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Old 01-06-2018, 03:46 PM   #1
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Cena is pretty much a perfect example of the wwe basically doing whats best for their bank balance and not caring if the overwhelming majority of the audience is booing him out of the building for a decade. So much for them "listening to the fans", he probably could have had a more interesting career if his character had became a heel during the last 5 or 6 years, but nope. Just remained generic "good guy" with the exception of the odd promo now and again.

A missed opportunity imo, as a heel in the early 2000's he was a pretty interesting character, but once he went "good guy" and merchandise sales started to soar he was just locked into that. Cena turning heel after years of being the ultimate good guy could have been a big a turn as Hogan turning at BOTB, but Vince "the visionary, the genius" never had this thought cross his mind and instead decided to milk the merchandise sales for all they were worth.

They are a business. Of course they are going to do what's best for their bank balence. What are they supposed to do?
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Old 01-06-2018, 04:51 PM   #2
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They are a business. Of course they are going to do what's best for their bank balence. What are they supposed to do?
Oh i don't know, maybe not wank away money on half brained schemes like the WBF the XFL, WWE Films, Linda running for government (may or may not have been her own money, afaik that was never mentioned one way or the other). Sterling examples of doing whats best for their bank balance, right?

As for Cena, all they did was play it safe and as a result they had a situation where they eventually had to bribe people to tune into the show (the million dollar giveaway), and their top "star" everyone's meant to cheer for was booed out of the buildings for the better part of a decade.

They didn't even test the waters with a Cena heel turn, it may have went really good, it may have went over like a fart in church, at this point we'll never know. Either way wwe continue to treat their fans like they have a memory retention span of 10 minutes so a failed heel turn is easily rectified in their eyes. Vince talks about being a risk taker, i think his grapefruits are more like prunes after the XFL debacle. The Vince of the attitude era would have had no issues turning Cena heel.
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Old 01-06-2018, 07:02 PM   #3
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Oh i don't know, maybe not wank away money on half brained schemes like the WBF the XFL, WWE Films, Linda running for government (may or may not have been her own money, afaik that was never mentioned one way or the other). Sterling examples of doing whats best for their bank balance, right?

As for Cena, all they did was play it safe and as a result they had a situation where they eventually had to bribe people to tune into the show (the million dollar giveaway), and their top "star" everyone's meant to cheer for was booed out of the buildings for the better part of a decade.

They didn't even test the waters with a Cena heel turn, it may have went really good, it may have went over like a fart in church, at this point we'll never know. Either way wwe continue to treat their fans like they have a memory retention span of 10 minutes so a failed heel turn is easily rectified in their eyes. Vince talks about being a risk taker, i think his grapefruits are more like prunes after the XFL debacle. The Vince of the attitude era would have had no issues turning Cena heel.

Cena has made them money hand over fist. Again, why change something that's working financially
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Old 01-07-2018, 12:27 PM   #4
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They could potentially make more over time by taking risks but I get what you mean.l
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They could potentially make more over time by taking risks but I get what you mean.l
Yeah, this is true. This is kind of where I am on the whole three-hour thing. "But they get more money for the more time." Yeah, but you take the risk, sharpen the product, bring more people in, increase ratings, PPV buys (when that was a thing), Network subs, and hopefully capita per head. Is it better to fill up an arena and get a 3.0 for a two-hour show where people buy all this merchandise, or is it better to get a 1.0 for a three-hour show where the arenas aren't full and a few people buy some merchandise.

NOTE: This is not an accurate description of current WWE. I think the current per capita is actually quite high, but it's a hyperbolic example. A hot product is going to generate more money than that third hour cooling Raw is.
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Old 01-07-2018, 06:35 PM   #6
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They could potentially make more over time by taking risks but I get what you mean.l
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