Quote:
Originally Posted by Mota
Ideally you'll see a constant stream of wrestlers being built up, to replace the wrestlers who are on their way down or leaving. For years this didn't happen. They have a youth movement now, not by choice.
|
Agreed, they did run into that a few years ago, and their main response was the brand split. Give twice as many guys the chance to be in main angles, twice as many guys a chance to contend for and hold world titles. It's watered down the product (I can't believe they've had 2 world champions for so long), but it's definitely served it's purpose to build new stars over the last 7-8 years or however long its been now. Orton and Cena are still a part of that youth movement, they're not the guys "on their way down and leaving". They got on top years before they otherwise would have, because of the brand split. 7-8 years ago there was a big main event problem - there was only 2-3 guys that could contend for the world title. Today, there's about a dozen, maybe more. (between the two titles) I still think that's too many.
That's that hard part, I think, knowing when to pull the main even trigger on a guy, because people seem have a very short shelf life on top these days. People want to pull that trigger on everyone on the undercard that has a pulse and that's just not smart long-term booking.