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keg in kc · 02-13-2012, 11:09 PM

Jericho would be putting Punk over. That's your fresh champion there.

Ron Killings is, literally, two years younger than Jericho. Maybe people don't realize that. But he's 40 years old. He doesn't belong in the main event, and even if he did, it wouldn't be doing anything for the future of the company.

Take him out of the picture, and you're talking about Ziggler, who isn't ready to main event, Kofi, who also isn't ready, and Miz, who's so far in the doghouse right now that he's probably never getting out. None of those guys belong in a main event program on any PPV at this point, much less wrestlemania. For that to happen, they'd need to be built up over the course of 2012 and then given the ball at the 2013 mania. But not now. None of them have been booked as championship material, and perception is reality. Main events are about moving money, and none of those guys can. Nobody in the world is going to purchase a PPV with the express intent of seeing any of them. Which is why you're seeing Cena/Rock, HHH/Undertaker (HBK reffing), Jericho/Punk and so on highlighting. They're the stars, like it or not.

I would hope it's Bryan and Sheamus, too. I just worry that Orton is lurking out there. In a perfect world Bryan wins sunday and that leads into mania.

02-13-2012, 11:09 PM	#7917
keg in kc oxymoron Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever Casino cash: $9556299	Jericho would be putting Punk over. That's your fresh champion there. Ron Killings is, literally, two years younger than Jericho. Maybe people don't realize that. But he's 40 years old. He doesn't belong in the main event, and even if he did, it wouldn't be doing anything for the future of the company. Take him out of the picture, and you're talking about Ziggler, who isn't ready to main event, Kofi, who also isn't ready, and Miz, who's so far in the doghouse right now that he's probably never getting out. None of those guys belong in a main event program on any PPV at this point, much less wrestlemania. For that to happen, they'd need to be built up over the course of 2012 and then given the ball at the 2013 mania. But not now. None of them have been booked as championship material, and perception is reality. Main events are about moving money, and none of those guys can. Nobody in the world is going to purchase a PPV with the express intent of seeing any of them. Which is why you're seeing Cena/Rock, HHH/Undertaker (HBK reffing), Jericho/Punk and so on highlighting. They're the stars, like it or not. I would hope it's Bryan and Sheamus, too. I just worry that Orton is lurking out there. In a perfect world Bryan wins sunday and that leads into mania.
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