WWE General Complaints Thread

[LegendKiller716]

I think they should have signed Lesnar when they did, but not had him return until the Royal Rumble. By the time the Rumble came around most of the hype of him signing could have died down and been dispelled by WWE as a rumor.

Undertaker could have been the 30th entrant in Rumble, which would be a big shock in it self, but then have Taker and a top heel face off as the final two, and then Lesnar runs out and takes Taker out and beats him bloody.

Now you have Brock full time for 3-4 and a really good build to their Mania match.

 

[Gentleman Ed Joseph]

The biggest problem I have with the Brock Lesnar situation is that it is 100% about the WWE of 2012/13 and nothing about going forward. Brock has cost alot to bring back, on a fantastic deal for him personally. And ultimately that investment will probably not be a total loss financially. But no one who would actually benifit from it, is being built by his involvement in the WWE! Cena...HHH...then who The Rock or The Undertaker?? When Lesnar walks away again after WrestleMania 29. In terms of the product moving forward...it will be almost as though he never came back at all!!

 

[mrfantastic111]

I don't really enjoy it when people rant about how they hate the WWE product, because in my opinion if you don't like it then just stop watching it. However, that kept in mind I've always been a huge fan of the WWE, I've watched it from the good times to the times where... Well, kind of like now. I guess what my problem is now is that nothing seems to be going anywhere, and whilst I'm still hoping that things will improve after the big 1000th episode, I'm starting to get the feeling that not much is going to change.

What my problem is, is that nothing really feels like it's going anywhere anymore, it just feels like that the WWE is comfortable in the position they have now so they just pulled the brakes on everything that was seemed like it was going somewhere interesting. You don't really see many mid-card/lower-card feuds at the moment, and alot of the pushes that looked very promising this time last year/a few months ago have sizzled down to nothing much. I do enjoy things like Punk Vs. Bryan, and there isn't really anything terrible on at the moment, it's more to do with the fact that nothing is really happening. (Sure the 1000th episode, but what about when that's done?)

I guess you could call me a smark but I've sat through years of wrestling which was deemed from terrible to terrific, but recently there just hasn't been anything exciting. I guess you could also blame the fact that WWE has begun a habit of scrapping ideas and pretending that most fans are too stupid to remember them the next week.

Your thoughts?

 

[Jabroni Drive]

Briefly on the scrapping ideas point. The fact is it's a PG show so i think maybe The WWE Creative feel the majority of their audience is kids either they wont remember or don't care that they have dropped ideas as long as there is flashing lights and Cena they are fine.

Regarding on where it's going it all depends on what happens at the 1000th episode of raw none of us can speculate on what direction they are going because there are to many unanswered questions like who will be the GM? Who will be the WWE/WHC? Hopefully after the 1000th episode it will all become a little clearer.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

Briefly on the scrapping ideas point. The fact is it's a PG show so i think maybe The WWE Creative feel the majority of their audience is kids either they wont remember or don't care that they have dropped ideas as long as there is flashing lights and Cena they are fine.

Lot of idiocy in that statement. Like a lot of foolish people, for some odd reason, you operate under the assumption that PG=Mostly for kids. WWE Creative not only doesn't feel that the majority of their audience is kids, they actually know that they're not. How do they know that? Ratings reports. Every Tuesday, the WWE brass is given detailed reports regarding the numbers Raw drew, the age groups of those viewers, how many total viewers the show averaged, the ratings for every 15 minute segment of the broadcast, etc. Roughly 80% of the WWE audience consists of males at least 18 years of age. Sites like tvbythenumbers.com has all the info, so please actually look some of this stuff up before putting utter nonsense like that in posts.

