^^^^^ Amen brother. Good lord people get carried away here sometimes. Comparing ANY TWO guys in the WWE TODAY to Hogan/Sting is a flat out insult. The E doesn't have any guys in that locker room that can draw the numbers that those guys did, which was WCW's highest grossing PPV and probably the best booked feud in the Bischoff era. Orton has had some great feuds to his credit though...
If you were to get a great program out of Punk you'd have to turn him heel and let him do his "Better than you" character and attack Jeff Hardy and his past drug problems, which may be hampered by the new TV14/PG13 direction the E is taking. You can't have him hinting at "past mistakes" and "battling personal demons". Kid's aren't going to understand that bullshit, just like with Jake Roberts return in 96. You'd have to have Punk be blunt and specific to make it work. He could also work a roids angle with basically every WWE superstar.There are great options for Punk if he were to turn.
Back on subject...of all the names named Umaga is best suited to be a full time main eventer. I don't mean title reigns out the whazoo, but in a monster heel role. He's better in ring than Kennedy and MVP, has the look and is over and an instant threat in the fans eyes. And if you understand his gimmick (which any idiot should be able to understand) than you would realize HE DOESN'T NEED MIC SKILLS, he's got a strong gimmick and character. His shortcomings are strictly injuries and some bad booking.
Kennedy- SUCKS. SUCKS. SUCKS. I can't believe people can honestly say the man is any good in the ring. Dude has been stinkin up the joint since 2006 if he wasn't being carried by serviceable workers. He has some charisma and I won't deny his mic skills, but he is the epitome of "bland as fuck" in the ring, and that's why the fans can't really get behind him. He doesn't have an "it" move in his offense. It's basic shit and he does it terribly. His situation is 70% his fault. He's brittle as hell, get's suspended at the wrong time (as well as injured) and he's boring in the ring. The WWE has missed his boat a little too, but who can't make a case that the E hasn't messed up any workers chances?
MVP- eh, I like him, but he too is somewhat boring in the ring and has little to offer on the stic. He at least as the playmaker boot as an "it" move that will pop the crowd. Of all the guys mentioned, the E has booked him the worst. He could have been a main event heel but the E booked him like a bitch and jobbed him out at every which way and that losing streak that he got for telling off the drug test administrator was just beyond absurd. He definitely has a future though.
Shelton Benjamin-people really really need to understand that this guy will never get any higher up the card. Why? Because HE IS BORING AS FUCK ONCE HE STOPS WRESTLING. Can't blame the E whatsoever on this, they've pushed him as much as they've tried pushing any midcarder this decade and he can't get his uncharismatic ass over. Does anyone outside the internet care about this guy??
If you were to get a great program out of Punk you'd have to turn him heel and let him do his "Better than you" character and attack Jeff Hardy and his past drug problems, which may be hampered by the new TV14/PG13 direction the E is taking. You can't have him hinting at "past mistakes" and "battling personal demons". Kid's aren't going to understand that bullshit, just like with Jake Roberts return in 96. You'd have to have Punk be blunt and specific to make it work. He could also work a roids angle with basically every WWE superstar.There are great options for Punk if he were to turn.
Back on subject...of all the names named Umaga is best suited to be a full time main eventer. I don't mean title reigns out the whazoo, but in a monster heel role. He's better in ring than Kennedy and MVP, has the look and is over and an instant threat in the fans eyes. And if you understand his gimmick (which any idiot should be able to understand) than you would realize HE DOESN'T NEED MIC SKILLS, he's got a strong gimmick and character. His shortcomings are strictly injuries and some bad booking.
Kennedy- SUCKS. SUCKS. SUCKS. I can't believe people can honestly say the man is any good in the ring. Dude has been stinkin up the joint since 2006 if he wasn't being carried by serviceable workers. He has some charisma and I won't deny his mic skills, but he is the epitome of "bland as fuck" in the ring, and that's why the fans can't really get behind him. He doesn't have an "it" move in his offense. It's basic shit and he does it terribly. His situation is 70% his fault. He's brittle as hell, get's suspended at the wrong time (as well as injured) and he's boring in the ring. The WWE has missed his boat a little too, but who can't make a case that the E hasn't messed up any workers chances?
MVP- eh, I like him, but he too is somewhat boring in the ring and has little to offer on the stic. He at least as the playmaker boot as an "it" move that will pop the crowd. Of all the guys mentioned, the E has booked him the worst. He could have been a main event heel but the E booked him like a bitch and jobbed him out at every which way and that losing streak that he got for telling off the drug test administrator was just beyond absurd. He definitely has a future though.
Shelton Benjamin-people really really need to understand that this guy will never get any higher up the card. Why? Because HE IS BORING AS FUCK ONCE HE STOPS WRESTLING. Can't blame the E whatsoever on this, they've pushed him as much as they've tried pushing any midcarder this decade and he can't get his uncharismatic ass over. Does anyone outside the internet care about this guy??
