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Originally Posted by CrescentMoonie
And it was always losing money before finally going out of business.
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So did all of the territories. But the most successfully financial periods of the WWF and WCW looked a lot more like ECW than the AWA or Jim Crockett promotions.
I don't think heel v. face dynamics are obsolete. They can definitely work well on a case-by-case basis. I just think things are more fluid now and a company has to take into account how knowledgeable the fans are.
I think if Roman actually turned heel he'd get a huge babyface reaction. And that'd be OK. But I think they'll be more subtle and start booking him more often against babyfaces, like they putting him in the Mania main event against the Undertaker. Just like how the WWE didn't shy away from using superbabyface Cena against RVD in the ECW arena, or against CM Punk at Money in the Bank. They knew he'd get booed, just like they know Roman is going to get booed, but that anger can lead to compelling matches like those two.
And does Kevin Owens really get a lot of heel heat? I don't watch the TV show all the time, but usually I seem him get cheered. I'm pretty sure I've seen the fans cheer him when he directly insult them. That happened a lot with Jericho in his recent heel run too. He was getting cheered everywhere even though he was helping the heel champion cheat to win. His character was just so entertaining.