| d21lewis said: He's a star in spite of the WWE. He already had fans from his debut in NXT due to his indie exposure. They fired him when the Nexus became a thing. After he came back due to fan outrage, the guy showed he could do no wrong. As a face we loved him. As a heel, we loved him. When he turned on AJ, we loved him. When he won Elimnation Chamber we loved him. When he lost to Sheamus we loved him. The guy is just over as hell. The WWE tried to buy him but the fans wouldn't allow it. Like they've said in documentaries of The Rock, Austin, HHH, and others--the fans pick who the stars are and the fans are always right. Thing is, despite doing a lot of things I don't agree the higher ups in the WWE are really quite smart. I've been watching WWE Network and the various shows on there. There's one where Sgt. Slaughter, Jim Ross, Michael Hayes, and somebody I can't remember just sit around discussing the business. The things they say, I just sit there in awe and drink it in like a young student learning from the wise sensei. |
That's my favorite show too. Legends of Wrestling. I hope they release more, they have like 40 episodes or so of it that they have shot over the years. I love listening to old wrestlers talk. I've listened to so many interviews and shoot videos that I should have some sort of degree in Wrestling history. I don't enjoy the wrestling business nearly as much as in the territory days and during the monday night wars.
And you can say it's in spite of the WWE, and initially yeah it probably was them not thinking Bryan couldn't be the top guy at first and were trying to push other wrestlers. But they have put Bryan in 8 PPV title matches over the last 2 years. They also let him pin John Cena and Randy Orton. Their most decorated World champions of the past 10 years for the Title on PPV.
