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So, TNA and WWE are finally putting some focus on their younger talent. I love it. And apparently, the rest of the Internet Wrestling Community does too. The exception being that they are being a bit too impatient.

As my grandmother always extolled to us, “Haste makes waste.”

Two pay-per-views ago, TNA gave us the chance to witness AJ Styles win his first TNA World Championship. Fast forward to the Bound for Glory event and it seemed the youth movement was in full effect. Matt Morgan and Kurt Angle put on a good outing, The British Invasion left with the TNA tag titles, Eric Young won the Legends title from Kevin Nash, and Styles retained over Sting. The post-BFG iMPACT! had a Kurt Angle who seemingly saw the “light.” Angle’s sudden face turn, coupled with a good debut of one Nigel McGuinness Desmond Wolfe. Things are looking to be heading in the right direction.

Then we hear of the huge news of Hulk Hogan signing with TNA. Now everyone is buying their wreaths and ordering tuxedos for TNA’s impending death. No one knows what is to happen yet, but we are jumping the gun that the youth movement is over with.

Up in Stamford, the WWE’s post-Bragging Rights episode of RAW showed the rise of Kofi Kingston. Kingston now seems embroiled in a feud with the Viper, Randy Orton. When everyone was calling for Orton’s next feud to be with stablemate Ted DiBiase, the WWE gave a big middle finger to all of the “psychics” and gave us Kingston. Bravo! I love it.

We’re also seeing the progression of Jack Swagger and the Miz. Throw Sheamus in that mix, as he was just moved over to the flagship show. (I’ll get back to Sheamus momentarily.

RAW also has the tag team of Legacy, DiBiase and Cody Rhodes, who seemed to have been elevated some since their three-month feud with DX.

ECW continues its job of cultivating tomorrow’s stars. SmackDown has CM Punk in the world championship scene, with John Morrison and Dolph Ziggler probably less than a year from following. All in all, WWE seems to be on the right track.

So, why the heck am I griping about impatience?

Well, when I was watching that Sheamus match on RAW, where he defeated Jamie Noble, I heard the crowd chanting “boring” and other noises to show disinterest. While I am not a supporter of Sheamus’ sudden jump to Mondays (yes, I am aware of Triple-H’s endorsement), the fact is we have a good youngster on the main stage. Allow him the opportunity to grow. It’s not as if Sheamus is Khali in the ring.

Then the guest hosts announce that at Survivor Series, John Cena will defend his WWE title against Triple-H and Shawn Michaels in a triple threat match.

Cue moans and shouts of seeing the same old feuds.

Just because we saw progression of younger stars it seems that everyone was hoping to see someone unproven get a title shot against Cena. They all seem to forget that this is a business and that at the end of the day, it is all about making money. Cena, HHH, and HBK are money makers. Not to mention that the match should be good considering the competitors.

Whether it is TNA or the WWE, fans are seemingly anxious to see new faces in the top title scene. That’s nice and all, but that shouldn’t be the way. Give the guys the chance to earn their way up to the top. Let them develop all facets of their character.

Eight years.

It was eight years of work in the WWE before Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart captured their first world title. And those two are always up at the top when discussing the greatest wrestlers.

How long did Edge and Jeff Hardy toil away in the mid-card ranks before their first opportunity to win the world title?

Everyone seems to want to put everyone on a two or three year plan and after those years are fulfilled then someone is automatically ready to be championship material.

Pump the brakes, put the car in cruise control and enjoy the ride. New stars are coming shortly.

Shane Howard is a member of Hit the Ropes, an online wrestling radio show airing every Sunday and Wednesday at 6 PM (ET).

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5 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. BJ Carter

    i agree for the most part…. i was scared but uncertain about ted jr being ortons next opponent and all though i am not the biggest kofi fan.. i am happy to see someone new getting a chance.. i just hope he doesn’t get buried…

    as for DX/cena. the problem is that it’s just boring. i think the problem with midcards these days is that they never get decent pushes that mean anything on RAW. you get a push for two weeks then the next week you mean nothing. ted and cody are perfect examples of this. they both are giving some hype then pulled back down.. which means when it does come time to push ted vs randy it’s gonna seem like it’s too soon to give ted such a big push.. mvp is another person that falls in this territory. it’s not that they need to give them huge pushes they just need to give them consistent. so that if they need to call upon someone for a mini feud with guys like cena they can… there are plenty of cases of guys getting mini feuds for a month or so that are mid carders just to hold you over for something bigger down the road…..

    as for the Celtic… they chanted boring because it was against jaimie noble who is only used to job out to someone. so they knew exactly what they were about to see

  2. one of the things i think we’re lacking right now in the WWE and sometimes in TNA is home run hitters.

    There are a lot of guys in both companies that can easily confused for mid card talents.

    There are NO show stoppers being made. I think it was Heenan (or someone from the rise and fall dvd) who said that the number one issue with WCW was at the end show, they had no real show stoppers to put up against Goldberg.

    And I think that is one of the issues with the WWE

  3. You make a good counterpoint BJ.

    Perhaps they are testing these youngsters out with these pushes in short bursts until they are sure they are ready to handle the full-time push.

    And Chad, your issue is something true as well.

  4. BJ Carter

    but if that’s the case they are making them look weak and un-credible. as contenders. it seems like they will push a guy or team for a couple weeks. give them a big win.. and then either the next night after a ppv. or the next week.. those same people are being completely buried by the people that put them over. making them look like complete jokes.

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