“Listening to the fans”
By Scott Keith on 9 December 2017
Wade Barrett said in an interview that he was explicitly told to stop using his "Got some bad news" catchphrase because it was getting over and they wanted him heel. At his peak popularity, Cesaro suddenly stopped doing the swing, the most over move on the roster at that point.
What on earth is the business sense here?! Shouldn't a "businessman" like Vince try to monetize everything the crowd clearly likes. The two biggest stars of the past 25 years are Austin and Rock. Both were heels whose charisma and catchphrases blurred heel/face lines and they got so over it couldn't be ignored. Why not let organically over talent get a push? If only for money reasons
What on earth is the business sense here?! Shouldn't a "businessman" like Vince try to monetize everything the crowd clearly likes. The two biggest stars of the past 25 years are Austin and Rock. Both were heels whose charisma and catchphrases blurred heel/face lines and they got so over it couldn't be ignored. Why not let organically over talent get a push? If only for money reasons
Yeah, that one was really weird, especially since they spent YEARS repackaging and repackaging him trying to find something to get him over, and then they did, and they killed the push deliberately. But hey, it's a different business now.