Through the Eyes of a Wrestler: How imporant are things like card status and title wins?

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SCENARIO:

You're a young buck who decides you want to be an independent wrestler. You were bitten by the professional wrestling bug at a very young age, and guys like HBK, Bret Hart, Hulk Hogan, and The Berserker are IDOLS in your eyes. You've decided to cast everything in your life aside to follow your dreams and become one of your heroes.

After some years of training, some great luck swings your way, and you get a try out with WWE. You are very impressive in your try out, and you get signed to a developmental contract. You light FCW on fire, and the entire internet attaches itself firmly to your nuts.

After some time in FCW, you finally get the call-up to job to Yoshi Tatsu on an episode of Superstars. Your dreams are finally starting to be realized! You're wrestling on television for the biggest wrestling company in the world! The internet collectively orgasms at the sight of you on TV, and the speculation about you starts running rampant. Armchair bookers everywhere start proposing foolproof scenarios to take you directly to the WWE championship, each scenario more brilliant than the last.

However...the WWE bookers have a different idea for you. You continue to make regular appearances on Superstars, and sometimes you even get called up to Smackdown for battle royals and a brief tag run with Tyler Reks. The internet is furious at your 'misuse', but you're getting steady paychecks, and you've made some pretty good friends backstage. There is no sign of you losing your job in the near future.

How does that make you feel? Are you depressed that you'll never become an icon like The Berserker? Or are you happy to just have a job at all, doing what you love to do?

In the eyes of the average wrestler, how much do you think he cares about being a main-eventer and winning a ton of titles?