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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Sports Argument Stadium > The Hammer House: Stinger Splash Zone > WWE HIAC: A FUCKING GHOST SHOWS UP AT THE END
 
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STING 64
Oct 20, 2006

 expect more ppvs like this that aren't in key renewal months.

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STING 64
Oct 20, 2006

HulkaMatt posted:

Also: In what way did Rollins need that win? He has won every match in the feud and is about to face a guy who also lost on the show. He needed it so he could say "I won and you didn't?" Great stuff.
Rollins needed the win because he needs to build up a good amount of momentum for when Orton beats him at the next PPV. What good is it if Orton, the guy they're trying to build into a future star, beats a dude who just lost at HIAC? You need to be looking at the big picture here, Matthew.

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Oct 20, 2006

sportsgenius86 posted:

The big issue with the Ryder thing for me was that it was coming at a time where WWE was really heavily pushing the "gotta make your own breaks" narrative and even having mandatory meetings discussing the use of social media to get yourself over and raise the company profile.

They called everyone into meetings to ask them to do the exact poo poo Zack Ryder then did and they spited the living gently caress out of him for it.

As for "where he goes on the card," it shouldn't really matter. His gimmick was NEVER going to last longterm at that level of popularity and even the most staunch Ryder supporters knew that. The point is he got himself over pretty loving big with literally zero help from WWE and instead of letting it play its course and making money off of it, they totally buried him for no other reason than because they could.

if wwe doesn't pick you, you're not gonna be a star. there are exceptions (bryan, rey, who actually they did push to a meaningful degree to attract the latino demo, but never as a tippy top guy) but for the most part they only really like to push their chosen ones. their "make yourself a star" narrative really means "make yourself a star to us" which means be tall and big and act like the rock

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