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Originally Posted by BigCrippyZ Really? You can't be fucking stupid enough to believe this. Would Austin have said it was a success losing repeatedly and made to look pale in comparison to HBK or Taker? Would Rock have said it was a success being fed to Foley or Austin? Would HHH have thought he was successful if he continuously looked like he couldn't compete with guys like Rock and Austin? Compare their world title runs to Seth's and Seth's becomes a joke. And yes, Owens and Rusev have gone on to such great things since being fed to Cena.

You're mixing up issues.

Guys like Rusev, Owens, Wyatt, etc got to program with Cena very early in their tenure. No different that Cena had early matches with guys like Angle and Taker and lost. The difference is Cena elevated his game and surpassed those guys. The guys like Rusev, Wyatt, and Owens have yet to elevate their game.

Separate to that, no, true alphas like Hunter, Austin, and Rock wouldn't be happy just having a short dance in the spotlight, they wanted the entire spotlight. So they worked hard, proved to be better than their peers and they got the spot.

On the flip side there are plenty of very successful guys who made a living out of being a guy who worked with top guys, but was never a top guy themselves. Guys like Foley and Jericho fit this bill. They could never get over that final hump, but they had great careers where their highlights were basically making the elite guys looks better.