11-27-2002, 04:42 AM
Don't you mean Coors NA? :-D
I've gotta go with Sir O here (big shocker).... the simplified argument is that Austin helped tremendously in making Rock who he became, both in the IC and World ranks.
That kinda brings me to the other point, Jack touched on it.... passing the torch. The two top guys in the Fed (or the Ent) are gone. Make no mistake about it, Austin and Rock are still the two top guys. As much as he'd love to think so, HHH-uh is nowhere near that level - forget the fact that he refuses to put guys over, and remember that even if he did, he's nowhere near their caliber.
Whatever happened to building guys up? Some of the main guys you see today worked their way up.... but the theory in recent years seems to be that you either shoot a guy straight to the top, or you bury him in a midcard that gets ignored anyway. Maybe I just answered my own question.... if the midcard meant anything anymore, maybe you'd still be able to have buildups. Instead, the midcard is where the announcers half-ass the calling of the moves (or maybe quarter-ass, since the main event only gets half-ass) - and in between the moves that aren't completely passed over, the annoucers talk about the main event. It's really pretty disgusting.
I've gotta go with Sir O here (big shocker).... the simplified argument is that Austin helped tremendously in making Rock who he became, both in the IC and World ranks.
That kinda brings me to the other point, Jack touched on it.... passing the torch. The two top guys in the Fed (or the Ent) are gone. Make no mistake about it, Austin and Rock are still the two top guys. As much as he'd love to think so, HHH-uh is nowhere near that level - forget the fact that he refuses to put guys over, and remember that even if he did, he's nowhere near their caliber.
Whatever happened to building guys up? Some of the main guys you see today worked their way up.... but the theory in recent years seems to be that you either shoot a guy straight to the top, or you bury him in a midcard that gets ignored anyway. Maybe I just answered my own question.... if the midcard meant anything anymore, maybe you'd still be able to have buildups. Instead, the midcard is where the announcers half-ass the calling of the moves (or maybe quarter-ass, since the main event only gets half-ass) - and in between the moves that aren't completely passed over, the annoucers talk about the main event. It's really pretty disgusting.
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