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Originally Posted by molson
My biggest problem with WWE creatively the last few years has been predictability, the way shows end, the way feuds are setup. This year has been different. This will be the most wide open Royal Rumble since they went to the "winner gets a title shot" format. You really have no idea who they're going to put the belt on. It would have shocked nobody if Alberto Del Rio won the title at the last PPV. Yes, you can assume that most matches will involve some kind of shenanigans - but this is pro wrestling. If you want serious competition there's MMA. The attitude era had almost no clean finishes (unless you count brawling outside the ring for 20 minutes, guys throwing each other through announce tables, strangling each other with microphone cords "clean")
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I don't think it's that open. It's going to be Cena, Orton, or HHH.
My problem is predictability. They use the same template. Heel gets built up beating up on jobbers and borderline mid-carders. Heel wins Championship controversially. Wins next few defenses by DQ or interference. Then loses cleanly to Cena or Orton.
I loved the Nexus angle because it was unpredictable for awhile. The match with him as special ref had great build-up to it. People in the locker room questioning his integrity and real uncertainty as to what he'd do. But in the end, they allowed him to keep the babyface image and not have to suffer the consequences. Basically shitting all over an angle they spent 6 months building up and fucking the fans who paid $50 for the PPV.
The WWE just needs more variety in their heels and even faces. They need a chickenshit heel like Miz. But they also need a dominant heel. I thought that was the route they'd go with Sheamus but they just wouldn't allow him to get over on Cena or Orton. So they turned him into a chickenshit heel like the rest.
I just hate this notion that the worst face can beat the best heel anytime in a clean match. It's just boring and predictable. How much do you want to bet that Miz retains at the next PPV with interference or a DQ? I mean why bother ordering the PPV.