Why is everyone "the future of WWE"?

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At Survivor Series, The Street Profits were said by commentary to "have a great future ahead of them" and that "Montez Ford might be as good as Kofi Kingston in a few years". If the Street Profits are the f***ing tag team champions, doesn't that make them "now"? They aren't the future of WWE, they are the present of WWE. Why not sell us on the fact that that Montez Ford "may be just as good as Kofi Kingston"?

They also keep calling Rhea Ripley the future of the women's division. This despite the fact that she has been there for years, has had classic matches, is a former NXT Women's Champion, and even defended that title against the Royal Rumble winner at Wrestlemania. Again, why isn't she the present?

Everyone in WWE is either a legend or "the future" or a "future Hall Of Famer". They constantly sell us on the fact that their roster did great things in the past or will do great things in the future. Why isn't the current roster sold on how great they are right f***ing now?

[Wieners=$$$]

A WWE without Vince McMahon, is the future of WWE.

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Everyone knows the future is IIconic.

[Perpetual Nirvana]

Because the present is whatever old guys they can get.

[horseface]

Yeah I've always found it pretty hackneyed.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Because in reality, almost no one ever is, because they're so desperate to make the next stars but because of who is in charge and how quickly his whims change, they can't.

[Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby]

It's what happens when a promotion refuses to take the risk of actually making somebody the present.

See: TNA of the late 00's where AJ Styles was perennially "the future" and never the present.

[Feyrhausen]

No one is over enough right now to be a star. They will not pull the trigger on really pushing anyone so everyone is just "the future". The only stars left are from the past.

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For future network documentaries.If they say it about everyone eventually they’ll be right.

[michael]

Dec 18, 2020 15:49:22 GMT -5 Perpetual Nirvana said:

Because the present is whatever old guys they can get.

It's pretty damning, but the present is the past.

[HMARK Center]

I mean, the answer was right there over 20 years ago; weren't you watching the commercials during Nitro and Raw back in the day?

[A damn road sign]

With threads like this, you are undoubtedly the future of this board!

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Dec 18, 2020 17:35:36 GMT -5 A damn road sign said:

With threads like this, you are undoubtedly the future of this board!

I've been here for over a decade and have over 18,000 posts.

So yes, by WWE logic I am the future of this board, lol.

[chrom]

Dec 18, 2020 16:11:42 GMT -5 Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby said:

It's what happens when a promotion refuses to take the risk of actually making somebody the present.

See: TNA of the late 00's where AJ Styles was perennially "the future" and never the present.

Despite being a multi time Triple Crown and First Ever Grand Slam he was still being called that when he finally left

[The Dark Order Inferno]

Because they'll be chewed up by the WWE machine in their first run, spat out and will spend years rebuilding themselves in the indies, AEW, Impact or New Japan. Once other companies have proven they have value, then they'll get a second chance and a relatively stable push, like Drew.

[thechase]

Sinister knows what your future holds!

[One-Armed Drummer of Defrebel]

BY GOD THE FUTURE IS FEMALE

[government mule]

Once upon a time, the future of the WWF were Tekno Team 2000, and just look at them now.

[hassanchop]

[Sponsored by Groose Wipes]

I feel like saying "the future of WWE" to everyone is like Cole going "WE MIGHT HAVE A NEW CHAMPION NO HE KICKED OUT!" Another phrase that's been overused and has lost its meaning.