As to the points some of the points the OP touched on, maybe you're just burned out on wrestling? It can be hard to get excited if you're someone that's pretty much seen everything that's been done and can be done. The ideas of dropping angles & storylines, just letting them go away quietly, or doing the same thing with pushes is nothing new. It's an age old practice in pro wrestling. Sometimes an angle, a push or a feud just doesn't sustain interst or generate the type of interest in fans. For instance, look what's happened to Tensai's push. He wasn't getting over, so the push was halted. WWE was doing something similar with Mason Ryan, but he wasn't getting over and he's practically disappeared. As far as the lower card guys go, a lot of them are typically relegated to Superstars and a few of them to NXT. Why? Maybe WWE doesn't feel they're up to snuff yet, and some of them legitimately aren't. On Raw or SD!, you're usually going to see wrestlers featured on those programs that WWE is sure of and has a lot of faith in.

Right now, a lot of mid-card feuds and the mid-card title scenes have been brought to something of a standstill due to MITB. It continues to be an important and over concept in WWE and the fact that the mid-card titles don't get as much emphasis as the World or WWE Championships...well, that's pretty much how it's supposed to be. Despite the revisionist history some like to spout in regards to the IC title, it was NEVER hyped to be as important as the WWE Championship.

A lot of the problem, in my eyes, doesn't lie as much with the product as it does with internet fans themselves. WWE's not perfect, don't get me wrong. They make mistakes sometimes and sometimes they just outright fuck things up that shouldn't be fucked up. However, internet fans are pretty spoiled as a whole. With the internet ripping away the mystique surrounding wrestling, we have an insider's view, to a solid degree, of the ins & outs of what goes on behind the scenes. We certainly have more access now as to what's what and what goes on than we did 20 years ago. We spend our time surfing wrestling sites for news regarding newly signed or released wrestlers, we look for articles containing spoilers to upcoming feuds, title pushes, who has heat backstage, who is getting pushed further up, spoilers for upcoming wrestling broadcasts, etc. In short, we spend our time finding out as much as we can and, unfortunately, a good number of us net fans bitch about it once we find out. If you're someone that needs to be excited in the sense that you're caught by surprise and hanging on the edge of your seat every minute, then you're going to be disappointed if you're an internet fan.

It's hard to be "excited or surprised" if you're a net fan. Personally, I think the key is to sit back and try to let yourself be entertained. Sure, there are gonna be things that pop up that you're just not into. It'll always be that way in EVERY wrestling company, not just WWE. If you don't like it then, by all means, voice it. Nothin' wrong with that. If you look for something to complain about, you'll find it. If you'll sit back and allow yourself to be a fan; someone that at least tries to let themselves be drawn into a story, captivated by certain personalities and watches the action you'll have a shot at being entertained. At the end of the day, give me interesting wrestlers to care about, solid wrestling actions, storylines that make a modicum of sense, good stories and good promos and I'm happy.

 

[DDelaware2009]

I understand your feeling on the whole deal regarding a lack of direction. The Punk-Bryan-AJ saga seems to be the only thing with a solid base. Even Triple H-Lesnar feels like a clusterf*ck of an angle.

My feeling is the reason WHY the product feels to be in this state is partially for obvious reasons and partially for reasons we will never know the whole truth of.

Injuries and suspensions are the obvious. Barrett was injured, Orton was suspended, Jericho was suspended, Mysterio injured then suspended, even Del Rio's minor injury messed up a PPV card.
I'm probably missing some more to this list but thats off the top of my head. Also, Miz has been buried- yes, he's been away filming a movie but the guy went from winning at WM28 for Team Johnny to losing matched to the Funkasaurus who straight up sucks, c'mon- not sure what he did but he definitely was in the dog house

The unknown is this: my feeling is the Laurinaitis-GM deal was pulled early. Its just a hunch but it just FEELS totally hot-shotted. This would definitely provide at least a surface explanation as to why the storylines seem so disjointed.

Agree that there is not enough clarity in the mid-card of the roster, which could make the weekly product much more watchable - develop some clear feuds which would allow for quality TV matches and deeper PPV cards.

The bigger issue is a lack of roster development over the years. Triple H, Undertaker, Edge, etc. all got old and broke down and there was no one left to pass the torch to. So we're stuck with Kane, Big Show, Mark Henry, etc. participating in main events. Hopefully this will be rectified in time...

