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| Daniel Bryan After His Biggest Win Ever at Wrestle Mania 30 |
Now
before you immediately answer NO! NO! NO! Then allow me to explain why.
I was lucky enough to be in the Superdome in New Orleans. It was an
amazing show from start to finish and truly fitting of the 30th anniversary
of Wrestle Mania. The problem I have with that isn’t the fact they ended
Takers streak it was Daniel Bryan. Now again let me say I love Daniel
Bryan, I have since his ROH and PWG days and no one in that stadium was
happier to see him lift that title in the last match. The person wasn’t
the problem it was the situation it created for us fans.
The
whole situation came out of nothing, which people forget, If Punk had
not of left you would have seen Batista and Orton and Bryan Sheamus and
Punk HHH. But Punk leaving left them in a hole, and a pretty big one. So
they looked to Bryan and rightly so he was hot that year and he
deserved every second of his spotlight going into Mania. Thinking quick
they built The Authority vs Fans they has been flirting with for most of
the year and used Bryan as the figure head. It took off like a rocket
and using fans disdain towards their use of Bryan they had 2 months of
TV already wrote. The angle came off beautifully and Mania 30 is a
moment I will never forget seeing the underdog win the title. But as
soon as the confetti was swept up that’s when we had a problem.
Fans
already fuelled with internet and social media now believe they have
the power because WWE gave them what they wanted once. So now we have a
dire situation where the some fans current mind-set is always set to
winge. Now I am a company man meaning through thick and thin I usually
support WWE even when what they have done is bad and watching for 20 odd
years has had me see a computer GM and some of my favourite superstars
not given the spotlight their talents deserved. I am however also a
realist meaning I know that for every Austin vs Tyson moment in attitude
era there were 5 or six segments where people feuded over a missing gym
bag or someone giving birth to a hand (all happened) If we booked WWE
how some fans wanted then anyone who worked for ROH would be world champ
and no internet favourites would ever loose. We only have 3 singles
title on the main roster and people forget that, People have forgot that
in most cases wins losses do not matter, but that’s a different column
for a different time. Look at Roman Reigns, his performance at Survivor
Series and Royal Rumble 2013/14 won the the adulation of the fans, he
was over and during Shields battles with Wyatts. People wanted him to be
next in line, it was in his blood, he was (and still is BTW) a great
worker and was only natural for him to hold the title. Fast forward a
year and his moment is needlessly urinated on by the booing members in
attendance. They didn’t get Bryan, they didn’t get what they want so
they boo, and boo and boo. WWE has made this rod for their back and
again after last night’s PPV they can do no right, people angry for
Reigns winning and even worse for Sheamus cashing in. Bryan getting the
shot as deserved as it was, was in essence a gap filler we don’t decide
angles, pushes, anything at all. Have we sometimes got some spotlight
on people? Sure Austin, Zack Ryder, CM Punk were all helped by the fans
but ultimately the man in the ivory tower has final say. And given fact
he has a multimillion dollar company and fans still turning up every
week then he isn’t doing as bad as people just love to make out.
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| Short But Sweet: Roman Reigns Wins Then Loses The WWE Title |
We need to just
sit back and see where the ride takes us, Boo who you like but please
take your mind-set back before Mania 30 and remember the term best for
business is not a gimmick, Its sometimes the right thing, sometimes
totally wrong but they will do what they want no matter how many tweets
you send, memes you make or shows you claim you don’t watch (even though
we all know you do) So my advice as company man/realist, Enjoy it, If
you stop enjoying stop watching but that nullifies your ability to throw
your proverbial toys from the pram. The story from last night should have been the
near 15k fans who braved a credible terrorist threat in a world
terrified of radical attack just to watch WWE, it wasn’t it was how the
evil office are being boring again. Let’s just enjoy it. If we include
NXT this is the greatest collection of wrestlers at any time during
wrestling, anytime in history the list we have now is unbeatable, so
let’s enjoy it or at least try.
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