Well that was kind of my point, Bizzyman. Until you put someone on national TV, most people don't know them. Did you ever hear of Triple H before he was put on WWF TV? Nope. Now he is considered one of the best wrestlers of all time BECAUSE HE WAS GIVEN A SHOT.
Until you give the young up and comers a shot at the big time, you won't ever see them in the big time, especially now since the WWF has a monopoly on the wrestling business.
That is the problem with the WWF right now. Since Vince made the WWF a public company with stocks available for purchase, he has been worrying far too much about what his investors are going to think, other than doing what he needs to do to turn his comapny around. Before the WWF went public, the only person Vince had to answer to was himself. Completely changing the dirtection of his company would not be a problem if he kept the WWF a privately held comapny.
Now he has to worry about keeping a bunch of investors who don't know a damn thing about wrestling happy by pushing old names that investors associate with success. Its assisnine.
Pro wrestlings success has always been cyclical in nature. People like it, then they get tired of the stars they used to love, and then there is a talent change-over and wrestling becomes popular again as it did in the late nineties after nearly a decade of sagging ratings. Now McMahon is hesitant to complete the talent change-over that is needed because he wants to keep his stock at a decent price. This will not work, and unless more new talent is pushed you will see the WWF's ratings, and stock, continue to fall.
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