 

[The_Midnight_Show]

I agree a lot with what Jack-Hammer says, especially in regard to abrupt ends in stories and pushes. Stating the complete obvious, stories and pushes are essential parts to professional wrestling; WWE has to have them. Not every single push or story is going to work out. Yes, perhaps some stories should never have been attempted, but what are you going to do? Someone somewhere saw potential.

Not all pushes are going to go over well (such as JH said with Mason Ryan, Tensai, and I would throw in Sin Cara), so what do you want the WWE to do about it? Keep forcing it down our throats until we accept it? That has about a 0% chance of success. If it doesn't work, end it. Simple as that and that is what WWE does. Maybe you're different but I certainly don't need an explanation to every little thing. Mason Ryan disappears after been shown as a "beast" the past few weeks? Fine by me. I don't need a kayfabe injury to get him off the air or anything like that. We never find out who the anonymous Raw GM is? Once again, fine by me. What would be the purpose of revealing who it was (even though yes I get that it is very possible WWE didn't have a person)? Vince McMahon/Triple H are back in charge (at that time) and that is all that is needed for me. Revealing who the GM was would just have created an awkward and unnecessary story.

Answering about the WWE's future post the 1000 episode of Raw, I don't see much of a drastic change at all, especially in regard to how they go about pushing wrestlers and creating stories and feuds. Sure new design, quite possibly a new belt, etc. but that doesn't seem to be your concern. Perhaps the development of fresh blood with Sandow (well fresh blood as in his gimmick), Ambrose (no idea when WWE plans to put him on TV), or one of the NXT guys will please you, maybe not. All I know is that I am personally satisfied with where the WWE is at right now and have confidence in any direction they may be realistically heading.

 

[Bababaloney]

At the end of the day, give me interesting wrestlers to care about, solid wrestling actions, storylines that make a modicum of sense, good stories and good promos and I'm happy.

You made some very good points which I wholeheratedly agree with. However, I don't think the fault for the current state of the business lies solely (or even primarily) with internet fans.

The business has changed, society has changed and how we get information has changed. if you're the WWE, you have to continue to evolves in order to adapt to the landscape and I think some areas they've done ok.

Unfortunately, I have to completely disagree with your take on the midcard level at WWE. The company has completely fucked up the mid card level and has contributed to making the total of the WWE programming virtually unwatchable at this point.

 

[Kunztown]

The problem is that wwe is like a major league baseball team. Their in the phase where their rebuilding. Currently they have no direct competition. Therefore their reverting to the 1980's before wcw became real competition. Their planning for the 2020's when tna might actually gain an audience, then by then wwe's core audience "kids" will be teenagers and it will be similiar to the 90's again. The fans that are in their 20's and 30's and 40's might as well give up on seeing good angles and real stars anytime soon. Kids dont remember angles and storylines and have a limited attention span thanks to advanced video games nowadays. Wwe knows what its doing, and its all about john cena currently. Kids think of him like we thought of hulk hogan, macho man, etc. except John cena moves a lot faster than hogan and the five knuckle shuffle and AA. Hogan had a boot and leg drop. Lol. 80's matches are hard to watch. However, the drama and storylines were even better then today. I remember Shawn michaels throwing Jannety through the barber shop.... Things like that are missing. We need a fresh really great face to turn heel.... Big show heel, was lame and they made that to be all "shocking" we all saw it coming! The best decade was in the 90's.... Enough said. Wwe's product is lacking "shock value!" heels with heat are getting booed because their annoying( cole, vicky) and not because we downright hate them. Cena Needs to turn Heel!!! Kids need a real bad guy, someone that stabs them in the back!!! The kids have no one to boo!!!

 

[Kunztown]

I've been waiting for wwe to get out of this funk for 3 years. The ultimate idea to finally generate buzz and excitement and create about a 25 percent Increase in ratings would be this.

