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WHY WWE COULDN’T DO MORE TRADITIONAL MATCHES AT SURVIVOR SERIES, CAN SOME TALENTS STILL MOVE UP THE CARD, BALOR VS. ITAMI AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2014-11-24 09:59:00

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Do you think the window has closed for the talent who were seemingly being prepped as future top guys a few years ago - Miz, Sheamus, Ziggler, Barrett, et al - and now find themselves relegated to the mid-card title hunt?

I think it depends on how they are booked. In the case of Miz, I think he is what he is. Seamus hasn’t been booked well but is big and strong. Barrett was starting to get over before he got hurt so I think if they book him properly he could ascend. The fans have wanted to see Ziggler get pushed for years now, so there is hope for those guys.

Do you think WWE would ever do a Triple Cage Match? Hell in a Cell has been a bit emasculated over the years and I think if they could find two guys with legitimate heat in and out of the ring it could be a rivalry ending match without looking overly suicidal like a scaffold match or a flaming table match. Your thoughts?

Given that Kevin Dunn really doesn’t like the presentation a match like that would give, I tend to doubt it, at least in the immediate future.

As for the Survivor Series card after Ambrose vs Wyatt and the fatal 4 way tag title match I was looking at the roster to try and come up with another team elimination match.  But there really isn't much talent left.  You have to really dig deep and use the likes of Fandango, Slater Gator, and Adam Rose.  Basically guys that aren't on tv much.  Aside from the main event and divas bouts we really only have two other matches.  Is the roster as thin as it seems? 

I don’t think the talent roster is thin at all. They have a lot of quality workers. They just haven’t been booked well. For a Survivor Series match to work, guys needs to have programs and issues. When creative doesn’t book the mid card guys into programs, it’s hard to put them in Series matches.

Unless Cesaro replaces Kane at Survivor Series, what was the point of bringing him out?

They did it to add juice to the Raw angle. It worked for me.

Who do you think has a better chance to succeed? Hideo Itami or Finn Balor? I think that Balor did better in his debut than Itami? Your opinion?

Balor speaks english, which obviously helps, and that will probably give him an advantage at getting over with Vince McMahon more. Both guys can really go. If WWE cuts them loose, they both should get over.

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