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My question is, what does Vince have against Daniel Bryan? Let’s compare him to guy Vince really liked and really wanted to be a top main event, Jeff Hardy. Both are not the tallest and not the strongest. They both do not have the face of an Orton or a Cena, but both are/were extremely popular with the fans and either near or at no.1, on the merchandise sales list. So why is it that Vince put all his faith and trust into one guy (who has two wellness policy strikes) and wants to kill off the momentum of the either? Bryan is definitely the better wrestler and has better mic skills, so it is very baffling why he doesn't make Bryan his guy and run with it.
I don’t see much of a comparison between Hardy and Bryan. Hardy was taller, more of a flyer and more charismatic than Bryan. Vince had a decade of goodwill built up with Hardy, but he was still not booked over John Cena. If I had to guess what Vince thinks, I would say that much like CM Punk, when he looks at Bryan he doesn’t see a guy that fits his personal image of the top WWE guy. Personally, I think being myopic is a huge detriment because as I say all the time it doesn’t matter if the owner of a business likes a product. It matters if the consumers do.
What's going on with the Wyatt Family? Haven't seen them on Raw or Smackdown in a few weeks. Is Vince trying to kill the momentum they had?
They have definitely seen their momentum halted, starting with Bray losing the feud to John Cena. Since then, they have been de-pushed. I don’t know if I can say Vince is trying to kill their momentum but as the head of creative, the way that he is using them is doing just that.
I can handle the WWE Name Generator Machine… but Finn Balor?!? My God, that takes the cake. Can you explain WWE logic that introduces these guys as Fergal Devitt, KENTA, and Kevin Steen, only for them to change their names AFTER they’ve been presented to the fans as who they were before coming to WWE? At least with people like Cesaro and Rollins, they didn’t say, “Hey, here’s Tyler Black and Claudio Castagnoli†and then changed their names.
Those two were signed at a different time. Since they are being more open on the website and with The Network, they will acknowledge who the talents were before coming to WWE. It makes sense to do so. Then, so that they can control the way that WWE markets them, they change the names. I am with you though, Finn Balor sounds really dumb to me. It doesn’t sound like a real name to me, kind of like Dolph Ziggler doesn’t.
Routine is what defines this Era due to John Cena's constant opportunities to be in the spotlight, which is leading the fans to lose more and more interest in their product and, consequently, stop watching it. Don't you agree that WWE is slowly falling since they're not doing anything about this?
You must not be an Elite subscriber. I have been saying that for years, that the repetitive nature of pushing John Cena at the expense of everyone else has hurt the company’s business. People want to see variety, not the same thing over and over again. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t appeal to some people, but WWE’s goal should be to get back as many lapsed fans at they can. If someone who hasn’t watched for a year gives the product a shot and sees exactly what caused them to leave in the first place, that won’t bring them back.
What’s the latest with the Xavier Woods, Big E and Kofi Kingston faction and where the WWE are going with them? They kinda just disappeared off TV after being thrown together but I’ve seen they’ve appeared together for 2K’s promotional videos for the WWE 2K15 game and, I’ve read, that they appeared in identical ring gear at Smackdownon Tuesday.
They are pretty much a house show act that this time. WWE creative gave them no chance to get over as a group. I don’t get why they give guys a two week push and then drop them either.
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