thehottag
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Post by thehottag on Jul 5, 2022 18:38:36 GMT -5
Further proof that WWE cannot create new stars. Fury is a special attraction, a one-off big name they can promote outside the realm of pro wrestling. Plus he's a world champion boxer with loads of charisma, so there's no worry about who he's facing looking bad by selling for him. WWE's issues about creating new stars is a legitimate one, but pointing to Fury as an example of this isn't correct. The event is taking place in Wales,they are not automatically gonna root for an englishman There's likely to be fans from all over Europe attend the show (especially the UK), so I wouldn't read too much into it being in Cardiff.
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Post by mcstoklasa on Jul 5, 2022 18:50:12 GMT -5
Always enjoy seeing the Big Man
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jul 6, 2022 0:05:48 GMT -5
Makes too much sense, don't see this as a way to say WWE doesn't make new stars, Tyson's a huge attraction, didn't he just sell out Wembley for a fight? Like if you can get the man, get the man, anyone would be fools if they didn't have the opportunity for a Europe event.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jul 6, 2022 2:16:08 GMT -5
Him fighting at Clash at the Castle always made a ton of sense. Would be a good attraction for the show. Who would make sense as a good heel opponent? Miz, or if they're still heels Sami or Kevin. All 3 can be the loudmouth jerks who call out Fury, talking about how they're better, and in the match get their asses kicked. All while not losing one iota of overness as a result of the loss.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 6, 2022 2:22:58 GMT -5
On one hand, I don't like Fury, but on the other, this makes sense as a special attraction to pop a buy rate/ticket sales and it's still better than if they were throwing money at Conor to do that. I do think that WWE has star creation issues, but this is a separate thing since it isn't like this is unprecedented, obviously. Wrestling has always made use of special attractions. A bigger issue is more if WWE decides to fire a half dozen people to pay Fury's asking price.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jul 6, 2022 3:47:19 GMT -5
Him fighting at Clash at the Castle always made a ton of sense. Would be a good attraction for the show. Who would make sense as a good heel opponent? Miz, or if they're still heels Sami or Kevin. All 3 can be the loudmouth jerks who call out Fury, talking about how they're better, and in the match get their asses kicked. All while not losing one iota of overness as a result of the loss. This a good idea. Make it so he doesn't have to take a single bump
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