John cena wins money in the bank. CM punk beats Daniel Bryan. Daniel Bryan gets upset the following week on raw and attacks CM Punk. Cena comes out to rescue Punk with a steel chair... Only to smash him over the back with it repeatingly, and pin him for the championship and aligning himself with Bryan and AJ. They create a faction called the chain gang soldiers or CGS. And they take over and they beat people down or threaten them to join them.

Then it becomes faces vs heels and the people aligned with them are heels, and this can create faces such as Miz, Ziggler, and ryback could be used...aka goldberg style to go after cena's championship. (which is a new custom style championship)

 

[George Steele's Barber]

I don't really enjoy it when people rant about how they hate the WWE product, because in my opinion if you don't like it then just stop watching it. However, that kept in mind I've always been a huge fan of the WWE, I've watched it from the good times to the times where... Well, kind of like now. I guess what my problem is now is that nothing seems to be going anywhere, and whilst I'm still hoping that things will improve after the big 1000th episode, I'm starting to get the feeling that not much is going to change.

You're right, not much is going to change, if anything at all. Why would some any numbered Raw mean they will or should change much? The 1000th episode is a celebration of the past not the end.

What my problem is, is that nothing really feels like it's going anywhere anymore, it just feels like that the WWE is comfortable in the position they have now so they just pulled the brakes on everything that was seemed like it was going somewhere interesting.

You can't tell me you are now just realizing this. WM28 was terrific. That satisfaction has to carry over for a while. There usually is a general lull between WM and SS. Last year was a little different due to Punk's promo and his short-lived exit but there wasn't much going on between a lackluster WM27 and the couple weeks before MiTB.

You don't really see many mid-card/lower-card feuds at the moment,

You have most of those guys entering MiTB. There is no room for mid-card feuds. Would you rather Christian and Rhodes not be in the MiTB? Let's face it, the World Championship is the is mid-card and they've actually built the tag division a little.

and alot of the pushes that looked very promising this time last year/a few months ago have sizzled down to nothing much.

Like who?

I do enjoy things like Punk Vs. Bryan, and there isn't really anything terrible on at the moment,

This is way too positive of a statement for the IWC.

it's more to do with the fact that nothing is really happening. (Sure the 1000th episode, but what about when that's done?)

You have MiTB coming up. If we knew what was coming after then it wouldn't be worth watching. Isn't that a good thing?

I guess you could call me a smark but I've sat through years of wrestling which was deemed from terrible to terrific, but recently there just hasn't been anything exciting.

WM28, the return of Lesnar, AJ, Heyman's return to WWE, Punk/Bryan, Punk/Jericho, Rock declaring he wants to go after the title? Nothing?

I guess you could also blame the fact that WWE has begun a habit of scrapping ideas and pretending that most fans are too stupid to remember them the next week.

What have they dropped recently that was big or working?

Your thoughts?

I think even the Sopranos had bad episodes. They even had a bad season. In WWE's case, maybe you are growing out of it. That is perfectly normal. Otherwise, they have had bad runs before, I don't think they are in one now but I can see where you are coming from if you feel that way.

 

[DDelaware2009]

WM28, the return of Lesnar, AJ, Heyman's return to WWE, Punk/Bryan, Punk/Jericho, Rock declaring he wants to go after the title? Nothing?

- WrestleMania 28 was awesome...BUT:

- The return of Lesnar has been a huge disappointment
- Heyman is short-term- c'mon, you know that the more WWE invests in him, the more dangerous he is, and Vince will not let that happen
- Rock is also short-term, he'll be there Jan, Feb, Mar 2013 *at best*- then what? And what about until then?
- Punk/Jericho was great but where's the momentum from that now? Punk is a champion who can't main-event and Jericho completely stalled with his suspension
- Punk/Bryan plus AJ is the one solid deal going in WWE right now

I think people have to take the good with the bad but there just isn't alot of promise for the long-term health of WWE given the way things are.

Not trying to be super negative I definitely root for the company to succeed but this is what I see right now.

