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Orton shutting down Raw :wow:

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Up to the Dolph/Bray match right now, and this week's SD was so much better than last week's it's not even funny. I know exactly why guys are feuding, segments made sense, some fiery promos, and good matches overall. I'd say the only negative was Carmella's promo right before Nattie (thankfully) whooped her ass. It's only the second week, but Carmella needs Enzo/Cass in the worst way. Had she debuted with Enzo/Cass for a couple weeks THEN split from them in the draft, she'd have much more fan support. Commentary was much better too, even though JBL needs to go and never come back. The crowd was pretty hot all night too.
 

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General sentiment around the net is SmackDown won the week :wow:

We here.:blessed:

SmackDown Six 2.0 coming soon:wow:

Future SDSet tag Champs AA >>> Nu Day
Fake ass HBK >>>> Fake ass Demon in face paint
SDSets women >>>> Raw's entire Women's division
MigosOrton >>>> that no good moose eating, cheap shotting thug
Franchise/Styles >>>> all of Red shows feuds
PromethaDean>>>>> wait, can't say Rollins because HE AINT GOT NO BELT!!!
Apollo Cree... err Crews >>>> whatever star RAW is trying to build

The Gold Standard returns soon:wow:

Styles/Shelton gon be a classic:wow:

SmackDown: Where two hours >>> three.


Y'all die.:pacspit:
 

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You know I gotta ask, what does Cena do to earn 10+ million a year? Like seriously. I'm a fan but let's be real. This is where I can see where Ryback was coming from. Take Tom Brady out of the Pats and they turn to shyt, so he earns that massive dough, take Cena out of WWE and do they turn to shyt? Let's see.

Ratings were crap with him, crap when he left/got injured and are still crap with his return (brand split is why they're up now). And since 05 they've slowly been dropping, so he's not a ratings draw.

Shows still sell out with him not there, Raw's still sold out, SD's still packed, PPV's still sell out, WM still sold out; so him being there doesn't affect the bums on seats then. So a few kids don't show up, adult smarks just replace them.

So he sells a lot of merchandise, so would anyone else with about 100 items on the store, especially when guys like Cesaro have like 2 items. When they push someone else they overtake, *cough Punk cough*.

I don't know about house shows, not my area of expertise, so someone would have to fill me in on that.

So yeah I ask, when most guys are earning 100-300k, and Cena is earning 10 milly; why? Like Ryback said, why is he on 200k but Cena on 10 milly? Because Cena's a star? But the show does the same with or without him? This isn't like adding Robert Downey Jr to a Marvel movie and it make a shyt ton more, or add Lebron James to 76ers and they become instantly better. Because with or without Cena, ratings/attendances and overall interest in WWE is the same, if not worse.

So Cena stans, what does he do to earn that massive dough? :jbhmm:
 

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You know I gotta ask, what does Cena do to earn 10+ million a year? Like seriously. I'm a fan but let's be real. This is where I can see where Ryback was coming from. Take Tom Brady out of the Pats and they turn to shyt, so he earns that massive dough, take Cena out of WWE and do they turn to shyt? Let's see.

Ratings were crap with him, crap when he left/got injured and are still crap with his return (brand split is why they're up now). And since 05 they've slowly been dropping, so he's not a ratings draw.

Shows still sell out with him not there, Raw's still sold out, SD's still packed, PPV's still sell out, WM still sold out; so him being there doesn't affect the bums on seats then. So a few kids don't show up, adult smarks just replace them.

So he sells a lot of merchandise, so would anyone else with about 100 items on the store, especially when guys like Cesaro have like 2 items. When they push someone else they overtake, *cough Punk cough*.

I don't know about house shows, not my area of expertise, so someone would have to fill me in on that.

So yeah I ask, when most guys are earning 100-300k, and Cena is earning 10 milly; why? Like Ryback said, why is he on 200k but Cena on 10 milly? Because Cena's a star? But the show does the same with or without him? This isn't like adding Robert Downey Jr to a Marvel movie and it make a shyt ton more, or add Lebron James to 76ers and they become instantly better. Because with or without Cena, ratings/attendances and overall interest in WWE is the same, if not worse.

So Cena stans, what does he do to earn that massive dough? :jbhmm:

Cena is a major draw. It shows in the buyrates for his Wrestlemania main events, his merchandise sales, endorsements, etc. Also he's been with the company for 15 years and has been fully dedicated (excluding the last year).
 

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You know I gotta ask, what does Cena do to earn 10+ million a year? Like seriously. I'm a fan but let's be real. This is where I can see where Ryback was coming from. Take Tom Brady out of the Pats and they turn to shyt, so he earns that massive dough, take Cena out of WWE and do they turn to shyt? Let's see.

Ratings were crap with him, crap when he left/got injured and are still crap with his return (brand split is why they're up now). And since 05 they've slowly been dropping, so he's not a ratings draw.

Shows still sell out with him not there, Raw's still sold out, SD's still packed, PPV's still sell out, WM still sold out; so him being there doesn't affect the bums on seats then. So a few kids don't show up, adult smarks just replace them.

So he sells a lot of merchandise, so would anyone else with about 100 items on the store, especially when guys like Cesaro have like 2 items. When they push someone else they overtake, *cough Punk cough*.

I don't know about house shows, not my area of expertise, so someone would have to fill me in on that.

So yeah I ask, when most guys are earning 100-300k, and Cena is earning 10 milly; why? Like Ryback said, why is he on 200k but Cena on 10 milly? Because Cena's a star? But the show does the same with or without him? This isn't like adding Robert Downey Jr to a Marvel movie and it make a shyt ton more, or add Lebron James to 76ers and they become instantly better. Because with or without Cena, ratings/attendances and overall interest in WWE is the same, if not worse.

So Cena stans, what does he do to earn that massive dough? :jbhmm:
I ain't got the answers Sway

You should make a thread
 

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Cena is a major draw. It shows in the buyrates for his Wrestlemania main events, his merchandise sales, endorsements, etc. Also he's been with the company for 15 years and has been fully dedicated (excluding the last year).

Really? Best selling was WM28 but that was because of The Rock, WM23's heavily promoted the battle of the billionaires, people were big for Taker/Shawn title shots, they were coming off a run of great PPV's and there was a mega promotion campaign for it, it was advertised all over the place where I live, more than any other year; WM21 didn't have him in main event, WM27 was because of Rock on the show, WM24 didn't have him in main event, WM29 was again because of The Rock, and next couple didn't have Cena in the main event either.

And like I said merchandise helps when you have about a thousand items on the store, how many do Sami Zayn have for example?

And can't say much for endorsements, although being the face of the company for 11 years probably helps and anyone in his shoes would have a lot of endorsements.

Like I said I like Cena, but not seeing how he deserves all this money when he hardly affects the show at all; like how much of a "star" is he? :yeshrug:
 
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