mrfantastic111
Riley Justin
There's a particular trend in the WWE that runs with legends-to-be, such as Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair etc, when they reach a point of their career where their characters kind of mild down due to an overall general acceptance from the audience of which they don't have to try as hard to get over anymore, win titles etc, and they focus on putting over the younger talents - generally making the transition from top star to legend or long time veteran.
This is a phase that almost every long time wrestler takes after spending a good period of time occupying the main event/title scenes. After HBK lost the World title to HHH in 2002, he went on to put over guys like Shelton, Kenndy, Edge etc, taking on the role of a veteran. Post-2002, most newer/younger fans probably wouldn't of known why he was so over, they just went with the buzz and went with his general acceptance. Much can be said about Hogan, Flair (During WWE atleast, although often argued about in TNA). I think that Edge maybe of been a year away from this progress if he hadn't of been forced into retirement.
My question to you now, is when do you think the current top faces are going to begin this process? Obviously it's a process that comes natural over time, and it's a process that most wrestlers that stick around at the top notch level in WWE take, but when do you think that the likes of Cena, Orton, Punk etc will begin to take that step? I think that Punk is the beginning of a new breed of WWE main eventers like R-Truth, Ziggler etc who will begin to dominate the title picture over the next few years. I'm not saying that everyone in the chamber is ready/deserving just yet, but what we're seeing is the passing of the torch between one era of main eventers to the next. This is Cena, Batista, Orton etc passing the torch to Punk, Ziggler and Miz. I think over the next few years we'll see Cena and Orton move onto putting over talents, taking on other top names, but not so much for titles. We've seen in recent months Cena and Orton doing just this, staying out of the title scene, or if they were in the title scene they're trying to make some of the greener guys look good. It's evident that Cena is moving into that phase. As we all remember, last year Cena announced that he was going to defend the title against Rocky, but has clearly backed off the championship. Much can be said of Orton, although I do think that Orton could stick around with the title for longer due to being younger and being a better character to put over the likes of Ziggler and Cody in matches that push each of these guys to the limits, helping to better showcase their potential.
When will Cena and Orton take the transition further? Do you think that if Edge were still around in WWE today that he would be doing the same thing?
Your thoughts?
This is a phase that almost every long time wrestler takes after spending a good period of time occupying the main event/title scenes. After HBK lost the World title to HHH in 2002, he went on to put over guys like Shelton, Kenndy, Edge etc, taking on the role of a veteran. Post-2002, most newer/younger fans probably wouldn't of known why he was so over, they just went with the buzz and went with his general acceptance. Much can be said about Hogan, Flair (During WWE atleast, although often argued about in TNA). I think that Edge maybe of been a year away from this progress if he hadn't of been forced into retirement.
My question to you now, is when do you think the current top faces are going to begin this process? Obviously it's a process that comes natural over time, and it's a process that most wrestlers that stick around at the top notch level in WWE take, but when do you think that the likes of Cena, Orton, Punk etc will begin to take that step? I think that Punk is the beginning of a new breed of WWE main eventers like R-Truth, Ziggler etc who will begin to dominate the title picture over the next few years. I'm not saying that everyone in the chamber is ready/deserving just yet, but what we're seeing is the passing of the torch between one era of main eventers to the next. This is Cena, Batista, Orton etc passing the torch to Punk, Ziggler and Miz. I think over the next few years we'll see Cena and Orton move onto putting over talents, taking on other top names, but not so much for titles. We've seen in recent months Cena and Orton doing just this, staying out of the title scene, or if they were in the title scene they're trying to make some of the greener guys look good. It's evident that Cena is moving into that phase. As we all remember, last year Cena announced that he was going to defend the title against Rocky, but has clearly backed off the championship. Much can be said of Orton, although I do think that Orton could stick around with the title for longer due to being younger and being a better character to put over the likes of Ziggler and Cody in matches that push each of these guys to the limits, helping to better showcase their potential.
When will Cena and Orton take the transition further? Do you think that if Edge were still around in WWE today that he would be doing the same thing?
Your thoughts?
