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Why does WWE market him as a "beast incarnate" (whatever that means) when he is hardly available to terrorize anybody?
Because when he is there he DOES terrorize people? Whether he is at TV or not, the guy is still a beast. That doesn’t change when he isn’t around. For example, if someone is stupid when they are in your company, they are stupid when they are not.
I find it even more ridiculous that WWE would even consider pushing any sort of talent who has a limited dates to appear, let alone make that person its heavyweight champion. Do you think that Brock being champion and not having to show up frequently on WWE programming devalues the already underwhelmed title?
Not really. The WWE Title is what it is. When it changes as much as it does, it’s not the WWF Title of old, which stayed on guys for longer period of times and rarely changed. And keep one thing in mind, back then the WWF Title was hardly ever defended on TV. The IC and US Titles are defended on TV all the time.
I read you saying that you would prefer Brock vs. Rusev at WrestleMania. For the life of me, how is Brock going to be turned face (for that to happen since Rusev has been supposedly made to be the villain in a storyline that belongs to the 80s with Hulk Hogan, but I digress) when he is hardly on television?
Why does he have to turn face? Why can’t he just be what he is, a guy who goes out and beats people up? He is not a cheating heel. To me, you build the match as the undefeated monster coming for Brock’s Title and they fight for it. What a concept!
Do you think that one of the reasons Raw is so stale lately is because there is no champion as a focal point, so to speak, and that John Cena and Randy Orton still remain the backbone of WWE creative?
I think you are half right. Overpushing Cena at the expense of young talent is the main problem. When one guy is so far above everyone else it hurts the product. They also need to mix the format up too. What WWE needs to do is freshen up the product and book new guys stronger. Brock being on TV wouldn’t help in that department at all. It has to be a decision from the top to make a significant change in how the product is presented.
Back to your WrestleMania lineup, I think that Brock needs to drop the strap to someone other than John Cena (Seth Rollins maybe?) and have the Undertaker get his revenge for his record being tainted, though Taker has to be seen as vulnerable and no longer invincible in the build up. However if the title is still with him come Mania, the obvious choice would be for him to feud with Roman Reigns given that it would serve as a launching pad for a new superstar in Reigns.
That is the whole point of Brock beating Taker and being dominant, to use the goodwill he created and give the rub to a younger talent. If they do that successfully, it all worked out. If they don’t, it’s a failure.
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