And as much as I understand that this WONT happen - believe me, I will be the first to say as much - really, the only "next big money angle" on the horizon is Cena turning heel and have a Triple H-esque heel run (circa 2003-04) with people chasing him for a year. Until then, its status quo.

 

[STILLNWO4LIFE]

I'll be the first to admit that I have been a big no on WWE for a little while because of the same old shit. I have been getting back into it lately though with the old superstars coming back and I can't wait for July 23rd when we finally get that 1000th episode of Raw. It should be a good three hours with plenty of old superstars that we all still love.

Now to what's bothering me and I am sure many of you also.
- Money in the bank outcomes. I am happy that Ziggler won the MITB match, but why in the hell didn't they set it up for him to cash it in on Sheamus after his match with Del Rio. Sheamus has held the title for just a little while now but it was surely Zigglers turn. Cm punk again? I know he's a great champion and has a massive following as a great alternative to Cena but it's getting close to a year now that he has held that strap, c'mon, can we please soon give Daniel Bryan another shot at the strap, fans love him too. AJ? What was the point, she didn't reveal shit last night and that story was pointless. Last thing, Cena again? Why didn't they let Miz or Jericho take it? Jericho has constantly been shit on since he's been back and The Miz is being dumped on too. Just open your eyes a bit that there are more guys in this company.

- Another thing that is getting really annoying, Ryback is being misused and if your not going to do something with him, save yourselves and him some time and cut em loose.

- Another thing, this whole HHH-Lesnar feud. They didn't go at it the right way and I know that Lesnar has limited dates and using Heyman as a filler was great. M burning question is why isn't HHH and Heyman feuding more often? And part 2 of that question is why isn't the WWE letting Heyman use his aggressive style in his promos?

-The last thing that is bothering me is the Divas. I am not a huge fan of Diva wrestling but can we at least see some more hires so the division is bigger and can we
please see matches longer that 6-7 minutes. If you're gonna do it, do it right.

Enough of the dislikes, now to what I like right now.

-The Ecw trademark has been registered to someone else now. We get this front story of a company named Mocker has purchased it. I have this weird feeling that Heyman is behind this. It's going to be interesting, but even if he isn't, at least ECW is probably in good hands, better hands than it was in.

-Heath Slater. I know some of you are like what in the hell are you talking about, but hey his little push as of late, even though he has just been a tackling dummy for former superstars has been pretty good. He is getting ring time an he plays a great character. Heath Slater is on the rise hopefully.

-Last but not least, thank you to WWE for putting out the WCW Clash Of The Champions Dvd, it is phenomenal for any old WCW fan like myself and includes great matches that were fun to relive and cheer about all over again.

Thoughts are welcome.

 

[BarryHorowitzfanclub]

I'm going to ignore your first paragraph, as it contradicts itself.


The underlying theme here is: what is the point? Honestly, this year, I don't know if WWE is trying to get from point A to point B as fast as possible, or as cheap as possible.

If Lesnar only has, say, 20 appearances, why waste it on the Cena thing after WM? And with this absent feud with HHH, doesn't it kind of jab at the real WWE stars than a guy can get paid, and headline a PPV, but not work his own promos, or at all beforehand?

Here's where I differ from the OP: I'm against this wave of old guys coming back for paydays and cheap pops. If they want to wrestle again, sure, come on back. But be part of the program; be part of the team. This anticipation angle they've been throwing around lately isn't doing it for me. I'm not watching to see what was in wrestling; I want to see what is, right now.

I too wish the Divas were more utilized, but I really don't think inflating their roster is going to spark better performance. Rather, legitimize the belt. Give it to someone worthy (no offense, but Layla was a sidekick before she got hurt.) With the new women they have coming (back) into the fray, it should shake things up.

Cena getting the case isn't too bad; perhaps he will be the first to lose, eh?


I'm still befuddled how Ryback gets PPV time for squash matches that honestly don't add to the buyrate. That needs to come up soon; he needs to have some real matches or the Ryberg chants will just get louder.

