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My point is not that he was not losing to them -- it is that he was clearly the more dominant in the feud, proving that wins and losses don't matter.
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If Punk lost every match from now until the end of eternity, and people still thought that he was The Best in the World and better than the guys beating him, then it would not matter if he lost every match from now until the end of eternity.
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There you go. Wins and losses don't matter. So why should anyone care about the outcomes of matches?
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#124 |
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Seems to me like making people care about who wins matches is a pretty big deal if you're trying to make wrestling interesting...
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If you had a magic bank account with unlimited money stored within it, you could spend as much money as you want. It's the same thing with losing in professional wrestling. Of course, no one has a magic bank account -- but a guy like Punk can spend a lot of money if he manages to make more of it at the end of the day.
Keep in mind that it was just a mere few years ago that the win-loss record of Cena really bothered people because it was too much in his favour. Top stars need vulnerability. |
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Wins and losses matter in a sense that people are invested in the outcome. There was no excuse for Sting to not win the WCW World Title at Starrcade '97, for example. Anything else would have been shitty, shitty booking. But people care about why the guys are fighting. They care about the story heading into the match, and what the outcome will [I]mean[I]. That's why CM Punk's story with John Cena last year was so meaningful. Punk had literally won maybe one PPV match in the last calendar year, or something like that. What Punk managed to do was get people to invest in the story and what they thought the outcome was going to be. If it was just Cena vs. Punk for the WWE Title, no one would have given a shit. |
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#128 |
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Because people didn't like Cena. So Super-Cena just pissed them off more. Do you really think Super-Punk would turn the crowd anti-Punk?
Vulnerability can be made without your top guys losing to half the roster. Hogan had vulnerability and he never lost. He is probably the most over star in wrestling history. Austin had vulnerability. He never lost either. He is one of the most over stars in wrestling history. Rock had vulnerability and he lost a shitload. He is one of the most over stars ever... The difference though... How many times did the fans get sick of him? |
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I can think of loads of times Austin lost. And loads of times Rock won.
Punk has lost to like D-Bry in a Handicap Match, Tensai in the same Handicap Match, Jericho in a tag team match and then...I can't remember. I think at the very start of the year Ziggler did get one or two falls against Punk in tag team matches. Is that seriously your case? |
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When was the last time you were invested in the outcome of a TV match? |
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#131 |
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I think WWE is gonna build towards Ryback Vs Sandow, where Sandow finally gets beat.
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Yes, you can think of loads of times Rock won... who can't? I said he lost a shitload. I really thought that was common knowledge. |
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It's a lame formula. Having a guy lose to make it seem like the other guy can beat him at the upcoming PPV only makes it seem like anyone can beat him on TV... so after a while, who cares? Punk would be better served beating guys like Miz, Ziggler, Cody, etc in good, long matches on Raw to hype him up. He puts on a great match, wins, justifies his best in the world status. They take him to a great match, lose, justify their "almost there" status. Or he faces someone like Jinder Mahal, makes short work of him, justifies his best in the world status while justifying Jinder's "not even close" status.
That's the anti-parity stuff they should be working on. Each guy should have a level. They can over-achieve or under-achieve on any given night but everyone has a level. This "he's unstoppable... unless it's non title or until we're done pushing him for this upcoming match. Then he's just a loser inexplicably" thing is shit. |
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Yes. I proved the point that you are unable to explain how the formula works in any way, shape or form so you evade like a motherfucker.
Seriously... I'm arguing the fact that the whole main eventer losing regularly as a way to build hype is pointless and only makes matches less relevant... and you can't see how bringing up a feud that was based in no way on matches has nothing to do with what I'm arguing. I accept that you ACTUALLY believe the stupid shit you say about Riley and Slater... but you have to be trying to be this dumb now. |
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Punk's feud with Cena is exactly my point, and you're backing it up constantly -- "feud that was based in no way on matches." Thank you again. For someone arguing that wins and losses are so critical, you haven't explained how it would even be possible for a feud to be based on anything other than matches. |
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At this point, I'm seriously picturing you just seeing my name and trying really hard to form an argument somehow while murmuring to yourself "This is for A-Ry, fucker!" |
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#142 |
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The fued between Noid and #1-wwf-fan was better then most the fueds in wwe going on right now.
In the end I have to give it to #1-wwf-fan by DQ for the low blow from Noid when he used the A-Rye topic. (which i'm unaware of) In the beginning Noid had some strong points but #1-wwf-fan has a good point, at least to me when he said that the build up of characters that already exist so that they can go for titles and them losing a bunch of tv matches is stupid not to mention now just completely boring. 1 of the problems is that we have too many PPV. and each one has a new build up. Ryback I have to go with Noid that him dominating means nothing in about a month when he loses. He'll need Charisma (mic skills also) to get him over. I think he'll need to dominate for quite awhile. Even after losing he needs to continue to dominate. Lets not forget We now have Ryback to add to Damien Sandow, Brodus Clay, Jackson and Mason Ryan. We already have Kane, Big show, Cena (have to count him since he has a small power based move-set) and of course mark Henry. The "Heavyweight" division is growing in the WWE. It hasn't been really put togather yet but along with some of the other Heavyweights that already are and that can come back the WWE can go in a totally different direction and they can do it real soon. |
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That monstrous heavyweight brute Damien Sandow.
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#145 |
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#146 |
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#147 |
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HEY YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!! FEED THE MACHINE!
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MAMA BEEN BAAAADDD!
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#149 |
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Can't wait for Cena to squash the fuck out of Ryback.
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#150 |
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I can
And b4 any1 thinks I am, I would like to state that i do not hate Cena. He was at 1 time my favorite but I just think he needs a hiatus. When I went to raw I was part of the Let's go Cena Chants that have died in recent months. Not the Cena Sux chants |
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