Shawn Daivari on the importance of perception outside ALLAYLAHAYYLAHAYYLA

[Keith]

He's right to a certain degree. But he's basically saying that guys in WWE (or to a lesser extent, TNA) should leave when they're coming off a push or coming off the best work they've done, in order to avoid "sitting on the bench", so to speak (not being used), or being misused.

Thing is, in order to do that you'd have to be a psychic (look into the future and predict you're not going to be used right at all, or get another push). By leaving, you'd be running the risk of the WWE looking at you as a quitter and as a guy who won't pay his due and "stick it out" as creative comes up with something good for you.

Look at Glenn Jacobs, for example. In 1995 the guy played a freaking dentist on tv, and didn't last long. Then the next year he came out as "Fake Diesel", and that didn't last long. It was the year after that that WWE (WWF at the time) hit the nail on the head, came up with the Kane character, and Jacobs took the ball, ran with it, and now he's a former World Champion and future Hall of Famer. He didn't say "Fuck this" and jumped ship to WCW or quit WWE. He stuck it out.

And there are many, many other examples like that one, of guys who stuck it out, worked hard, and eventually got their breaks.

So he's right to a degree, but it's tricky. But I guess that's what taking gambles is all about.

[James Steele]

Originally Posted by Keith He's right to a certain degree. But he's basically saying that guys in WWE (or to a lesser extent, TNA) should leave when they're coming off a push or coming off the best work they've done, in order to avoid "sitting on the bench", so to speak (not being used), or being misused. Thing is, in order to do that you'd have to be a psychic (look into the future and predict you're not going to be used right at all, or get another push). By leaving, you'd be running the risk of the WWE looking at you as a quitter and as a guy who won't pay his due and "stick it out" as creative comes up with something good for you. Look at Glenn Jacobs, for example. In 1995 the guy played a freaking dentist on tv, and didn't last long. Then the next year he came out as "Fake Diesel", and that didn't last long. It was the year after that that WWE (WWF at the time) hit the nail on the head, came up with the Kane character, and Jacobs took the ball, ran with it, and now he's a former World Champion and future Hall of Famer. He didn't say "Fuck this" and jumped ship to WCW or quit WWE. He stuck it out. And there are many, many other examples like that one, of guys who stuck it out, worked hard, and eventually got their breaks. So he's right to a degree, but it's tricky. But I guess that's what taking gambles is all about.

Good examples currently are Dolph Ziggler and (potentially) Damien Sandow.