Is the lack of new starpower a real concern or do we just have to give it time?

[dh86]

Ok if yall really feel like The Uso's and Miz are bigger stars than Roman then there's no point in discussing the issue any further. If yall dont care for actual facts and prefer your own preconceived notions then idk what else to tell you

I'm gonna have no comment on the usos, but you're debating that Roman is more well known than the Miz? Miz is absolutely more well known to a certain age group and even among wrestling fans he's a decade long vet. We just think you have a problem differentiating between a push and stardom independent of said push.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Ok if yall really feel like The Uso's and Miz are bigger stars than Roman then there's no point in discussing the issue any further. If yall dont care for actual facts and prefer your own preconceived notions then idk what else to tell you

1st of ya'll, you clearly don't read, secondly, you don't think it's feasible that people would know Miz over Reigns, when Miz was all on Real World 10 years before Reigns even stepped foot in FCW??? Lol. As far as the Usos, well, my sister remembers Rikishi like crazy and knows the Usos by proxy . She pretty much knows Reigns as "the guy who the Rock was standing next to at some PPV." Reigns ain't all that well-known despite the fact that the WWE has attempted to make people believe otherwise.

 

[seanjohn21276]

The E needs to be patient and give it time. If they let Cena beat AJ at the Rumble, then I'll know they'll be on the same shyt they've been on since Austin retired and Rock left. They could have main event stars if they let them cook and not yank the rug out from underneath them when it looks like they're getting over with the crowd. Either that or instead of tweaking a character, the E will totally change a character(i.e. how they changed Roman Reigns from silent asskicker to Cena lite or how Cena went from the Doctor of Thuganomics to a roided up Dudley Do Right), which will get shytted on every time

 

[SpacelySprockets]

when its all said and done 10 years from now roman reigns will be cena status whether people right now like it or not, cena was hated just like he is, he's still hated to an extent but respect was eventually gained because of his "work ethic" and 12 years and 15 world championships later people just accept that cena's status is cemented

same will happen with reigns and then he will become a star in hollywood, they gotta start putting him in movies now tho

seth, dean, aj, kevin, and balor all have the potential as well.. at the very least if they dont become household names they will be in that edge/jericho territory

when cm punk wins his next ufc fight he will become a household name

 

[Spyro]

Vince don't care if YOUR age group don't like Reigns. The KIDS love Reigns. That's Vince cash cow, da kids.

Apparently the average age of a Raw viewer is 40. Look at Raw's and PPV's, nearly all of the audience is grown men and women, not kids; not matter how many times they show them after a big spot.

At my job many of the people I work with (guys in their late 20's, early 30's) all either watch wrestling, keep up with results or watch sporadically. Go ask a bunch of kids on the street if they watch wrestling and I bet most will say "Nah I play GTA".

Vince aiming for the kids and treating the audience like kids is why ratings are failing

 

[prophecypro]

Its sort of done on purpose to put the brand first over any particular superstar in case that they have a star leave for whatever reason and they are caught empty handed (Which happened numerous times before. Hogan, Brock and Rock are some examples)

But that said in their eyes I think after Cena and Lesnar and Taker as part timers and the Bellas winding down, to them its the Shield guys, AJ and Finn Balor and Charlotte (Maybe Sasha and Bayley) who are the stars to them. Just off how they push merch. New Day to a lesser extent too