So much wrong with this post.
You say that Angle, Orton, Jeff Hardy etc were popular PRIOR to their push. Why weren't they popular during their push? Is it because anyone who becomes a champion is no longer an underdog, like a lot of the fans see themselves as. You can no longer relate and embrace someone once they have success.
I have no idea where you got any of that. They were pushed because the fans were hugely behind them, not because WWE was looking to fast track guys to the top of the card. Nowhere did I imply that they "stopped being popular when they became main eventers", that is just nonsense.
I remember a glaring example of C.M. Punk.Punk was hugely popular. People were wanting him to "break the glass ceiling", but when he finally did, and held the belt for FOURTEEN MONTHS, the same people said that they were bored with Punk as champion, and wanted someone else. So when Vince listened and gave one of their favourites a push to the moon, you all turned on Punk. Why should Vince cater to the fickle fans? Why give the fans what they want, when the fans don't even know what they want?
To be fair, I was more of a "why is CM Punk not being put in main events of big pay-per-views when he is their most over champion in years" side than on the complaining side. I think he did a fine job, even if the WWE didn't take him as seriously as they should have.
None of the Shield stars? Come on. The Shield were huge when they first appeared on RAW, and got a lot of pops. The problem is, they all got pushed to or near the main event, so you can't relate to them anymore. You dismiss them like they were never worthy of their push, when many fans said at the time that it was good to see some dominant fresh young faces for once, instead of Cena and Orton all the time.
Their debut was nice, I agree, but beyond that it was clear that the WWE had no idea what to do with them. They did so many random run-ins that no one had any idea what their gimmick was supposed to be. My issue isn't so much the Shield as a group, outside of their lack of identity, so much as HOW that lack of identity kind of blunted their star power when they did jump into the main event scene. Rollins did a solid job but would you really match him up against a CM Punk or a Shawn Michaels in terms of star power? And I'm not saying he doesn't have the talent to be on their level, but his push was mainly popular because it stopped the push of Reigns, beyond that he didn't have a ton of momentum on his own.
You describe those who "come from elsewhere" and yet half the guys you name are in NXT, which is in the WWE, you fool. All NXT is a televised version of the WWE developmental league. It isn't some indy fed. Get that through your thick skull.
For a show that is internet-only to be pulling in the kinds of crowds they do, I would say quite a few of those talents must be pretty decent draws. And NXT may be the "step below" WWE but it isn't treated like a developmental territory, it is treated as its own entity. Apparently you haven't watched it in a few years.
Then you show your foolishness more, by defeating your own argument. You say that Cena and Brock needed to be "protected" to put over the new stars. So, is this you saying that it is a good thing that Cena and Brock were "pushed down your throat" then, since beating them means something? You can't have it both ways. You can't say that stars need to be built to eventually put over new talent, but then bag WWE for pushing people and making them dominant.
As the proven draws of the company, YES, they can't be jobbing them out to every random "could be somebody" who walks in the door. Cena and Lesnar are big money players. Roman Reigns has the look, he has the push, but he isn't anywhere near the star that most people are when they get a push like his. Look, I love Sheamus, but the WWE killed him by pushing him without having the fans behind him. Brock Lesnar was pushed as a dominant force and it worked...but that is the difference, IT WORKED.
You also overrate your importance as a fan. Many fans here see themselves as bookers and talent agents, instead of just enjoying the product. The WWE should do what they do, and you decide whether to watch or switch off. Being a fan doesn't entitle you to run the show, unless you plan on buying 51% of WWE stock. Leave the actual booking to the big boys, and keep your wants to your fantasy league wrestling.
The fans are definitely fickle but there are certain practices that are obvious problems in the WWE. Mostly, that they micro-managed all of the personality out of their new stars. This is partly due to the speed at which they push them, probably not wanting to risk making them "polarizing figures" that the fans might turn on during a big push...except, polarizing figures are kind of what popular wrestlers tend to be.
Also, there needs to be a top guy. The WWE Champion is usually the top guy (and in my mind, he should always be), meaning that someone will always be pushed.
Such great wisdom.
It's just how it works. You all get behind someone, Vince pushes them, you all now say that Vince has lost his mind, and say that the guy he pushed is undeserving of his push, even though you begged for his push earlier. You people are impossible to please, especially the OP. Maybe fans should stop projecting their own personal failures and wishes onto the wrestlers. What happened to the good old days of living vicariously through wrestlers, instead of today's trend of wanting to drag the champion down to your level?
People get behind someone, they are treated like garbage and have their legs cut out from under them every time they're getting momentum, fans who care about the product are annoyed by this, people complain that the fans want wrestlers who are getting over to continue getting over and wrestlers who are not over to wait until they are. Other fans paint them as "ungrateful" and are happy to watch the product fall apart because it would be rude to point out any problems.
Also, I agree that Bray Wyatt deserves to be a top guy but when he debuted in the WWE they gave him ZERO time to develop before throwing him into the top of the card, where the horribly misused him and yet continued trying to keep him there rather than letting him get a chance to build up his character a little. It is definitely a different kind of forced than Roman Reign, but no less damaging to his star power.
