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Post by romanstylesiii on Feb 4, 2019 14:43:30 GMT -5
Been to a few house shows over the last year and Rusev was one of the most over guys at each show. To see WWE continue to do nothing with him because he was either not liked by someone or just did not fit into their long term storylines is frustrating as a fan.
His out of the blue heel turn really just screams of people backstage being out of touch.
As WWE has declined in quality, I feel this has happened more now than ever. More examples welcome!
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Feb 4, 2019 14:48:05 GMT -5
HHH inserting himself and his buddy into the CM Punk storyline. Punk was the hottest thing in years and within a couple of months he’s jobbing to HHH.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Feb 4, 2019 14:48:42 GMT -5
KENNEDY!
Well... that was more employment than momentum...
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Feb 4, 2019 14:56:11 GMT -5
HHH inserting himself and his buddy into the CM Punk storyline. Punk was the hottest thing in years and within a couple of months he’s jobbing to HHH. I defend Trips for the perception that he has of burying guys but I can’t defend that bullshit. He killed Punk as a mainstream star.
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Post by Push R Truth on Feb 4, 2019 14:57:11 GMT -5
Does backstage politics include being told that you beat up that little person too much?
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Feb 4, 2019 15:01:38 GMT -5
Chris Jericho, first run. Got shunted to the midcard because of someone, can't imagine wHHHo. (though Chris himself said he shouldn't have potatoed Chyna and others upon his debut...)
Matt Hardy...the V1 character could have been bigger IMO...but John Laurinitis or someone said he couldn't be a convincing heel. Lost the injuring Rey spot to...A-Train.
Anyone bought from WCW in 2001 had no chance because of WWF guys' paranoia. Which is why I think somehow, getting the big names wouldn't change anything. Just due to the Outsiders (no pun intended) = Bad mentality.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Feb 4, 2019 15:12:04 GMT -5
R-Truth was the hottest guy in the company in Summer 2011 and should've been the World Champion. All his momentum is destroyed because CM Punk throws a hissy fit and threatens to leave.
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Post by Cela on Feb 4, 2019 15:16:02 GMT -5
Kofi was on his way to the main event, then Randy got upset he didn't get to kick him in the head.
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Post by Jake, The Jake, Jake on Feb 4, 2019 18:46:28 GMT -5
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Post by Doctor No on Feb 4, 2019 18:52:43 GMT -5
Chyna
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Post by Starshine on Feb 4, 2019 18:53:50 GMT -5
I'll say Randy Orton in '04 through early '05.
They pushed him too hard to dig at Lesnar by having him neat the youngest champion record. Then when he didn't take as their next big babyface star, they had Triple H destroy him in their subsequent title matches. Their Rumble match in particular is the sort of thing you expect to see when the loser is on their way out on bad terms.
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Post by CMPunkyBrewster on Feb 4, 2019 19:06:09 GMT -5
Eh...That might have been the final nail, but they soured on Vader before that for reasons that were pretty entirely his fault.
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Post by realist on Feb 4, 2019 19:12:15 GMT -5
I was about 9 years old at the time and Shawn Michaels was my absolute favorite. I thought he could do no wrong. As an adult, I wish that Vader had gotten up and beaten the shit out of him.
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Post by romanstylesiii on Feb 4, 2019 19:16:50 GMT -5
HHH inserting himself and his buddy into the CM Punk storyline. Punk was the hottest thing in years and within a couple of months he’s jobbing to HHH. Somehow the Summer of Punk ended with a ladder match with two 45 year old Cliq members which involved Kevin Nash texting himself for some reason.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2019 19:17:00 GMT -5
I was about 9 years old at the time and Shawn Michaels was my absolute favorite. I thought he could do no wrong. As an adult, I wish that Vader had gotten up and beaten the shit out of him. On one hand I can understand why HBK would be pissed at Vader, but on the other, throwing a temper tantrum like that in the middle of a match is lame.
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Post by Woo on Feb 4, 2019 20:31:01 GMT -5
Wow, Shawn is disgusting. What did Vader do wrong?
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Post by romanstylesiii on Feb 4, 2019 20:33:33 GMT -5
Wow, Shawn is disgusting. What did Vader do wrong? He was supposed to move on that elbow
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Post by Rave on Feb 4, 2019 20:43:16 GMT -5
R-Truth was the hottest guy in the company in Summer 2011 and should've been the World Champion. All his momentum is destroyed because CM Punk throws a hissy fit and threatens to leave. Him screwing the pooch by getting busted for synth weed mere days before a PPV later that year certainly didn't help his case any.
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Post by No One on Feb 4, 2019 20:46:39 GMT -5
KENNEDY! Well... that was more employment than momentum... KENNEDY!
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Post by mcstoklasa on Feb 4, 2019 20:54:18 GMT -5
HHH inserting himself and his buddy into the CM Punk storyline. Punk was the hottest thing in years and within a couple of months he’s jobbing to HHH. And then it became about triple h and old man Nash I was confused. Gullible me actually thought we were seeing the new Austin, an organic rise of a new anti establishment guy. Lasted about two weeks
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