What Makes A Star?

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In todays WWE we the vewiers are left with a roster of 30 somethings that are relatively unknown. My question to you is, how does the WWE make a star? what are the things they could do to make this generation HHH or Undertaker? What is a fresh way to usher in a modern day Rock or Austin? What singular event could put over a new star?

One example i could think of is what the are doing with Cody Rhodes and Booker T. Booker T who is a six time world champion and regarded as a legend is being used to bring up Cody's star power. Now wether or not this is an effective way of putting Cody over is up to debate but the idea is there.


What are some of the ideas you have to put over new talent?

Who would you put over with the event?

Remember i'm not talking about shot gunning the belt to a new face MITB has proven that doesn't always work, or winning the rumble, which is a good way but it's proven. What are some original way's to put new talent over?

 

[WWEvsJosh]

MID CARD FUEDS! People nned to care for the rise of the star. Also WWE needs to wait on stars. Right now to me the Miz, Sheamus, and DB are mid carders right now. I am not saying they will always be I am just saying the pops they are getting now is good min card pops. If thing were done right they would be getting their world title push now.

 

[The Perfect Max]

Like WWEvsJosh said, mid-card feuds are few and far between. Dolph Ziggler vs Zack Ryder, as much as it was a feud, what was backing the feud. Why feud? Nothing personal about it. Well, it doesn't have to be personal, but I feel something of that nature is required to purly hate each other, thus feuding with each other. Right?

Once upon a time the mid-card matches had reasons for having them shown. Now, they are just slapped together, no talking just matches here and there where WWE can fit them in.

Right now, if you're not CM Punk, John Cena or a legend in the WWE still active, you don't get pops like you used to unless superstars are in there hometown. Guys who are supposed to be main eventers get no real pop like they should, because they don't get feuds worth calling main eventing, plus they get no time to explain a feud or talk about the feud.

 

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I was thinking more along the lines of a defining event it's easy to say a fued will make a mid carder a main event guy. But how. What is the fuel to the fued. Austin had VKM that made him the moment he first laid his hands on his boss BAM! He was instantaniously an even bigger sensation then he already was. Jericho beat the Rock AND Stone Cold Steve Austin in one night solidifying him as a main event contender.

Would beating a seasoned HHH in an epic Hell in a Cell be enough to raise Shamus into that superstar level?

Would Daniel Bryan cleanly defeating both Big Show and Mark Henry in a triple threat be what he needs to solidify himself as a legit champion?

 

[Lugar]

Jobber matches. There is nothing better then seeing a heel demolish a jobber every week with the commentators begging him to end the beating. Whilst this is going on maybe have a vox pop up in the corner of the heel or a 'manager' saying how he's going to destroy all comers they could call this something like 'Wrestling Challenge' and use it as experience for new wrestlers, gimmick changes or wrestlers comming back from injury who might not be ready for Smackdown or Raw.
Seriously though introduce us viewers to wrestlers charicters before just flinging them on Raw or Smackdown and expecting us to care.

 

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Jobber matches. There is nothing better then seeing a heel demolish a jobber every week with the commentators begging him to end the beating. Whilst this is going on maybe have a vox pop up in the corner of the heel or a 'manager' saying how he's going to destroy all comers they could call this something like 'Wrestling Challenge' and use it as experience for new wrestlers, gimmick changes or wrestlers comming back from injury who might not be ready for Smackdown or Raw.
Seriously though introduce us viewers to wrestlers charicters before just flinging them on Raw or Smackdown and expecting us to care.

they do have fcw and superstars no one watches but it's there.

 

[Lugar]

On my mobile so I can't quote sorry but that's my point. Not many people can watch FCW or Superstars but if they had these types of programs more available then maybe people would know about the lesser known characters, their move set, attitude etc.

Its through these sort of 'junk' programs that some of the better moments happen. Think of the Rockers splitting up, the Bezerker trying to impale the Undertaker, Earthquake crushing Hogan. These things can make a feud ignite or just get fans into a character.

 

[Harthan]

Look at wrestling history, and you see that most of the biggest stars in wrestling had two things going for them - loads of natural charisma, and being in the right place at the right time. Hogan oozed charisma, and he was in the right position to be on Vince McMahon's national revolution. Austin took advantage of being King of the Ring after HHH blew it in MSG. Rocky had too much charisma to possibly be held down by anything. So on, so forth. Management can push whomever they like, but they can't turn anyone into a real star without that person having "it". The charisma, the look, the total package. What's got to happen to make a star is for these two things - a wrestler with charisma and the "it" factor, and management getting behind them - to intersect at the right place, and the right time, and then magic happens and you have Hogan, Austin, Rock, Cena, and so on. We just saw it happen in 2011 with CM Punk. The WWE couldn't have given anyone that feud and expected them to have the same results. It took whatever it is that Punk has and the right timing and the right feud to make him a star. It's a tricky prospect to really turn a guy into a superstar and I'd argue that management in many companies has probably missed the boat more often than they got it right. But it happens every so often, and it's a great thing to see.

What makes a star? The right combination of timing and talent, more or less. Eventually, somebody catches on, and it happens. All the midcard feuds and even all the main event feuds are really just an effort to make this happen. You never really know when it will, and it can fail in different ways. It might be the right feud for the wrong wrestler, or the wrong feud for the right wrestler. Stars are tricky business and they can't really be forced.