TheDieselTrain
Fry's dog Seymour
Chicks Dig Hootie.
Is Stone Cold gonna have to smack a bitch?? WHAT!!!?????
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Post by TheDieselTrain on May 5, 2012 10:27:36 GMT -5
He's the friggin WWE champ for crying out loud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is he even the champ when he's not even close to the focus of the show?
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Post by Big Kahuna Burger on May 5, 2012 10:35:51 GMT -5
Best midcarder in the world.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2012 10:36:45 GMT -5
Look in my eyes, what do you see?
The top of the 2nd hour personality.
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PKO
King Koopa
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Post by PKO on May 5, 2012 10:37:40 GMT -5
Who needs Punk as the main focus when you've got John Laurinitis and the permanantly under-used John Cena?
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2012 10:44:40 GMT -5
Its just so WWE can have it both ways, put Cena on top and push someone new to the "top". They're too scared to really take the risk of making Punk the guy, but they're catering to part of their audience by giving him the belt.
I get it, but its annoying.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 5, 2012 10:46:24 GMT -5
If a feud is bigger than the belt, it deserves more attention than the belt. That's all there is to it. You go with what the crowd cares more about, which WWE is terrible at doing, so doing it in this case is an example of them acting sanely.
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Dean-o
Grimlock
Haha we're having fun Maggle!
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Post by Dean-o on May 5, 2012 10:50:59 GMT -5
In all fairness, he still does main event house shows. But this is simply the WWE afraid of the 2nd hour ratings dropping so they save Cena for last.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on May 5, 2012 10:52:52 GMT -5
He'll get the show fully focused on him as soon as he gets those ice creams.
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Post by The Gambler Fan on May 5, 2012 10:53:56 GMT -5
If Punk gets drafted to Smackdown then the whole show would focus on him. On Smackdown he would be the number one face and the most over wrestler on the show. In fact the WWE can now depush or even release Randy Orton because Punk now has his role.
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riseofsetian1981
King Koopa
"I met him fifteen years ago. I was told there was nothing left."
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on May 5, 2012 10:56:05 GMT -5
Punk did have several shows focused on him and Burials along with Nash made sure they sucked the life out of his heat.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on May 5, 2012 10:58:39 GMT -5
If Punk gets drafted to Smackdown then the whole show would focus on him. On Smackdown he would be the number one face and the most over wrestler on the show. In fact the WWE can now depush or even release Randy Orton because Punk now has his role. Orton has been depushed anyway. He's been in upper-midcard feuds since he lost the Hell In A Cell match to Henry. Hell, when was his last world title shot? |
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2012 11:02:28 GMT -5
If a feud is bigger than the belt, it deserves more attention than the belt. That's all there is to it. You go with what the crowd cares more about, which WWE is terrible at doing, so doing it in this case is an example of them acting sanely. Exactly. They're damned if they do and they're damned if they don’t. If they give Lesnar/HHH/Rock/Cena the title then some people would complain that any of those are so big that they don't "need" the title. But then they'll complain when Lesnar/Cena or Rock/Cena before it overshadows the title feud. You can't have it both ways. And if anything, they're doing Punk a favor anyway. Most of his stuff when he's not been against Cena or HHH has drawn poorly on television. If he was WWE champion and the main focus of the show and his segments were doing so poorly they probaby would have switched the title months ago. But there's less pressure on him as long as some combination of Cena/Lesnar/Rock/HHH/Taker is there to carry the main segments. |
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Post by The Beast Disincarnate on May 5, 2012 11:48:27 GMT -5
No because he's not enough of a draw.
/ thread
(truth hurts sometimes)
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BigWill
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by BigWill on May 5, 2012 11:55:21 GMT -5
No because he's not enough of a draw. / thread (truth hurts sometimes)  |
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ronin705
Dennis Stamp
All Might
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Post by ronin705 on May 5, 2012 11:55:34 GMT -5
"Mid Card Punk" is my name for this title reign, cuz while the matches are good, they NEVER close out a show. Add onto that, that Punk's barely had any real competition for the title outside of Jericho and Cena, so unless WWE (predictably) will try to make lightning strike twice with another summer of punk then he wont have any focused shows for a while.
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WWHHHD
Unicron
Break it down for a 5 second pose!
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Post by WWHHHD on May 5, 2012 11:58:25 GMT -5
See Bret Hart's last WWE title run. His time will come.
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Post by MichaelMartini on May 5, 2012 12:14:15 GMT -5
Because Cena is still on the roster and he's the biggest star of all time!
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mrjl
Fry's dog Seymour
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Post by mrjl on May 5, 2012 12:19:01 GMT -5
"Mid Card Punk" is my name for this title reign, cuz while the matches are good, they NEVER close out a show. Add onto that, that Punk's barely had any real competition for the title outside of Jericho and Cena, so unless WWE (predictably) will try to make lightning strike twice with another summer of punk then he wont have any focused shows for a while. WWF has had champions on before the last match since Hogan in the 80's. And what exactly does competition mean. Cause he did just have a mini feud with Henry |
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Post by SassovsHart on May 5, 2012 12:19:31 GMT -5
Re: Not being enough of a draw, am I the only one who thinks that's kind of a self fulfilling prophecy? When you've had someone else pushed as the very top star for so long, there's probably not going to be immediate dividends business wise when you have someone else besides the guy who you've conditioned fans to see as the most important closing out the shows. Maybe Punk does take off, maybe he doesn't, but you won't find out if you're afraid to try and seriously commit to him (or any other World Champion not named Cena) being the focal point of the show with Cena as 1b for a prolonged period of time. Not just going back to your binky closing out the show at the first sign of trouble.
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on May 5, 2012 12:30:49 GMT -5
He had all summer,it's that young up and comer Johnny Ace's time to shine!
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