The problem are a mixture of a lot of the fans and Creative.
Fans; If their favorite wrestler(ie Cesaro and Dolph Ziggler) aren't in the main event they're automatically looking at them as being held back. Nobody seems to want to respect the mid card anymore and simply looking at it as held back territory. Personally while he is strong, I personally find Cesaro bland in other aspects especially whenever he picks up a microphone. As for Dolph - had his momentum, got hurt shortly after he cashed in. Kinda hard to convince the machine to resurge the momentum behind him.
I was a WCW/Crockett Promotions/Mid-Atlantic era guy. Chris Jericho, Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit were guys that anchored down the mid card and later on became bigger stars. It took patients with those guys. Things flowed organically.
Creative; I absolutely HATE when WWE starts hyping guys coming up from NXT. They did it with The Wyatts and 2 years later they're still the same and caught into bad booking. While I admire how unique they are - they should've went over Undertaker and Kane at SS. What did losing to Undertaker twice this year do for Bray Wyatt? Hopefully they'll get it right at TLC. If done right I believe Bray Wyatt can become a huge star but many have already complained about him not being a main eventer or having held a championship yet. So what? If he's going to continue to be put in meaningless feuds in which he doesn't go over, what's the point of putting a title or him or catspulting him into the main event? Although I personally feel he would be better suited going against The Authority than anyone else on the roster.
I'm not a big Reigns fan so instead I turn it away while he's talking; so I don't feel he's "crammed" down my throat.
The last star I saw WWE take their time with was Edge. I remember in the late 90s seeing him on Shotgun Saturday night. From there to The Brood to his time with Christian, MITB and world champ. While that took roughly a decade for him to become a permanent fixture in the main event, it was all organic to me. In the end he's arguably the most decorated wrestler in WWE in the last 15 years.
It takes solid booking on the creative end and more freedom for the wrestlers. While the fans need patients on their part to watch these wrestlers grow. But solid mid card booking is key, WCW was outstanding when it came to that on Nitro.
Fans; If their favorite wrestler(ie Cesaro and Dolph Ziggler) aren't in the main event they're automatically looking at them as being held back. Nobody seems to want to respect the mid card anymore and simply looking at it as held back territory. Personally while he is strong, I personally find Cesaro bland in other aspects especially whenever he picks up a microphone. As for Dolph - had his momentum, got hurt shortly after he cashed in. Kinda hard to convince the machine to resurge the momentum behind him.
I was a WCW/Crockett Promotions/Mid-Atlantic era guy. Chris Jericho, Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit were guys that anchored down the mid card and later on became bigger stars. It took patients with those guys. Things flowed organically.
Creative; I absolutely HATE when WWE starts hyping guys coming up from NXT. They did it with The Wyatts and 2 years later they're still the same and caught into bad booking. While I admire how unique they are - they should've went over Undertaker and Kane at SS. What did losing to Undertaker twice this year do for Bray Wyatt? Hopefully they'll get it right at TLC. If done right I believe Bray Wyatt can become a huge star but many have already complained about him not being a main eventer or having held a championship yet. So what? If he's going to continue to be put in meaningless feuds in which he doesn't go over, what's the point of putting a title or him or catspulting him into the main event? Although I personally feel he would be better suited going against The Authority than anyone else on the roster.
I'm not a big Reigns fan so instead I turn it away while he's talking; so I don't feel he's "crammed" down my throat.
The last star I saw WWE take their time with was Edge. I remember in the late 90s seeing him on Shotgun Saturday night. From there to The Brood to his time with Christian, MITB and world champ. While that took roughly a decade for him to become a permanent fixture in the main event, it was all organic to me. In the end he's arguably the most decorated wrestler in WWE in the last 15 years.
It takes solid booking on the creative end and more freedom for the wrestlers. While the fans need patients on their part to watch these wrestlers grow. But solid mid card booking is key, WCW was outstanding when it came to that on Nitro.