Something that concerns me with this 'youth movement'.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by Fox I feel like Matt Hardy's time has passed. If he was going to be a World champion he would've done it by now. Christian, I feel, will win the WWE or World Heavyweight title before his career is said and done. The time hasn't been right yet in the minds of the WWE writers, but I think he'll get a "Trophy" title run much like Foley, Guerrero and Benoit before him. I think he deserves more than this, but he did spend like 5 years in TNA when, if he would've stuck it out in the WWE, he probably would've been a World Champion by now. MVP has had numerous occasions to try and connect with the fans, but he just hasn't done it. The Miz is a perfect example of a guy who was given opportunities and CAPITALIZED on them. Guys like MVP, Chavo Guerrero, Carlito and even Mr. Kennedy (to an extent) all had their shots and basically blew them. I'm all about the youth movement in the WWE, so long as we can get some decently written, coherent, interesting and exciting storylines to go along with our new, younger, faster main eventers.

I sort of agree with this. Sadly, I don't think this can be said in every case. Matt Hardy and Christian were both white-hot in 2005, but where pushed to the side in order to protect investments like John Cena, Edge & Batista. The WWE chose who they wanted to make money for them, rather than letting the fans choose.

I do hope that guys like MVP have not lost all chance of having that run at the top. But I listen to MVP's promos, and there's just nothing about his current character that makes me think that it must happen. MVP really needs to kick it into another gear. Getting his new theme music might help.

But I think this youth movement has been forced upon us after a long time of ignoring the youth. It is sad, but the youth that were neglected aren't youth anymore. While I understand what someone said about pushing the 20-somethings who might still be around in 10-15 years, I don't think this should be across the board. As someone said, the veterans need to depart their skills onto these young kids. Guys like Christian and even MVP (who has only been with the WWE for four years, but feels like an old-timer), can do that.