Bolin points out that at one point Seth Rollins was the hottest heel in the company, and he was one of the five biggest stars overall. Nowadays, he’s barely a mid-carder and his promos are cringeworthy. Russo agrees that WWE basically had a star made in Rollins, and somehow they found a way to drop him down the card.
Bolin adds that the best heel in WWE right now is John Cena, WWE just needs to let him show it. When Cena was in OVW he was absolutely hated according to Bolin, and he was never supposed to be the babyface that we ultimately got in WWE. He assumes that WWE is afraid to turn Cena heel now because he does so well with merchandise sales, and heels simply don’t sell as much merchandise.
Russo has no idea how Bray Wyatt continues to cut terrific promos week after week, even though he’s been given the same lame material to work with for the last three years. Bolin points out that all performers want to get themselves over, regardless of the terrible characters or dialogue they’re given. He points out that Damien Sandow is a prime example of this and so is Nick Dinsmore, who portrayed the Eugene character.
Bolin informs that Jim Cornette said that the Eugene character wouldn’t last six weeks and he was clearly wrong about that. Russo informs that during a meeting at Vince McMahon’s house back during the attitude era, Cornette said that Triple H wouldn’t draw a dime in the wrestling business. It’s evident that Cornette has been wrong with some of his predictions in the past.
