Most of the midcard guys work the house show circuit and undercard live events (main event, superstars)
They also do a lot of PR work.
Who cares about house shows. If they dont have programs on TV then they dont exist.
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The guys that donât get booked for tv care a lot about house shows. Lol. Itâs how theyâre getting paid. Itâs been that way since closed circuit tv. Thereâs always been the A team house shows which consist of guys usually featured on tv and then the b team house shows which were usually undercard/guys whoâve yet to debut//midcarders. Theyâd usually throw a midcard or the tag champions on the b team house shows to improve draws.
At certain points wwf even had a c team for house shows.
Hell even NXT does it. Theyâll put 1-2 established people on the card and the rest will be yet to debut, hot prospects, undercard and try out matches.
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When nxt is also having this issue where they send guys to nxt uk is when we got issues
Yeah, none of that is helping guys get over. This company is still having the same issue it did when I was watching the product regulary. They have rosters full of talent, they shove their thumbs up their ass and then fire them like the talent is the fuck up.
House shows are a paycheck but they donât get you over. Worse than that, they eventually get you fired. They could be putting pressure on creative to actually use all of the salaried people in a worthwhile way, but they shift the blame to the wrestlers. Its preposterous.
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It depends on the guy really. Curt Hawkins, Heath Slater and Titus are content where they are and collect their checks. Itâs only an issue for guys who want to strive for more like my boy Zack Ryder.
And all thatâs perfectly fine. Those guys can still get over as midcarders putting on a entertaining product there. If they arenât programmed properly, then it doesnât matter what their end goals are. But thatâs what happens. You have a lot of guys that are fun to watch and could be doing stuff to hold the show together but instead theyâre misused and we have to complaing about another shitty Cena feud.
A lot of the strength in WCW was in how good the midcard could be on the weekly. Jericho Unmasking wrestlers was a midcard storyline that was better than half the NWO shenanigans. WWE doesnât even bother creating those. Their issue as a company is that by not creating those, they essentially sabotage the development of their wrestlers long term.
Storylines donât need to be anything complicated either. the Allister Black/Velveteen Dream feud is one of the best Iâve seen in a while. Had shit all to do with the title, both wrestlers were massively entertaining, the crowd was emotionally invested and they delivered a worth while ending with their match.
WWE Creative should be looking at their midcard and going âShit, that was great. What can we have the guys do thatâs fun so that the overbearing storylines we have for the top donât drag the whole show down?â When Triple H said it was hard to fill 3 hours of television weekly, I was mad as hell. Most of that from the fact that theyâre so preoccupied (or were at the time of the comment) with these overly long story segments, small match time and small rotation of guys on Raw.
Think Cornette said it and he was absolutely right: If a guy goes to creative and creative says they have nothing for them, you donât fire the guy, you fire creative for being incompetent.
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One challenge for WWE is how large their roster is. With ~50 active-ish RAW and ~40 active-ish on SD, a large chunk get left out. (Iâm all for staggered rotations, so the product can feel more fresh and the wrestlers get more breaks.)
Match times have gotten better, but the side effect is less time for other superstars.
Youâre not wrong. I agree that there is a lot WWE can improve on to give mid carders something and not need to be complicated. For Dillinger, even if this 10 gimmick had a limited ceiling, he was seemingly popular at that time and itâs silly the WWE didnât try some kind of push.
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The 10 gimmick is great because it involves the crowd. So you give him some time in the main roster, if you work out a couple of gimmicks differently than what he is doing, he basically has his unique version of âWhat?!â like Bryan has Yes and No chants.
Not a lot of wrestlers have that crowd interaction. If youâre filling out time, putting somebody in that is able to get people to have some fun while you transition to other things is insanely valuable. Being fun is really important. I bet you guys remember a lot more mdicard dudes for being fun than you care about top of the card stuff. Disco Inferno was fun, La Parka strut with the chair was fun, Alex Riley and Buff Bagwell would put on fun matches.
Hell Rusevâs staying power is that the WWE Creative canât stop him from ending up being fun. They have a lot of wrestlers that can deliver solid TV time doing fun stuff. WWE just doesnât seem to want that even though thatâs the main point of their product as they market it.
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MeanwhileâŚ
Whatever happened to his podcast that was supposed to be featured on the network?
Avenge her StuâŚ
that just reminded me of my daughter. She loves being scared and scaring the moms and I.
Pretty darn cute.
I will always protect Kairi. Sheâs too precious for this world
Road to wrestlemania is paved with your faves dead pushes
I marked for 3MB and Bray Wyatt.
The realest of struggles.
hhhhnnnnnnnâŚ!
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Check out my mans workrate tho