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TAKER THE HEEL, WHAT TO DO WITH THE US TITLE IF ROLLINS WINS, PLAYING TO PEOPLE’S STRENGTHS AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2015-08-23 09:59:00

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Rather than constantly berate Sara every episode of Tough Enough for her constant smiling and happy demeanor, why don't the coaches and judges let her embrace it and make it part of her character, similar to Bayley? 

Great question. To me, the best thing you can do with potential talents is get to know who they are as people and learn what their strengths and weaknesses are. Then, accentuate what they do well. It makes more sense to play to what someone does well than try to get them to be something that they are not able to do.

Even if I take away the factor logic (the Wyatts, given their gimmick, should tag with no one but their own family members) out of the equation, I do think, that the formula "Heels all get along because ... well they're evil. Period (same for faces)" has been done way too often to the point of becoming absolutely meaningless and given multi man-tags the same questionable distinction. They've booking crutches before or right after almost every ppv. If I have the "audacity" of adding logic, I have to say that it makes no sense that every good guy gets along splendidly with every other face, even if they've just turned good a day before. What's your take on this?

I see where you going with that. Sheamus is a heel but that doesn’t mean that, for example, he would get along with The Wyatts. The same could be said for Randy Orton, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns. To me, the goal of every wrestler should be the Title and any passing associations made along the way should be very loose ones.

Since this Summerslam has many variables do you expect that WWE pulls the trigger and does a poor heel or face turn on the card? Undertaker is doing heel moves, do expect him to get booed? Lastly if Rollins wins the US title the final nail in the coffin could have him throw it down saying this is a relic? Vince seems so dedicated to burying WCW for good.

I would not be surprised to see, say, Dean Ambrose turn. I don’t think it would make any sense to do so however. I don’t mind a heel turn that makes sense. I do mind when they are done just to do them. It would be a mistake to do that with The US Title since it actually has some juice behind it now. I would much rather see a scenario where Rollins would have to defend both Titles next month and chooses to defend the WWE belt first, since it’s more important. Then, you could have a tired Rollins lose a close match for the US belt and put it on someone, giving them a rub. And yes, after a few crotch shots, not to mention his sore sport attack on Brock, Taker is the heel here for sure.

I really can't understand the "beef" between Eva Marie and the other girls on Total Divas.  All this time they have been criticizing Eva's lack of ring experience and skill, so why would they be upset  about her getting private training to address this issue, and with an excellent trainer in Brian Kendrick?

It is a reality TV show. It doesn’t go out of its way to be overly logical or highbrow. The problem is you expect more out of it than what it is.

With the untimely death of the great Roddy Piper, it got me wondering, why do you think none of the promoters ever put him as the top guy?

I guess it depends on how you look at it. He wasn’t the champion in the WWF but he was absolutely a top guy. Without RP, Hulk Hogan doesn’t hit the heights that he hit. In different era, like now, Piper would have held the Title, but he was definitely a top guy. He was also a top draw in territories before coming to the WWF.

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