Sunday, August 14, 2011

From Jobber to Champion?

Jeff Hardy's title win last night was truly the climax of an epic journey. The Hardys have been with the WWE for about 12 years now. For the first years of his career Jeff Hardy was a jobber. To me the fact that it has taken Hardy 12 years to climb from dark match jobber to WWE chamion makes it that much special. Giving someone a mega push mere months after they enter WWE is never good. Putting the title on them is even worse. A wrestler should be given time to make a connection with the fans, and despite what WWE thinks that takes years. Hardy's title win ranks up there with Benoit's, Guerrero's, and Van Dam's in term of how special it is because it got to the point that fans were begging WWE to put the title on them. Putting the title on someone before there is a real connection almost always turns out bad. The reason for this is because the wrestler, themself, isn't ready to carry that amount of weight, and the fans aren't ready to accept them as champion. Your thoughts?

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