Really? You’re telling me that random fan considering paying for tickets/PPV is gonna buy “Jericho, Show, Christian, MVP (isn’t he a face right now?), Swagga, etc etc” as a real threat to anyone at the top of the babyface chain (basically just Cena/DX at this point)? Are these guys even booked in a way that they are stronger than the midcard right now (the key word)? Drew Mcintyre??? Are you sure about that?
Orton himself was unhappy with the booking of that match, that much I do remember reading. Go take a look at what they (HHH vs Orton) were doing in 2007 and even the phenomenal lead-up angle to WM25 and tell me if Orton can’t effectively sell himself as a badass sadist. The way WM25 ended almost completely wasted the entire feud. It was sad watching them cut his balls off like that.
The booking is ASS, bottom line. That’s probably why they are going with these gimmick PPVs that reek of desperation to me.
The fans have never believed in Orton has a mainevent anything ever. That is why they pipe in boos for him like mad. There are plenty of times where the crowd is literally doing nothing. His ratings have always been awful and his match have been nothing but a huge borefest. He does have some cool shirts though.
I would love for Cena to go heel again. He’s more colorful in heel form, easy. Word Life. I agree with Zulu, in that it would rock the WWE like Hollywood Hogan(Hogan at his absolute best).
Miz and Swag, to Smackdown. btw, was Miz getting face pops last night? :lol:
It means just that, he has some of the worst ratings for a champ since JBL. The wrestling fans nor the casual fans care about him. It isn’t like with Edge where he actually made the ratings go up as champ on both Raw and SD.
Well that answer is simple enough. Neither Orton nor JBL are as ‘mainstream’ as Cena. I don’t think there has been a wrestler who is as more popular with kids/mothers/casual fans as John Cena. You never see Orton doing a lot of outside projects such as TV shows or making shitty movies. JBL does have his show on MSNBC but unless you are into the stock market, do you even watch it?
That has nothing to do with anything, you don’t have to have mainstream exposure to have people hate you as a heel. The fact that he can not get over as a heel says everything about his so called skills. The only reason he is in the position he is in originally is because Vince wanted to wipe Brock Lesnar off the record books.
Because Vince never wants to admit he fucked up on something. Jeff Jarrett was in the mainevent pick in WCW forever, Khali was a former champ as well. Guess those weren’t wrong either. Being in the mainevent means jackshit. It is what you do while you are there and how the fans react. So far he hasn’t done shit but boring promos and the fans still do not care about him.
The main event means jack shit. Wow. So wrestlers who have tried for YEARS to make in into the WWE main event picture (Edge, Jeff Hardy, Cena, and yes Orton) have all suffered injuries and won championships for no other reason other than to fuck around and do nothing? Really?
It doesn’t mean anything just to be there, it doesn’t necessarily take any skill to be in the mainevent. This has been proven time and time again. It is what you do once you are there which he has done nothing. He has not had one good feud the whole time and even Cena has had that. He is still not over with the fans as most people just are not that interested. He is just shoved down peoples throats and told to boo him and they say no.
Doesn’t take any skill to be in the main event? So Kurt Angle sucks right? Jeff Hardy sucks right? Those guys and others have worked their asses off for like I said YEARS to be in the main event. And to think I thought they were good. Silly me. :xeye: