To follow up on Mike Johnson's report on Wade Barrett's elbow dislocation that he suffered at Raw last night, WWE.com reported today that Barrett will be undergoing an MRI and will miss at least 6 to 8 weeks, which means he is out for WrestleMania. That was a stiff spot for sure.
I remember when he first told that story and I thought "Damn Steve, are you trying to write a bigger check for Jeannie?"
If there's no incentive, why be "inspired"? It used to be, that guys worked hard and got themselves over and were rewarded, that's no longer the case. Now when you get over, they bury you to "test you out" and sometimes forget about you (Drew McIntyre, Zeke, MVP, etc, blah, blah) so what's the point? Austin came up with the whole SCSA gimmick (needs to break bread with the Sandman too) but he still didn't get a push until Bret came back and started talking him up.
Someone is going to have to start beating them again or Vince is going to have to retire/die for there to be any change in WWE longterm.
If he had been a younger guy having two fucked up Raw matches (blowing that RKO last week was terrible) in a row like that, he would be in deep shit.
Just when they started to get behind him again too
Just a disaster. I watched the SD battle royal and I thought they were going out kind of wild then too. It's like they were trying to top the last battle royal last night and people got hurt.
That's tearing down guys shit has been around for a while and I hate it. Bret didn't do that. Flair didn't do it. I don't even think Hogan did it (in front of fans, that is). That's just not how you build guys up.
But then again, when the younger/newer guys work with HHH/Cena/Orton/Punk they do the job or at the most, get a countout/dq finish after getting their ass kicked for 10 minutes. I don't blame them entirely but not one of them would be a main eventer if a lot of someone else's hadn't laid down for them and made them look strong.
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Lazy booking and thoughtlessness got some people hurt and just cost Wade Barrett at least a six figure bonus.
The thing is you can tear a guy down but if he's not equipped with solid mic skills then all you've done is bury him, Hogan on the other hand did all his BS backstage(WM9
I don't think Barrett would've been high enough on the card or important enough to get that much. Six figures will be reserved for Rock Cena Taker & HHH, everyone else will get between 5-20G which is great money in itself.
but they seem to like the "Barrett Barrage" and he would have gotten a great spot. Where I couldn't tell you since they don't have any good feuds outside the world title pictures and Cena-Rock.
I really hope they don't do that. They have that Bragging Rights PPV and Survivor Series for that kind of match.
2 observations: 1) It seems like they're setting up Big Show vs Cody Rhodes for Mania 2) Why in the hell are they jobbing Mark Henry out. For 8 months he was a complete badass laying a path of destruction and for the last 2 weeks they have been trying to undo all of that with him blatantly getting his ass kicked. Work through an injury, perform better than ever, do everything you can for the company so they can break you down.
2 observations: 1) It seems like they're setting up Big Show vs Cody Rhodes for Mania 2) Why in the hell are they jobbing Mark Henry out. For 8 months he was a complete badass laying a path of destruction and for the last 2 weeks they have been trying to undo all of that with him blatantly getting his ass kicked. Work through an injury, perform better than ever, do everything you can for the company so they can break you down.
Cuz WWE doesn't care about black wrestlers!!!!
