Official Bound For Glory thread--10/23/05

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Forgot to comment on this earlier:

Originally Posted by Loose Cannon Rhino was jobbing on low profile matches to guys like Bradshaw. He doesn't have promo skills, he lacks charisma, and really sin't anything special. He was never a big deal at all in WWE, the place where it usually matters. Yea, guys like Jericho jobbed, but Jericho actually DREW money, was a HUGE deal, is high profile, can cut a great promo, has charisma, is known outside wrestling and has won a shit load of Titles for WWE and WCW. Theres' the Difference

Here's the difference as I see it.

Yes, Rhyno lost to lowcarders his entire career, but how many casual fans pay attention to those matches in the first place? The lowcard matches, unless they're involving divas or...divas, usually are met with apathy from the crowd, and they don't really pay any attention to who was in them. (See: Bradshaw turning from beer-drinking poker-playing protection-runner to city-slicker limo-riding millionaire overnight and nobody but us even noticing)

Fans watch the main events. They pay attention to the main events. When they watched WCW, they saw Jeff Jarrett in the main event and they saw the promotion die. They saw him win the title from David Arquette in one match and with help from two crooked guest officials in a second.

Neither of these guys makes for a credible main-eventer in the eyes of a casual fan, but most casual fans will have forgotten that Rhino used to wrestle on Heat. They won't have forgotten that Jarrett carried on a top-tier feud with...Master P. They won't have forgotten that Jarrett couldn't win the belt on his own (and still can't) OR pin a woman.