Just in the interest of discussion, I'm going to be disagreeing with you anyways
1) Val Venus should get a push.To forever doom someone as a jobber is something that I really don't encourage. Remember Funaki in the main event not too long ago, picking up the win, though he didn't come out looking strong? Well that was one amtch where he did very little, but he ended up still looking good. A couple more teaming with a main eventer, and they can suddenly push him to the mid-card with a winning streak for main events. Now imagine Val getting this push and not a scrawny Japanese guy.
Also, just take a look at a guy like Shelton Benjamin. He comes into the WWE, gets his push with Team Angle. The team breaks, he gets a little push with Haas, and he goes back to jobbing. He comes back solo, then jobs. He gets a push, then jobs. He eventually teams again, then jobs. He moves to ECW, dominates a little, but ends up jobbing when they try to move him up. Now, he's in line for a push, and I still believe him as a worthy competitor for a mid-card title, something that Val could go for too.
Outside of his push history, he still has the gimmick. He is aging, but he's kept himself in great shape. He still gets a great pop for a face jobber, something many others don't. And it's not like he can't wrestle anymore. He's never anything spectacular, but he's a pretty decent technical wrestler with the strength for some power moves.
2) Randy Orton made it better than Batista (I know you didn't say he didn't, but you stayed in-between...so I chose the side)
Right from the start of their WWE careers, Orton was better than Batista. Batista had to debut as Deacon Batista and essentially just some muscle as a bodyguard type wrestler for D-Von Dudley. His primary move, a spinebuster, yeah what a real exciting move to constantly win matches with. In fact, he was so bad that when he was moved to Raw, they felt the need to change his name and re-package him as Dave Batista. Meanwhile, Orton was a successful face character on SD right from the beginning until he was injured.
Moving into Evolution, their roles certainly show that Orton had the bigger impact. Batista was once again viewed as the muscle of the group and the enforcer. Meanwhile, Orton was considered the future. During his run in Evolution, Orton established one of the more creative and generally well-liked gimmick of being the legend killer. And the popularity shows even on forums such as these with so many usernames relating to being a legend killer. Let’s also not forget who was then made the youngest World Heavyweight Champion. What happened before this event for Batista, well the muscle was losing matches left and right.
After Orton left Evolution, he continued to feud with HHH, the leader of the group. Meanwhile, Batista was once again HHH and Flair’s bodyguard, sound familiar? After his feud with one of the best in the business in HHH, he moved onto having an extensive feud with Taker.
To generally sum-up the events after that to show Orton’s superiority, Orton is on the flagship brand. Batista, still working his way around SD. Orton has continued to rise again through the ranks and has become champion once again on Raw, which has a stacked roster. Meanwhile Batista, an over-used face on SD, has seen his push slowly declined. Orton faces greats such as HHH, Cena, among others. Batista faces Taker, and then a notable drop-off in Mark Henry and the Great Khali. Orton retained against all odds when facing HHH and Cena recently at the biggest event of the year when he had no chance in winning, which is even more impressive because he was a heel and not the underdog face that traditionally wins. Batista in his matches where he’s the underdog (against Taker), he loses.
Not only do their title histories and direction of their careers indicate that Orton has made it better for himself, but also their in-ring talents. Orton is a little bland on the mic, but has the aggressive heel promos down. Batista is more natural on the mic, but lacks passion in all his promos becoming a cookie-cutter promo cutter. Orton in the ring has developed more and more moves for his athletic stature and has one of the most surprising finishers in wrestling today. Batista has had the same power moves he’s had from the beginning and a power bomb is largely uncreative for a power guy that should be able to manipulate guys after lifts so easily.
So from the start Orton has been better than Batista, and Orton continues to improve his position within the company. Meanwhile Batista slowly slides off the map as a hated face. On the mic, nothing too special from both. However in the ring, no doubt Orton has improved more and has surpassed Batista’s ability.
3) WWE will not exist in 50 years.
When you look at the survival of a television show (I say television show as opposed to a sport because amateur wrestling really doesn't get much if any airtime, unlike some college sports), there's not much stability in it. There are many reasons that WWE might not exist in 50 years, and though they aren't individually very likely, combined there is a great chance of 1 of them happening. Here are some pretty simple and basic reasons that WWE will not exist, all of which are pretty reasonable and aren't even the unpredictable stuff that might happen.
1) Television stations might not want to carry WWE anymore. Let's face it, WWE has changed stations for their different programs a lot. I don't live in the USA, but they have changed from ones like TNN, USA (and back), whatever ECW originally was on, Spike, UPN, etc. Fact is, some stations might not have the time for WWE, or they might want to change their station's image, they might undergo management changes, etc. There are so many reasons that they might get dropped at any time to list, and that's exactly how WCW fell. Their television deal fell through, and all of a sudden they were at WWE's mercy.
2) A wrestling company doesn't need 50 years to build. Look at how long WWF/E has really been around, 40 years or so? Within the next 50, there may be another promotion to come along and get in a ratings war with WWE and they very well could win it. Hell, some may even argue that TNA is that threat, but even if they aren't, there is still plenty of time for a company to start up right now and take WWE out. Not to mention that WWE has let go of a lot of talent that could've been an asset to their company from writers, to the creative team, to wrestlers.
3) The rise of UFC and MMA in general is already having an effect on wrestling. Many fans are opting for the more real fighting and unpredictability of MMA, including myself. There are no cheesy storylines, the titles and PPVs aren't overused, and the booking of the opponents seems much more fair. Vince originally stated that UFC are not their competitors, but quickly backed off that statement and has said that they do consider them competitors now. Not only are they stealing fans and ratings from WWE, but they are also in a good position to take some of their talent. Obviously the example of Lesnar comes up and the more success that Lesnar has, the more likely talent will bolt for MMA. If Angle were younger, there's a damn good chance that he'd actually give MMA a chance. One of the top guys in the WWE at the time (Lesnar) and one of the top guys in TNA right now (Angle) could've left and made a good living, and I'm sure others will look at MMA as an alternative to the harsh schedules and sometimes getting screwed out of money.
4) Ever since the Monday Night Wars, the ratings have dropped considerably for the WWE. They went from like weekly 6 or higher ratings to now around 3. Their ratings have cut in half in about a decade (not too sure how long it actually has been). After a while of crazy stunts, fans get tired, ratings drop, revenues drop, and nobody wants to see the manufactured product anymore. Thus, WWE starts to lose money and Vince will look to get out of wrestling.
Then you have some other options like Vince wants to get out while he's ahead, and maybe neither Shane nor Steph are ready to take over full-time and they end up driving it into the gorund. Other minor options like these combined with the big 4 that I chose, and WWE could very well not exist in 50 years.
Please, feel free to respond to any comments I made, hopefully referencing every paragraph and point I made (take your time
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Lets get this b**ch going again, debate section
Aug 3 2008, 01:16 AM
Anybody else want to give my previous post a crack? Slash, I'm looking in your direction since you made the thread 
