The Rock Got Them Haters Hatin'

[Reality Check]

The point is that Rick Rude was a real rebel. Not some guy looking to get a pay raise and a damn tour bus and raise his position while everything else goes to shyt. A real leader of an era would of taken a 400 day reign and would of FORCED the WWE to put him in the main event of Mania the following year. Obviously...a gimmick reign had to suffice.

You're also referring to an era where WWE was losing in the ratings and had to actively compete with a rival company. It's 2013, Vince McMahon has a monopoly over the game for over a decade and everyone that isn't washed up looks down upon TNA.

 

[Shadow]

Instead of bytching about Rock, Shouldnt these cats focus more on connecting with the crowd and actually getting over while Rock and Cena aren't really the focus point? This is the perfect time to get noticed around Mania to earn that position So by then they'll be next in line. Muthafukkas had about 7-8 years while Rock was gone to get over and still in the same spot. Don't blame the next man for your failures

Some guys try to do that and they get destroyed.

"WE WANT RYDER!" chants used to be heard consistently but they made sure to kill them chants when they put dude into a storyline with Eve, Kane and Cena.

Not saying I agree or disagree with the comments but people have tried to 'get themselves over' in the past and have been crushed on tv because of it. Some of them won't say anything because they're just happy to have a job and they don't wanna rustle any feathers. If they don't want you getting over they'll make sure you DON'T get over.

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

Probably have.

Funny that there are certain vague reports you all accept and don't accept though. This same blurb has been recycled for like two years now.

 

[R=G]

You're also referring to an era where WWE was losing in the ratings and had to actively compete with a rival company. It's 2013, Vince McMahon has a monopoly over the game for over a decade and everyone that isn't washed up looks down upon TNA.

But if you're a real star, you count and make GOOD money in TNA. Angle makes more than Blandy and 85% of the WWE top stars. Sting does too. Not sure what Hogan gets paid for that stuff he does but it's gotta be up there knowing him.

 

[R=G]

"WE WANT RYDER!" chants used to be heard consistently but they made sure to kill them chants when they put dude into a storyline with Eve, Kane and Cena.

Now who's fault was that? Everytime something goes right...a bunch of hicks around here likes to give Criipple H credit when he can't even speak two sentences right in a press conference but when you got shyt like this going on? A merchandise mover who fans wanted to get behind that got BURIED for no reason? It's a silent issue among the brand dead and those who think they know more than they do. Convenient and often hilarious. "Be a Star"

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

I always go back to Daniel Bryan when I talk about a superstar who clearly shows us the difference between wanting a push, and wanting an opportunity. DB has been consistently handed crap sandwich and crap sandwich and taken a big bite out of it and sold it like it was a turkey club from the food house at a golf course. Zach Ryder didn't seize his opportunity to be over at that moment. We're all focused on the angle with Cena, Eve, and Kane...but y'all, that dude was given an angle with CENA, EVE, and KANE. You make that work.

I was watching a Vince Russo shoot (yeah that's right), and dude was saying even before KotR '96 they knew Austin was gonna be a star when they let him sit at the announcers booth for a match and let him talk. Austin had already had the image and some of the 3:16 promo written before he had even stepped foot in the 'E and he had made up his mind that one day with or without permission on a live mic he was gonna drop something close to it. My point is, the dude had a clear focus and utilized a small window of opportunity to make something of himself in the biz. Rocky was getting over in the NOD by doing small subliminal gestures during Farooqs promo's before they actually approached him about working as his foil.

Smarks and wrestlers alike be wanting a 5 month build into a title reign to "get over". Punk didn't finally hit the mark until he sat down on stage and just spoke his mind. Think about that, that 10 minute promo is the different between him being a so so upper carder that went back to the indy's and one of the greatest wwe champions of all time (kayfabe). Cats gotta take the opportunity when they see it