I didn't mean the next Rock per se because to be a true megastar you have to be an original. I meant that the WWE is stacked with young talent that's very green who's the guy who is gonna improve and breakout outa nowhere, similar to the rock.

If anyone thought Rocky Miavia was gonna become who he became they were deemed nuts.

ADR doesn't count because he's already an experienced main eventer in other parts of the world. If WWE was smart they'd ditch that stupid gimmick and focus more on his mma and amatuer abilities, maybe instead of mexican JBL we can get mexican Angle.

So my question wasn't meant who's the next rock, but who do you think out of all the young bucks is gonna surprise everyone and break out as a star in the near future out of nowhere like the rock.

Edge never being a main eventer? Wat? I guess Jericho was always an uppermidcarder too. I'm just saying cuz outside of jericho I think edge has been there best guy for the past 5 years. Ima just assume that saying Edge didn't earn or deserve his main event spot is a level. Edges career progressed perfectly and is a great main eventer. But you're probably leveling me.

ADR is a good talent. He still shouldn't have won the rumble and maineventing WM, too much too soon. And to be quite frank I don't ever see him getting over as a top heel with the average american audience.

And then saying Morrison is like Benjamin, is that a compliment or insult? Benjamin was great untill he dyed his hair gold (whos ever idea that was got the job done cuz it helped bury him). I say give Morrison some public speaking training have some of the vets work him on his promos and you have the next big star, bigger than Miz, bigger than ADR. It's not just his spots, but everything he does is so crisp and fluid in the ring. And he has a superstar look moreso than anyone in the WWE.

He is already over as a top heel.

The craziest thing about Rocky turning from a pile of nothing into possibly the greatest of all time is that he got totally mishandled right from the beginning, pushed down the fans' throats even though he wasn't over...it was like drafting a blue chipper and then immediately making him start at QB for the Cleveland Browns without giving him a supporting cast or any preparation at all. That type of thing can completely kill a career.

To extend the analogy though, getting put in the Nation of Domination basically turned out to be the equivalent of Brett Favre heading from Atlanta to Green Bay. Instant fit, new life, Hall of Fame career. Thank goodness his talent didn't end up getting wasted.

Lol at saying Shelton's Gold Standard gimmick with the gold hair was a bad idea. Though im 90% sure it was borne out of Demolition Man which i just watched tonight, so theoretically i could be biased (im 100% sure im drunk, though i dont think that is playing into it). While it wasnt main event standard the gold standard stuff was easily upper midcard. Its a joke they couldnt do anything with Shelton and had to let him go.

Edge is amazing. The true test of a talent is the ability to produce quality with all but the lowest dregs of the talent pool and Edge has this in spades. I dont think comparing Miz to Edge is an insult at all.

Similarly i dont think a Morrison to Shelton comparison is that insulting. Both had bad mic work, both were in epic tag teams and both never quite got over the hill to hit the very top despite epically good ring work.

For some reason, Booker T's "What the hell?" after Vicki fired Edge had me laughing.

Calling Morrison's and Shelton's ring work "epically good" is a bit of a reach. Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, Kurt Angle, those guys are epically good.

/nit

wtf is going on with this Ziggler thing? I assumed it was just storyling stuff, but he's kinda going on and on on his twitter (well, talking as if he's actually fired, and then hating(friendly smacktalking?) on a couple people) and referencing going to TNA:

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HEELZiggler Dolph Ziggler
First of all, I can't believe that I got to live my dream for this many years and actually come to do it pretty damn well!

Even though I used to caddy around and actually went through a rigorous gymnastics and cheerleader training I thought we made it work!

I got to make a lot of friends and a couple of enemies, but no matter what, every time I stepped through that curtain, especially these

Last 2 years, I felt like a champion, I lived to go to work each day and try to steal the show like no one else could!

No matter what happens in the coming weeks and months, I appreciate the fact that my hard work and countless hours studying and learning

Paid off! I was in the world title picture as a legitimate threat, and appreciate that I got that chance! Most don't!

