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Brandogg:
Cena didn't turn heel when he "joined" Nexus anyway.
TJ Spyke:
--- Quote from: Chozo Ghost on April 17, 2012, 05:43:09 AM ---Yeah, I read in a wrestling magazine from years ago some interview with Rey Mysterio where he was made to take his mask off as part of losing some match or something, and this was back before he had ever taken his mask off and he was upset about it because the mask meant a lot to him and they made him do that like it was nothing.
It sucks what the WWE does with its talent. That's why a lot of them like Gail Kim and others have left to places where they are better appreciated for their talents.
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To be fair, it was WCW who made Mysterio remove his mask (and he stayed like that for over a year before WCW was sold). WWE let him put it back on.
WWE actually treats their wrestlers very well by wrestling standards. Gail Kim left because she felt like she wasn't being used much (which is true). The most common reason wrestlers who leave WWE give is that they get tired of the schedule (being on the road about 5 days a week). Many who went to TNA though said they quickly got over the charm of TNA and wanted out (Christian being a good example, he said he loved TNA for about 6 months. And it's no secret Ric Flair is unhappy and wants to go back to WWE).
Chozo, that is common with wrestling. Announcers changing their opinions based on whether they are heels or faces. To be fair though, Daniel Bryan had been heel for about a month or two before Michael Cole started saying good things about him.
Chozo Ghost:
Not all of the talent leaves voluntarily, though. They got rid of a lot of talent by firing them (they call it "releasing" them). Even people who have been with the company for many years are "released". Not that long ago they got rid of Kozlov and he has been with the company since forever. I guess its probably just as well because they never did much with his character anyway. They could have, but they didn't.
I realize there is only so much air time, but it really doesn't help when there is a small select group of wrestlers like Cena who hog all the limelight and prevent the new comers from ever getting a chance to be established.
Oh, and another good example is Mark Henry. He has been with the company since the Clinton administration, but only recently did they give him his due. I don't know if he's really the world's strongest man, but he really is a beast and he deserved to kick some ass. It isn't right that it took 15 years for that to happen, though.
And then what about Christian? Here's another great wrestler who was never champion until recently. Now he's a "two time" champion, but those two times happened just a short time apart and they were both very, very brief. Meanwhile Randy Orton gets his thing for the umpteenth time.
Meanwhile, there are wrestlers like Alberto Del Rio who show up out of nowhere and then a few months later they are WWE champion.
TJ Spyke:
Mark Henry was given push after push after push (remember when he first appeared as monster heel against Kurt Angle? Then when he attacked Undertaker, which resulted in Edge cashing in MITB?), the fans just never bought into him until his big push last year. So WWE tried, but it just took a long time for him to get over as a credible threat.
BTW, Henry started using the strongest man nickname after he won the first Arnold Strongman Classic back in 2002.
Brandogg:
Releasing and firing aren't the same thing. Wrestlers ask for their release, when they get fired, they "come to terms."
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