This Rock interview blows my mind. Why is Vince's philosophy different now?

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"We can continue to shove you down people's throats, or we can turn you heel 'cause they want to boo you anyway." (around the 1:00 mark).

Why is his philosophy different when it comes to Roman?
 
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The difference is the only way to get R E A L heat in 2017 is to spit in the fans face with booking. A good heel gets cheered. A good Babyface gets cheered. A bad wrestler or straight up loser gets troll cheers. Only shytting on the fans gets booed, like Sheamus last title run, and reigns. Reigns however, I'm 100% convinced they know this and now reigns is used to get other guys over since mania XXX.
 

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The difference is the only way to get R E A L heat in 2017 is to spit in the fans face with booking. A good heel gets cheered. A good Babyface gets cheered. A bad wrestler or straight up loser gets troll cheers. Only shytting on the fans gets booed, like Sheamus last title run, and reigns. Reigns however, I'm 100% convinced they know this and now reigns is used to get other guys over since mania XXX.
Why not have him be the heel that gets cheered? It's worked very well for Tetsuya Naito and New Japan.
 

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Apparently the scripted era is much more different except for when they held down Bryan...you could tell they were holding him down with giving Big Show his chant and trying to turn him into a squash guy for Sheamus..Vince got off on that in his old age but fans flipped that upside down and rebelled against ppvs....then they gave him the wins he deserved.

Roman Reigns should of turned heel at Fast Lane 2015 when he beat Bryan. Simple as that and now he's in the twilight zone. Sad scene.
 

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dope interview, good drive requesting that 2 minutes. those with drive make it to the top, bret had the same drive.

and to answer your question, the wwe isnt vinces main goal he won so he trust others and they have former tv writers who go off likes,views,stats, so unless the wrestler wants it like the rock and them, they wont make it they get paid anyway.
 

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Why not have him be the heel that gets cheered? It's worked very well for Tetsuya Naito and New Japan.

Because ultimately that can damage up and coming faces. Plus it's more difficult to get parents to buy their kids merchandise for a guy that does terrible shyt.

It's why you're unlikely to see a bunch Braun Strowman merchandise anytime soon.
 

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Because ultimately that can damage up and coming faces. Plus it's more difficult to get parents to buy their kids merchandise for a guy that does terrible shyt.

It's why you're unlikely to see a bunch Braun Strowman merchandise anytime soon.

I was looking forward to buying a replica Braun beard.
 

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Who gets booed? Fans don't want to play the game right, and they just cheer everybody. KO got heat for like 2 weeks after that Jericho shyt.
 

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Yeah but you have to remember that JeriKO were also initially heels who were getting cheered.

Who gets booed? Fans don't want to play the game right, and they just cheer everybody. KO got heat for like 2 weeks after that Jericho shyt.
 
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