 

[Buffyx]

Where was Kane on Raw 999? and what's next for the character?

WWE always do this, they leave Kane out for a week (and never explain or report why he has not shown up, like they would do with say, Cena or Punk) Does anyone know why they do this? It seems odd for a character that's usually involved in something major every week.

Usually then what happens the WWE creative team brings him back the week after and he is shoved into a completely different storyline that was totally different to the one he was in before.

Example: Big build up to the John Cena - Embrace the hate storyline, for months... Cena V Kane at a PPV match - Kane is thrown off an ambulance, skip a week! the week after he comes out and chokeslams some tag teams in the ring and leaves forgetting about John Cena. They also did it with Orton, Kane then randomly starts attacking Orton, then after a PPV match it's forgotten about? He was then shoved into a pre-show match at over the limit with Zack Ryder (shouldn't have that match happened months ago when it actually had momentum?) and then again was put into a completely different storyline the week after!

They've done the same sort of thing with the AJ storyline they built up a massive three-way storyline for weeks with AJ skipping around the ring distracting Kane, then it suddenly turns and Kane starts 'saving' AJ
AJ starts kissing all three, it looks like Kane is obsessed with AJ or AJ is playing Kane.... and then Kane just randomly 'leaves' her in a backstage segment with no pay off what so ever!
Then, the week after Kane is nowhere to be seen on Smackdown, then enters a completely different storyline with Big Show, Jericho and Cena for MITB - Now, he has gone again.... What's next?

I'm really sick of the way the WWE creative are treating Kane with his bookings since his return, it feels like they have no idea what to do with him and he is always pushed to the sidelines, which makes it hard for the WWE Universe/the fans to warm to him. Just when things are finally start to look up for Kane and he finally receives a pop because he is involved in something interesting and actually having decent matches with Punk and Bryan - they send him back to wrestling the Big Show.

I really hope Kane gets a good spot on the 1000th episode of Raw like his character deserves, he is literally one of the only guys around who's on been TV each and every week since he started RAW as Kane in 1997 and before that as other wrestlers) week main eventing or jobbing whenever it suits the WWE and is only of the only guys who is still doing it consistently the longest

I hate the way Kane is constantly overlooked. When will Kane ever get the push he deserves or the mass respect from the fans. I just don't understand why it never happens for him

 

[supaman5279]

not impressed with Sandow. I just don't get it. Intellectual guy pretty much calls zack Ryder a dumbass, and then when he takes off his robe and he's wearing pink tights, pretty much to the same color scheme as Ryder. Nothing intellectual about his wrestling style. I just don't get it.

 

[ellax]

This is just sick.. just because WWE intend to have John Cena fighting for the title doesn't mean they can just switch whoever as heel as they pleased..

They just made CM Punk a heel just for that..??!!! why not make John Cena a heel instead!!!

 

[Money_Inc.]

This is just sick.. just because WWE intend to have John Cena fighting for the title doesn't mean they can just switch whoever as heel as they pleased..

They just made CM Punk a heel just for that..??!!! why not make John Cena a heel instead!!!

You just can't make Cena heel. He does too much with the make a wish, and lots of little kids look up to him. If he didn't turn in the last year, with what happened, he isn't going to now.

 

[SickJames]

of the 90's albeit, but damnit, where was Sunny?

I cant believe they'd not have her on there and brag about how they were number one with the internet via Sunny before it got as big as it is now. When it was still very young and growing.

I know there shouldve been an Austin, Sunny, Godfather and Hos etc etc, but where the hell is your Original Diva that you could totally use to put the socia media in the biggest social media Raw of all time?


And also while I liked the fact that more time was given to the stars then the fans, I thought there'd be more fan interaction than that. Hopefully next week. I mean I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but if you're gonna promote something atleast use it noticeably


It doesnt have to just be tout vids, they do matches on the fly with spot calling, why not give us a blast from the past match we could make and have two former stars go at it. who can still go though...

