I will say, I think it's time to get rid of Smackdown all together and just make Raw a 3 hour show with the combined roster. I think this is the best roster in years (about 7-8 to be exact). You have a roster of a few really good guys in their prime and a TON who haven't even touched their's. Now the WWE is being ran like the Tampa Bay Rays. If a guy still has it, he'll be mega over, if not, well at least it's a name to sell tickets. Take as many established veterans as you can and put them out there. Typically the WWE was ran like the Yankees. There really aren't too many guys on the roster over 35. Austin was 33 at Mania 14 (born in december so even though if you subtract the years it'd be 34, he wouldn't turn 34 until much later in the year). Hogan was born in 1953, which means he was 32 for Wrestlemania 1, Cena won the title at Mania 21 in what? 2005? Cena was just about to turn 28 at that time. Most guys used to not really even get put in main programs until they had 8-10 years of experience. The Hogan/Cena thread made me think about age more and this has really got me going. I want someone who has more free time than me to make a chart of the average age of the WWE roster every year since like 1990. Swagger's been completely in the pit since his pathetically booked title reign over a year ago, Bourne & Kingston lose on a regular basis, Mcintyre isn't hardly anywhere to be seen, DB just barely won a big match, Barrett is getting torture racked all day, Sheamus is constantly just getting RKO'd, Hell R-truth was on fire all the month of June and then lost the title match because a kid threw some damn drink in his face wtf! And ever since Truth has been on a losing streak. Sheamus, Barrett, Kingston, Daniel Bryan until recently, Drew Mcintyre, Swagger, Evan Bourne, and R-truth are all being buried. Two it does not help when you have a thin roster as currently constructed and you bury the names that you do have left. But these days, WWE has two main problems: Wrestling has lost a-lot of it's prestige, popularity and common sense. Back then you could plug anyone at will into the main event slots at anytime, wrestling was that popular. is this the WORST list of top guys we've seen in YEARS? I know it's a huge opportunity for others like Drew McIntyre to FINALLY get pushed back to TV on a regular basis, but for the time being, right now. They are basically the only guys who have been appearing on their respective show on a regular basis taking into account the new storyline injuries, legit injuries, retirements and all the guys who have left. These are essentially the key pieces to each show. Randy Orton, Christian, Sheamus, Mark Henry, Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Daniel Bryan, Ezekiel Jackson, Ted DiBiase Let's look at the key players currently on the roster here, taking everything into consideration:Ĭena, Miz, Mysterio, Del Rio, Alex Riley, Kofi Kingston, Jack Swagger, Evan Bourne, R-Truth The star power is LOW and now CM Punk is taking time off, one of the supposed new "stars" Sin Cara is essentially being forgotten and WWE is giving Kane and Big Show time off and John Morrison is out of action. HHH and the Undertaker never "officially" retired, but they are retired for all intensive purposes. We've seen solid mid-card talents like MVP and Matt Hardy go elsewhere. We've also seen Batista, Chris Jericho, Jeff Hardy all depart. The last few years we've seen the retirement of Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair and most recently, Edge. Ok, here is my question that can be up for legitimate debate.
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