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I think you misunderstood what I meant. Yeah there is an argument to be made that Austin gets over anyway just on the KotR and feud with Bret, and that McMahon as an evil boss character (who imo was a draw) can do it without an extended program with Austin, but I don't really agree with that. Patterson and Brisco being the main beneficiaries seems absurd to me.

nWo is another storyline that isn't about one guy being better than another, and a company was basically made competitive entirely off of it. I would not say random mooks like Buff Bagwell gained the most out of that either. Goldberg's streak was arguably not about one guy being better than another either-- though it was rooted in simplicity as well.

Anyway what I was more saying that for guys lower on the totem pole, having those types of storylines where it's not one guy vs another guy can establish characters more efficiently and make them better usable for the money one guy vs another guy matches. But it has to make sense. You can't just force a character on a guy who already had an established one and make it work. But if instead of Lashley this was a debuting guy you wanted to have some womanizer type gimmick it might actually serve a purpose.

If you want a good storyline that didn't involve dudes being better than other dudes from WWE in recent memory, The Fashion Files are probably your best example even if it wasn't followed through properly. The guys got way more over doing that goofy comedy than they would have feuding with anyone.

Like I said there are more duds than great things from these types of storylines but a well crafted storyline that has more than just guy vs other guy can do a lot more in terms of drawing potential overall. But yeah they're overused to be sure. That's why there are a lot more duds than great ones out there. The problem isn't that the storylines are inherently bad just that they're misused pretty often.
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