From: Lopen | #323
Man I disagree with that entirely. The end for pro wrestling is to create a compelling product. It's not about "building stars" just for the sake of building stars. The reason Sting should've beaten the nWo is not to put Sting over-- the dude was already as over as he needed to be-- it's because the nWo had run its course as a storyline and something new had to happen for the storylines to not become stale.
And I gotta disagree with that view on history entirely.
The nWo storyline was built, from DAY ONE of Scott Hall walking onto Nitro arguably, but from Fall Brawl 1996 definitely, to put Sting over.
It's one thing for Cena and Rock to announce a match a year in advance and then say that their issues have been building for a year when they really haven't. It was another thing entirely to make fans CLAMOR for Sting to take Hogan down for an entire year, but to continue to deny them the match, until the tipping point was reached and it absolutely had to happen.
It wasn't like Sting was just in the right place at the right time when the nWo started to get stale or something. I think that's a big misrepresentation.
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
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