Anything, it didnt have to be a match, I was just expecting more. And this isnt a complaint thread, glad there wasnt much, but I mean I thought they'd have us interacting WITH the segments or focus of the stars etc. Like not us but us interacting with them and stuff. or doing stuff with Raw.


Again though we couldve had Sunny back for them to reference as being the most downloaded Diva/Celebrity in the 90's (atleast we got Trish and Lita) couldve used some Chyna in DX. Someone here in WZ made a funny comment about them bringing out a cardboard cutout of her, I'd have even lol'ed at that.

 

[rockyrocky11]

The biggest complaint we've seen on these boards about the Rock is that he never shows up due to his movies, appears via satellite, etc. Last night at Raw 1000 Stone Cold didn't even show up.

Most likely he missed due to filming Grown Ups 2. The only outrage I've heard regarding this is "How could the WWE not find a way to get Austin on the show", instead of people wondering why Austin didn't find a way to get there.

Now I'm a huge fan of Austin, and although I was disappointed that he didn't show up I won't hold it against him. My question is why do people constantly bash the Rock for missing stuff, but when Austin misses for the same reason on one of the biggest Raw episodes ever there's no anti-Austin feelings?

 

[Da Prophet]

Probably but people will not stop hating The Rock just because he was on the 1000th Raw. A lot of fans still hold a grudge, god knows why, against Rocky for leaving. The difference between Austin and Rocky is that Austin always came back while Rocky wanted to be separated from professional wrestling. It pissed off some of the fans and since the internet is never happy (or able to forgive) with what they're given, the hate will continue.

Plus everyone loves Steve Austin, he's the stuff.

 

[rockyrocky11]

Stone Cold comes back all the time he loves the business Rock comes back for the paycheck thats all their is to it

Rock makes more money making movies so it's not for the paycheck. He was in the top 5 highest paid actors list for last year. Also it's "all there is"

 

[Arashi]

I never liked the Rock, for many reason but honestly, I've enjoyed his last two runs more. And he doesn't need the WWE anymore, so it's clear he's trying to help them. Him getting the WWE title? A bad idea to me but it will happen, and it will get them on the news. I just wish they'd have him put someone like Punk over instead of Cena because it could do more for Punk than it ever would for Cena.

 

[Nada]

It was never "ok" to hate on him in the first place. The people who did are you typical negative, young males range 16-28, who pretty much hate on everything and everyone.

Go to any forum about anything and you will see the type, its kinda of what online message boards are all about.

 

[shooter_mcgavin]

I was never a big Rock fan. I was always an Austin/Jericho/Triple H/Angle fan back in the attitude era.

But those who still hate The Rock will continue hating on him because the lack of concept of real life. Where you want to have a career in a place that earns more money.

The Rock left the Wrestling industry to become a Hollywood star, he already achieved everything he wanted to achieve as a Wrestler so he wanted to do acting which also earns a lot more money without the schedule or injuries associated with Wrestling.

And The Rock does owe the WWE anything, he carried 1999/2000 when Austin was injured and helped the WWE beat WCW in the Monday Night Wars He Didn't even have to reutrn to the WWE, his's annual earnings this year is more than Vince McMahon. Did he do it for a paycheck? Of course, who wouldn't? But he could easily have declined his appearances and just do a movie that pays him $5 to $10 Million instead.

If any other superstar had an opportunity to grab the opportunity to be in Hollywood and leave wrestling fulltime they would take it. That included guys like Bret Hart and Hulk Hogan. And I am sure if John Cena was given the opportunity to be a fulltime Hollywood star doing movies he would either take it or greatly consider it.

And yes this is a real life scenario. I have a former office mate in the company I work for which is a American IT/technology company with 300,000 employees world wide. He created a piece of software that got accolades around the corporation and was even invited abroad in a conference to show it.

But then he decided to leave the company, you know what he's doing now. Direct selling of personal care products. He did it for two reasons (1) earns a lot more money (2) for less the effort. He was a talented programmer and developer but decided to quit for an opportunity that made him earn more money for a lot less time.