Austin-hosted Raw back in March, I marked like a 5 year when Austin, Bret, and Jericho hit the ring. And I booed my lungs out for Cena. I didn't give a shit about about "keeping it cool".

Also, from an entirely different angle, it's hard to cheer and boo for people you just don'r care about. The character development has been atrocious in the WWE since about 2004, the year Eddie and Benoit finally got their due.

It's pretty damn difficult to truly get behind a guy when the minute he starts to garner a reaction, the booking blows their load and pushes straight to the top. Cena is a good example of this. He started getting great reactions with the rapper gimmick. Then they turned him face, had him pandering the crowd more and more, and a year after winning his first singles title, he's given the top belt in the company.

Everything these days seemes so rushed. I like the MITB concept, and it worked the first time when Edge won it. Well, for me atleast. He deserved the win. Guys like Cena, Batista, Swagger, hell, even Punk had no buildup to their win. One minute, they're in the midcard working with midcard guys, then they're all of sudden thrust into the main event and we're expected to all of sudden pop. I don't think it is supposed to work that way.

/rant