"Paying your dues" in 2011

**Xero** · 04-10-2011, 08:30 PM

Years ago, "paying your dues" meant working the indies and working the territories. Making your name in other countries, or even just wrestling in other countries.

Today, something I've always felt of these pushes and depushes, with the likes of Sheamus (who is now on the rise again) and Ted DiBiase, was that it is a form of paying your dues. Unfortunately, it tends to kill their momentum and has a chance of permanently making them unmarketable to the current audience, but I do feel that this is a part of paying your dues in 2011. Of course, it could also be punishment for some guys, mismanagement or them just not being "ready".

Of course, another part, at least for WWE, is working in FCW. And for most, that means low pay and reworking themselves pretty much from the ground up in the "WWE Way".

What do you feel "paying your dues" entails in 2011? Is it better or worse than before? How do you feel about my assessment of the depushes?

Discuss "paying your dues" in general in here.

04-10-2011, 08:30 PM	#1
Xero He's Here Posts: 60,735	"Paying your dues" in 2011 Years ago, "paying your dues" meant working the indies and working the territories. Making your name in other countries, or even just wrestling in other countries. Today, something I've always felt of these pushes and depushes, with the likes of Sheamus (who is now on the rise again) and Ted DiBiase, was that it is a form of paying your dues. Unfortunately, it tends to kill their momentum and has a chance of permanently making them unmarketable to the current audience, but I do feel that this is a part of paying your dues in 2011. Of course, it could also be punishment for some guys, mismanagement or them just not being "ready". Of course, another part, at least for WWE, is working in FCW. And for most, that means low pay and reworking themselves pretty much from the ground up in the "WWE Way". What do you feel "paying your dues" entails in 2011? Is it better or worse than before? How do you feel about my assessment of the depushes? Discuss "paying your dues" in general in here.