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Old 06-25-2006, 09:46 PM   #1
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Is Sabu the most marketable wrestler on the ECW roster?
With ECW being run either before or after the Smackdown! taping in front of a WWE audience – my question is, is Sabu the man that’s going to have to be the one to get ECW over?

Generally speaking, almost the entire crowds at the last two ECW on Sci-Fi showings – have no clue what ECW was about or who their key players are with the exception of Rob Van Dam. Here comes Sabu – who comes across as this raw savage who does insane stunts with no regard for his own well being. Flying through the air through tables, throwing chairs at his opponents as a means of offence. Granted the guy is a botch fest – but I really believe if ECW wants to get over with a more casual fan base, Sabu’s got to be their franchise player. Marks will eat it up.

I can’t see Tommy Dreamer getting over with the a WWE crowd, Sandman is weak with out "Enter Sandman" and why is RVD still under invisible handcuffs? Since he’s the number one guy (which may change in the next couple of minutes) – shouldn’t he be allowed to go all out with his arsenal?

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Old 06-25-2006, 09:53 PM   #2
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O yeah Sabu is going to sell the most mechandise out of all the ECW guys except RVD.

Kids will love Sabu.
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Old 06-25-2006, 10:01 PM   #3
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Kids can't grasp the concept of a savage who can't talk. What are they going to do, make his shirt him jumping through a table with "DEAL!" on it?
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Old 06-25-2006, 10:01 PM   #4
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He is the most marketable not named RVD
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Old 06-25-2006, 10:16 PM   #5
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Alright - I retract my statement... why the fuck did he tap to the STFU?
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Old 06-25-2006, 10:36 PM   #6
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Kids can't grasp the concept of a savage who can't talk. What are they going to do, make his shirt him jumping through a table with "DEAL!" on it?
Kids can grasp a guy jumping through a table not giving a damn about anything.

They could make shirts with Sabu pointing up to the sky like they use to. Or annything else they wanted to do.

Sabu is very marketable.
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Old 06-26-2006, 01:00 AM   #7
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I thinking your forgetting someone called Kurt Angle
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Old 06-26-2006, 01:35 AM   #8
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Sabu is very marketable. The other guys might be marketable if they got some fucking tv time.

Also, on a side note, on ECW.com they are no longer wrestlers or rebels, but extremist. Hopefully they will just stick to calling them something.
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I thinking your forgetting someone called Kurt Angle
You could deck Kurt Angle out in ECW attire from head to toe - and he'd still be WWE.
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Old 06-26-2006, 05:08 AM   #11
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Sabu is vastly overrated.
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Sabu is what he is supposed to be, A spot machine, which he does well by the way. I think he will be one of the top guys for a whileas long as his health is good, but I don't know how marketable he is to a fanbase that currently support Cena and Mysterio the most.
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Old 06-26-2006, 10:05 AM   #13
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He is the most marketable not named RVD
I'd agree with that.

If they knew how to book a giant, then I would say Big Show too. But they don't so I won't.
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Sabu is vastly overrated.
Doesn't mean anything when you are talking about being marketable.
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Old 06-26-2006, 11:14 AM   #15
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Doesn't mean anything when you are talking about being marketable.
example, Cena, John
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Doesn't mean anything when you are talking about being marketable.
In fact, being overrated is usually a sign of marketability. If someone is just hyped to their ability, they're probably not going to be very marketable. The same goes with Rob Van Dam. There are folks on this board who think he's Jesus. He can do no wrong, and even if he wrestled Hulk Hogan style, right down to the Leg Drop finish and 15 minute pose-fest, someone out there would call it a 5-Star match.

Sabu could anally masturbate with a microphone in the middle of a match, including fake farting noises, and someone out there would buy a T-Shirt of that.
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Old 06-26-2006, 11:20 AM   #17
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example, Cena, John
That's debatable.
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fine have it your way

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example, Cena, John IMO
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Sabu is vastly overrated.
Not in 2006 he isn't. Infact, I'd say he has performed beyond expectation thus far.
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fine have it your way

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example, Cena, John IMO
Actually, it's not a case of your opinion. It's really a case of using an example that better fits the paradigm of overrated and marketable. You can call Cena overrated, and that's an opinion, but he's not marketable to the major fanbase (He moves merchandise to smaller fanbases they're trying to stimulate...Hmmm...Vince wants to stimulate kids...), he overall hurts the marketability.

An appropriate example of someone who is overrated and still marketable (Which would really be what you need to make a "case in point" argument) might include any number of people, but they have to actually be marketable. That part is not really opinion. That's business.

You cannot, for example, say that the Rock is not marketable (In wrestling; you could make a decent argument in films, but I'm not going there). Same with Austin. Same with anyone who's been a big seller (DX moved a lot of merch to people, both the staples of wrestling and folks who would normally not buy the shit).

You can argue whether or not someone could be marketable, or even if you think the reason they sell stuff is apt. But you're either marketable or not, and Cena isn't particularly a good example, since he seems not to increase sales/buyrates/ratings (Except merch sales within a specific niche that's difficult to fill and hardly a huge influence.

...Regardless of your opinion of whether he's overrated or not.
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