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Great site. My question concerns The Undertaker. I think he had a great career in WWE. Now with Wrestlemania 32 going to Dallas, do you think its possible this is where he has his final match and retires and if he does, who should he face?
Possible? Sure. Probable, I can’t say. As long as he feels good and wants to do it, WWE will be more than happy to have him on WrestleMania. They are in no hurry to see him retire. It’s purely Taker’s decision.
In response to a question you answered a few days ago, what would WWE have to do to bring back brand extensions? Ruthless aggression was awesome back in the day, the strong midcard made the show great and there was enough main eventers to have multiple shows. What can they do to have a similar show, and should they at some point?
You kind of answered your own question. It comes down to the booking. You need two things for guys to get over, talent and good booking. They have a lot of talented guys that have not been booked strongly due to the direction Vince McMahon has set for the company. If they changed that up, and made more guys matter and seem strong, the product would get back to, or at least near, that point.
To an extent I get the pushback against Cena. However I do believe a lot of it is not his fault, but it’s the way he’s booked. When he’s allowed to be himself he’s fantastic on the mic, he has a hell of a lot more then 5 moves, and all the work he does with kids and his various charitable endeavors cannot be ignored. But at this point if he beats ANYONE it seems like there is going to be pushback. If he was put into a program with Hornswaggle the “smart” fans would want Hornswaggle to go over. Don’t you think that at this point the guy just can’t win no matter what he does? Rusev had to lose eventually. If people are so pissed off that it was Cena that finally beat him, can they please suggest who may have been a better choice, while also being a believable choice?
Cena is definitely booed for the way that Vince McMahon has booked him. The Superman character, which has eaten up so much promising talent, drives a lot of fans crazy. You are wrong about the mic though. Cena has a lot of autonomy and often it’s him that uses words like “poopy”. Sure, Rusev had to lose eventually, no one doubts that. But it didn’t have to be to Cena. If Rusev beat Cena and then stays undefeated and loses to say, Roman Reigns, in a Title match, then it elevates Reigns. Cena beating Rusev doesn’t elevate him, it just hurts Reigns. That is why people get upset. With that said, if Rusev wins the feud, he could be elevated and Cena wouldn’t be hurt at all. But I will believe it when I see it.
Do you see Arnold Skaaland being inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame?
He is already in. He was inducted in 1994.
I would like to have your opinion on the following. While the reactions Big Show is getting are not what he used to get in past years, which can and should be attributed to a large degree to WWE constantly turning him, I personally think he is close to his prime as far as in ring-work is concerned. For a man of his size (and by now, his age as well), he's very quick and a good bumper, has a relatively big moveset and to add that, if he's allowed to, he's a strong on the mic and charismatic as well. His matches with Mark Henry (another terribly underrated big man in my opinion) for example were strong, which probably only few people expected. Would you agree with my take on Paul Wight?
I don’t know if I would say he is in his prime at 43 years old, but he is certainly not over the hill yet. I think Show puts out a good effort and has solid matches given his age, size and the way he has been booked. Show does a lot in his matches for a guy his size.
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