I hope this youth movement continues, and I hope its just not to build young guys up and have the mainstays dominate and not pass the torch

There is a ton of hungry young talents and they LOVE their jobs, just like I and did! Hopefully they get their chance!

I hope to see zack ryder, trent barretta, curt hawkins and some others get their chance, bc they love what they do, and remind me of why

I got into this business! Hopefully Wrestlemania will not be a look back into the attitude era an have all the young guys watching backstage

I love the wrestling business, and maybe its time to take that next step into the danger zone, brazzers are u hiring??? Haha

I'm sure the door is always open, and I know I busted my ass every damn day I worked for this company, and no matter how doughy and truly

Annoying the miz is, he's obviously onto something (2,000 tries later)! Daniel bryan couldn't draw a dollar with a green crayon! I love

Hating on him! He got carried to one of (actually THE best match of the year) and john morrison is nothing but a pretty boy doing ballet

I will see all of u again, SOMEWHERE! And now its time to make an impact and spike someone else's ratings! U know me, I'd rather be in Dixie

Thank you dolphans for ur support! And know I loved pissing everyone off and stealing their show! I will truly miss this more than anything

scratching my head after reading those tweets

He's not listed on the SD or RAW rosters.

Thinking about it, prolly just a switch to Raw. Hates on Miz/Morrison/Bryan - all Raw stars. While theres the obvious allusion to TNA with the spike comment, he could also just be talking about a normal spike in ratings.

He seems like the kinda guy who would have a lot of fun with this. Hopefully thats all it is, but it definitely has been interesting regardless.

This is obv just wishful thinking but I'd love it if:

Why is this a spoiler? Smackdown has aired. And btw he doen't deserve to go one on one with the great one

I mean, if Rocky came back for just one match, it shouldn't be against ADR, at least not right now...but you're never going to convince us that we're all overrating ADR.

so anybody else have their Mania tix yet ? gonna be gettin stupid in the ATL !!

(brag)

Possibly Dolph failed a drug test, and was fired?

It would be really odd for them to put him on the books, regardless of how short, as world champion if they knew that they were actually releasing him.

Those tweets must be a work.

yea i mean really nothing on any site, probably getting outplayed atm

oh btw the EC ppv look pretty f bad

Yeah, IMO Dolph is just working his fans big time here, actually think that's a really awesome use of Twitter and one of the main reasons the WWE has embraced it so much, because it lets them take kayfabe to the nth degree.

There's no way WWE would fire one of its brightest rising stars IRL without a ridiculously good reason, and if they did there's no way they'd have it played out with a "YOU'RE FIRED" angle on TV. I can't remember them ever doing that before. They'd cover up his disappearance and pretend he never existed instead of making his dismissal part of a main event angle.

I'd say it's likely Dolph will go to RAW and probably face Bryan at WM for the UST. Possible show-stealer right there.

Didn't Batista leave the same way, except he quit instead of fired?

That was similar but different. They had months of angles leading up to him finally snapping and quitting, rather than just doing it in one week. Plus I have no idea whether he ever Tweeted in kayfabe about his retirement, probably not.

Ziggler is more comparable to someone like Mr. Kennedy - if he was getting fired for real, he'd just disappear, and he'd disappear just AFTER a PPV, not two days before one. If they'd fired him for real, who would replace him at EC? They wouldn't have a replacement ready.

Ziggler will be back, probably on RAW, very soon. In the meantime...

seriously tho, stone cold vs. rock was the greatest beef in history. loved when stone cold locked the rock in the room with the rattlesnake. and also came through with the beer truck and hosed everyone down.

jeff hardy is definitely the craziest wrestler. no one could flip off a ladder like that dude. he's like mick foley on crack.

mick foley vs undertaker in that cage match was the craziest wrestling i've ever seen on WWF/E ainec

wait stone cold locked the rock in a room with an actual rattlesnake? cant find it on youtube

i'm pretty sure that happened if my memory serves me right. undertaker/yokozuna casket match was pretty legendary too.