Post by Lancers on Sept 6, 2005 20:29:33 GMT -5
The point is this......
The reason that the WWE got behind guys like Foley and Austin in the late 90s was because the WWE wanted to crush the competition. It wasn't about taking talent and embarrassing them, it was about getting rid of the competition. And the plan was successful.
Fast forward to current times. The WWE has no competition, and will not have any head-to-head competition for the forseeable future. So basically, they can go back to doing things the way they used to.
Simply put, the WWE's preference would be to push "their" guys. Not the guys who toiled in the WCW Power Plant or guys who became stars in ECW. Why you ask? Because the WWE would rather take credit for discovering their superstars than to credit other promotions work for creating their superstars.
Believe me when I say this. John Cena wouldn't have gotten pushed through the moon if it weren't for the fact that he was developed by the WWE. A guy like Sean O'Haire who had the look and appeared to have the talent to match was grossly underutilized during his stint with the WWE. Why? Most likely because he wasn't "their" guy. They had a decent gimmick for Sean, but didn't give it time to develop and was canned briefly after Piper was canned.
If you look at the WWE's crop of up-and-coming superstars. Notice a trend? Cena. Orton. Edge. Masters. Batista. All of these guys were developed by the WWE, not anywhere else. Notice how RVD, Booker, Rey and Helms are being utilized as mid-carders at best. It's not a mere coincidence that the guys WWE was personally trained have a HUGE advantage over those who weren't guys developed within the company.
Now if (and that's a huge if) TNA can pose a legitimate threat to the WWE, I suspect the company will take talent from other promotions and turn them into main eventers if they have to. As I pointed out about Austin and Foley and even Triple "Terra Ryzing" H, these were guys who were fired by WCW who were picked up by the WWE and given an opportunity to shine when the WWE was in an act of desperation trying to compete with their competition.
If WCW was never a major threat to the WWE, one could argue that these individuals may have never been given that opportunity to become the stars that they became.
Sorry for the long post, had a lot on my mind.
The reason that the WWE got behind guys like Foley and Austin in the late 90s was because the WWE wanted to crush the competition. It wasn't about taking talent and embarrassing them, it was about getting rid of the competition. And the plan was successful.
Fast forward to current times. The WWE has no competition, and will not have any head-to-head competition for the forseeable future. So basically, they can go back to doing things the way they used to.
Simply put, the WWE's preference would be to push "their" guys. Not the guys who toiled in the WCW Power Plant or guys who became stars in ECW. Why you ask? Because the WWE would rather take credit for discovering their superstars than to credit other promotions work for creating their superstars.
Believe me when I say this. John Cena wouldn't have gotten pushed through the moon if it weren't for the fact that he was developed by the WWE. A guy like Sean O'Haire who had the look and appeared to have the talent to match was grossly underutilized during his stint with the WWE. Why? Most likely because he wasn't "their" guy. They had a decent gimmick for Sean, but didn't give it time to develop and was canned briefly after Piper was canned.
If you look at the WWE's crop of up-and-coming superstars. Notice a trend? Cena. Orton. Edge. Masters. Batista. All of these guys were developed by the WWE, not anywhere else. Notice how RVD, Booker, Rey and Helms are being utilized as mid-carders at best. It's not a mere coincidence that the guys WWE was personally trained have a HUGE advantage over those who weren't guys developed within the company.
Now if (and that's a huge if) TNA can pose a legitimate threat to the WWE, I suspect the company will take talent from other promotions and turn them into main eventers if they have to. As I pointed out about Austin and Foley and even Triple "Terra Ryzing" H, these were guys who were fired by WCW who were picked up by the WWE and given an opportunity to shine when the WWE was in an act of desperation trying to compete with their competition.
If WCW was never a major threat to the WWE, one could argue that these individuals may have never been given that opportunity to become the stars that they became.
Sorry for the long post, had a lot on my mind.