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streamofthesky posted...

Lesnar spent half a fucking decade burying the entire active roster, and it's that godawful booking that lead to the huge drop off in viewers over that time period and since. Like, why the fuck should we get invested in any of these dudes when Lesnar is just gonna show up again someday, destroy everybody in his path, and immediately get a title shot and win it?

This so fucking hard. VKM's obsession with a part-timer who would often hold the world championship then, in addition to rarely showing on tv, would only defend the fucking thing every third or fourth PPV had a pretty clear hand in lowering interest.

Brock Lesnar could have been the best worker in the world (which he's not, although he's an impressive physical specimen who can do a handful of moves incredibly well) with the best promo in the business (which he was never known for) and it would have been a stupid idea. It's hard to get people to care about a brand with an AWOL champion.

Granted, it was just one part of a larger trend of VKM burying the current roster (except Roman Reigns) in favor of part-time attractions which is just another reason why the WWE has struggled to build stars despite having a tremendously talented roster.

And thinking about Brock Lesnar, it still pisses me off how much the WWE fucked up poor Shelton Benjamin. The shit that they stuck him with -- like that Shelton's mama gimmick -- could have buried anybody. (Granted, it still wasn't as bad as the Beaver Cleavage gimmick which was DOA, or that time they put Vito in a dress for no fucking reason.) They've always under-used him, misused him, or just straight abused him despite the fact he's an incredible talent. (Granted, in the time I wasn't watching, apparently he was used in the Hurt Business which, by the time I learned it was a thing, he'd already been removed from >_<)

Lokarin posted... I was wrong, but I really thought Razor Ramon was the same actor as Irwin R. Scheister

They don't look remotely alike >_> Plus both IRS and Razor were active at the same time, during at least some of which they were working for different companies (albeit "Razor" was going by his real name in WCW, etc)

Fun fact -- IRS is Bray Wyatt's (and Bo Dallas's) dad

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