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Seems to me the WWE is trying to recreate the past to establish the present in professional wrestling.
When Brock Lesnar jumped HHH last night while Laurinaitis watched, and then the general manager of both Raw and SmackDown did the same thing to John Cena with the aid of Lord Tensai, it left a pretty clear message that Johnny Ace was filling the role of Vince McMahon as head of the “Corporation” again.
This time, it doesn’t ring as sound as before.
When McMahon created the heel stable of wrestlers, it was done so to feud with DX and Stone Cold Steve Austin, which led to the infamous Austin/McMahon war.
Laurinaitis is not McMahon, and Cena will never be Austin. If CM Punk joins the fight against Laurinaitis, then maybe there is some semblance of the past. But not now.
The WWE, after Extreme Rules, appears to be in a holding pattern or transitional phase of its promotions. With wrestlers being injured, out of commission and fumbling to find the right combination of matches that makes sense, the idea of the general manager controlling all the pot of gold makes sense. But the characters are miscast.
Lesnar and Tensai are perfect for enforcing the will of the leader, and there should be more wrestlers who will join the fray (maybe a Christian, maybe a Mark Henry), but the dynamic has already been used before.
We have discussed in the past the idea of other angles from the past being brought back to wrestling like the NWO and the “Invasion” angle, both of which did not happen, and the creative team at the WWE dropped the ball for various reasons.
This angle, although it makes a lot of sense, does not appear like it can sustain a long run. The division among “faces” is wide. HHH is older than he was when the Corporation was a stable he chased in the past. CM Punk needs more teeth in the fight and—well, John Cena does not have enough edge to him to make it work.
Yes, this was a topic I brought up about a month ago, but I am revisiting it because it makes more sense now. But after seeing the product last night—and I know that I am in the minority—it does not hold water.
Taking out both the COO (who will now fight Lesnar at No Way Out) and the WWE’s biggest meal ticket (Cena) was a genius move that could backfire mainly because it does not have enough teeth behind it.
The idea is good, but it would appear it was conceived way too fast.
source: bleacherreport.com
