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Post by Bubble Lead on Nov 16, 2009 18:40:50 GMT -5
What, you mean not live up to his potential, get released, then hit the juice and show up in TNA using his WWE house show gimmick? That would take some doing. How did he not live up to potential? He was doing great until his push got suddenly halted for no reason. Actually, all of the New Breed were over. Way more over than guys like Drew McIntyre or Sheamus and they were involved in far more interesting angles than beating jobbers every week or getting put on a team, made fun of and then kicked off of it a week later. Cor Von wasnt WWEs fault, Thorn and [especially] Burke were. I dont care what the guys attitude was, unless he was messed up on drugs [though that didnt stop Hardy] he should have been pushed more. He could be lighting it up with Morrison, Punk, Kofi, Miz, MVP, or just about anyone else right now. Burkes probably the biggest ball dropped in a bin full of them over the past 2 to 3 years.
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Post by travis on Nov 16, 2009 19:26:54 GMT -5
WWE didn't drop the ball on anything. They got rid of Burke due to his attitude. WWE is cautious with young talent after having Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley walk out on them after getting huge pushes. They also do not want another Randy Orton, a guy who becomes a big enough star that they can't get rid of regardless of his attitude and how many incidents there are with him.
Burke is just some geek who thinks everybody is stealing his moves and marks out for people praising him on internet wrestlling sites and ranking high in internet polls.
This is the guy who after a match in OVW told the locker room "try following that".
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Post by Dub H on Nov 16, 2009 19:30:01 GMT -5
WWE didn't drop the ball on anything. They got rid of Burke due to his attitude. WWE is cautious with young talent after having Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley walk out on them after getting huge pushes. They also do not want another Randy Orton, a guy who becomes a big enough star that they can't get rid of regardless of his attitude and how many incidents there are with him. Burke is just some geek who thinks everybody is stealing his moves and marks out for people praising him on internet wrestlling sites and ranking high in internet polls. This is the guy who after a match in OVW told the locker room "try following that". ok,he is a litte cocky
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Post by Kroot bringing Justice on Nov 16, 2009 20:39:48 GMT -5
Big deal, brotha is cocky and has swag. If he was just some random geek off the street you'd have a point but he got the skills to be that cocky.
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Post by Bubble Lead on Nov 17, 2009 5:21:10 GMT -5
WWE didn't drop the ball on anything. They got rid of Burke due to his attitude. WWE is cautious with young talent after having Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley walk out on them after getting huge pushes. They also do not want another Randy Orton, a guy who becomes a big enough star that they can't get rid of regardless of his attitude and how many incidents there are with him. Burke is just some geek who thinks everybody is stealing his moves and marks out for people praising him on internet wrestlling sites and ranking high in internet polls. This is the guy who after a match in OVW told the locker room "try following that". They dont want another Randy Orton? Tell me why Orton has been continually pushed to the moon despite his attitude problems then? Maybe because his family ties? If he can get away with trashing hotel rooms, smoking weed in the back, harassing divas, etc. etc. all while being pushed for six years and counting, I think Burke can get away with being cocky around some developmental scrubs. Keep in mind, I like Orton. Just saying that if he can have a bad attitude and get away with it I dont see why I should care if Burke has one. Besides that, I dont give a crap how these guys act backstage as long as they are willing to go out there and do their job. Burke always did, and did it well. Its not like he was out there shooting on John Cena, doing coke off a divas ass before his match, or refusing to job. So I still say WWE dropped a 50 pound bowling ball when they took him off TV and later released him.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2009 11:14:04 GMT -5
Just like Burke - I'm not really sold on this McIntyre guy. Burke (Pope) is still nothing special to me when I see him wrestle.
Mac has yet to have a complete match so I have no reason to really like him. I was still rooting for JWY last week and he's barely been on TV.
Of the SD roster, I'd like to see more development with the Hart Dynasty and what they're all about.
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Post by Big L on Nov 17, 2009 12:09:57 GMT -5
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Post by MyndSkape: A Poor Man's Virgil on Nov 17, 2009 14:13:18 GMT -5
I'mma just quote this and leave it at that because I could go on for weeks about the WWE's dropping the ball on Elijah Burke. If they can make Kofi and The Miz this credible, ON RAW EVEN, there's no way in hell they couldn't get that man over easily on any show. His storyline in Punk's Road to Wrestlemania in SVR 2009 was more entertaining than some of the stuff they come up with on TV now.
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Post by Crazy Diamond on Nov 18, 2009 0:27:14 GMT -5
WWE didn't drop the ball on anything. They got rid of Burke due to his attitude. WWE is cautious with young talent after having Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley walk out on them after getting huge pushes. They also do not want another Randy Orton, a guy who becomes a big enough star that they can't get rid of regardless of his attitude and how many incidents there are with him. Burke is just some geek who thinks everybody is stealing his moves and marks out for people praising him on internet wrestlling sites and ranking high in internet polls. This is the guy who after a match in OVW told the locker room "try following that". Lashley and Lesnar walked out for completely different reasons. It's not a bad thing to be confident in your abilities. What Burke didn't have was real backstage support. They weren't going to push him no matter what like they'll probably do with guys like Sheamus and McIntyre. When that day comes, I'll make sure not to watch anymore.
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