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Post by shagnastii on Dec 12, 2007 7:31:31 GMT -5
Ok was chatting with a few mates over a few beers last night and one of the boys asked "Do you think the WWE would have the balls to put a world title on a debuting star?"
We've had Carlito (US) Christian (LHW) Santino (Inter)
I really wasn't sure? It seems really unbelievable, but i could actually see it happening!
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Post by SassovsHart on Dec 12, 2007 7:34:30 GMT -5
I sure hope not, what would that do for the prestige of the world title? And from a business perspective, why would fans want to tune in to watch a show based around someone they've never seen before?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2007 7:35:42 GMT -5
Yeah, it's possible. I don't imagine it would be done with the WWE Championship, but maybe the World Heavyweight.
But they really would need to hype the guy for months and make him seem like a big deal.
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Post by Raja Lion on Dec 12, 2007 7:36:25 GMT -5
It would be extremely hard to book I would think, it would be interesting to see if the company was in the crapper and they needed a severe shakeup, but the loss is likely too great from all angles. Even heel champions sell lots of merchandise etc.
A secondary championship is different, but the big one it'd be a real tightrope to get it over right and make it profitable, which is of course, the bottom line.
Anything can be done with buildup done correctly, but a debut, first time we see them type of thing (ala Santino) it is just too big of a risk, even today when the belt doesnt mean as much as it used to.
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Post by hendrixlennon on Dec 12, 2007 7:40:57 GMT -5
Thought they were maybe going to do that with Steiner when he returned.
Thankfully they didn't.
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Post by Raja Lion on Dec 12, 2007 7:43:05 GMT -5
Thought they were maybe going to do that with Steiner when he returned. Thankfully they didn't. He doesnt mean this. He means a cold debut, like Santino. If Steiner won it "debuting" with the WWE, its a totally different thing, because a lot of people know who he is already, he's an established star that had been in another major company (WCW). Same with people saying "it'd work if he was built up", thats not the point of the original post, it's a guy winning the belt, the very first time we see him. |
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Post by hendrixlennon on Dec 12, 2007 7:44:06 GMT -5
Apologies.
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Post by Raja Lion on Dec 12, 2007 7:45:15 GMT -5
no need, no harm or ill will intended |
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Post by SassovsHart on Dec 12, 2007 8:02:11 GMT -5
Double Double E guy He's foreign, he'll get booed Then comes along the patriotic red white and blue Cena/Triple H/Hogan... You know the rest Winning the title in his debut? I see a guy like him starting out getting built up by squashing a bunch of low card guys. I'm thinking when he does debut, it'll be against Hacksaw to play up the whole foreign heel thing. |
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Post by shagnastii on Dec 12, 2007 8:04:20 GMT -5
Well I did mention Carlito, he had many many promos before his actual debut. Man!, doing a "Santino" with the world title and succeding now that would be impossible
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Post by BHB on Dec 12, 2007 8:07:55 GMT -5
No one should have any kind of title match on their first night in.
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Post by Powder/The Professor on Dec 12, 2007 8:10:20 GMT -5
Goldberg, was the safest bet.
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Post by "Sweet & Sour" ImSoFudginGreat on Dec 12, 2007 8:15:55 GMT -5
They would have to be a monster with an established manager hyping his debut.
Sorta like when Kane debuted, he had months of build up and then when he appeared everyone was in awe of his size and look. Now tell me you wouldn't have been intrested in Kane winning the title when he debuted , I for one would have been.
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Post by x on Dec 12, 2007 9:02:54 GMT -5
I'd like to see someone brand new win the Royal Rumble out of nowhere. I had never seen Bob Backlund before 93. He randomly came into the Rumble at #2 (with no theme music  ) and broke Flair's record from the year before. |
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Post by BIG DUNC on Dec 12, 2007 10:54:17 GMT -5
Lesnar could've done it.
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Post by Red 'n' Black Reggie on Dec 12, 2007 11:06:51 GMT -5
i reckon that it could only be done in the same way they debuted kane (as someone said). maybe have a manager bring in a load of monsters, one after another, to take out a champion he had a grudge against (maybe a former client-turned face), and after a few have one get the win. dunno if it would work, but it would be interesting to say the least.
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Post by Kae on Dec 12, 2007 11:07:43 GMT -5
I doubt it would ever happen. It would cheapen the belt unless it were done very carefully. If, say, Samoa Joe jumped ship to the WWE, they could put it on him when he debuted, because he already is a credible threat.
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Post by chunkylover53 on Dec 12, 2007 11:25:28 GMT -5
Hulk Hogan won the WCW World Title in his WCW debut match. But everybody knew who Hogan was.
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Dec 12, 2007 11:30:08 GMT -5
Hulk Hogan won the WCW World Title in his WCW debut match. But everybody knew who Hogan was. So did The Giant. |
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Post by bitteroldman on Dec 12, 2007 13:17:49 GMT -5
Mc Mahon would never put the top strap on a debuting talent; it would be acknowledgment that a competitor had a star as big or bigger than someone already in WWE. His ego simply would not allow it.
Flair, when he made his jump in the early 90's would have been the perfect candidate.
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) and broke Flair's record from the year before.
