{"id":38144,"date":"2018-04-06T13:22:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T18:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=38144"},"modified":"2018-04-06T13:22:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T18:22:56","slug":"wills-new-thing-ronda-rousey-asuka-braun-strowman-and-roman-reigns-prove-wwes-star-making-machine-is-no-longer-broken-plus-a-few-wrestlemania-34-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2018\/04\/06\/wills-new-thing-ronda-rousey-asuka-braun-strowman-and-roman-reigns-prove-wwes-star-making-machine-is-no-longer-broken-plus-a-few-wrestlemania-34-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Will\u2019s New Thing &#8211; Ronda Rousey, Asuka, Braun Strowman, and Roman Reigns prove WWE\u2019s star-making machine is no longer broken, plus a few WrestleMania 34 predictions!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-3208173357\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Will Pruett<\/b>,\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ProWrestling.net Senior Staffer (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wilpruett\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@wilpruett<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>WWE\u2019s Star-Making Machine is no longer broken<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A common refrain from me in the last five-ish years has been lamenting the death of WWE\u2019s star-making abilities. It seemed like they once had a machine in place to create stars from nobodies, but as we watched first part of this decade unfold, it no longer worked. The Rock came in and saved the day. CM Punk found a way to make himself before bailing in frustration. WWE wasn\u2019t making stars anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then Roman Reigns happened. Amidst some hype around The Shield, WWE chose Roman Reigns as the breakout performer they intended to love. It did not go well. He was booed by almost every crowd. He was maligned. Despite having great matches, fans became convinced he was among the worst wrestlers in WWE. When these people were asked why, it seemed like WWE\u2019s star-making machine had actually backfired.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Was <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">trying<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to make someone a star was preventing stardom?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WWE, over the past six months, has shown me that their star making machine is fully up and running again. The dark days of 2013 are behind us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, let\u2019s look at Roman Reigns again. Reigns had the biggest hill to climb of any wrestler I\u2019ll be mentioning in this piece. He was WWE\u2019s \u201cchosen one\u201d during a time being chosen meant being torn apart. While he is immensely talented and charismatic, WWE continued to see both hardcore and casual fans decide to hate him. What happened?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This happened:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Roman Reigns lays into absent, \u201centitled\u201d Brock Lesnar: Raw, Feb. 26, 2018\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gU1RxhTB71E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roman Reigns found his voice. After seeming either too confident or not confident enough depending on the week and the opponent, Roman dropped into himself. He figured out how he, as a character, can connect organically. He finally became the voice of frustrated fans instead of the cause of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But hey, some people will never like Roman Reigns. Some fans are too obsessed with Phil Brooks saying \u201cMake Roman look strong\u201d on a podcast once.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"prowr-866000712\" class=\"prowr-content-4 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_2 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_2\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You know who I expected everyone to universally hate a couple years back? Braun Strowman. He debuted as an afterthought in Bray Wyatt\u2019s stable. He was giant, so the common refrain was Vince McMahon loving him. He seemed out of place fairly often. He just didn\u2019t click.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Braun Strowman became the major organic homegrown star WWE probably never expected. And he is entirely their creation. Braun doesn\u2019t have the indie or foreign wrestling credibility many other top stars come in with. Braun Strowman doesn\u2019t have the massive crowd pleasing arsenal of flips we, as fans, delight in. Strowman never seems like an underdog. He\u2019s just big, impressive, and fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Braun, WWE tapped into something organic again, then turned it up to 100. He does stunts that could be absurd and eye-roll worthy. He filled an ambulance. He pulled down a conveniently placed section of box truss. He broke a piano on top of a man. Braun Strowman hardly makes sense when you see all of that in writing, and yet fans are chanting \u201cGet These Hands\u201d every time he appears.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask 2014 Roman Reigns how fans would eventually greet Braun Strowman and he\u2019d probably expect the same boo birds to be out. WWE flipped the narrative and managed to make a truly great crossover star in Braun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I think of pessimism for WWE booking, I think of NXT call ups being ruined. We\u2019ve seen wrestlers like Adam Rose flame out after seeming massively popular in NXT. We\u2019ve seen stories mis-handled like Bayley\u2019s main roster debut and ascension to the Raw Women\u2019s Championship. We\u2019ve seen a lot of mistakes made. WWE proved they can get it right with Asuka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asuka is still unbeaten. Asuka is still a dominant force. Asuka is riding a wave of momentum and WWE didn\u2019t just create it, they are actively promoting it. Again, she is a wrestler the promotion is making look strong. She is the chosen one at this moment. Asuka is more \u201cRoman Reigns\u201d than Roman Reigns ever was, but Asuka continues to bask in popularity. WWE has put the right pieces in place to make sure Asuka is who they want her to be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, WWE has signed a mainstream star to debut in a major match at WrestleMania. Ronda Rousey, as popular as she was a couple years ago in UFC, is problematic to push. Add in that Ronda takes WWE in unfamiliar territory where their biggest star is a woman and they\u2019re a classically sexist wasteland, and WWE could have been in trouble with Ronda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ronda is not as charismatic on the mic as one would hope for. Ronda seems a little too happy to be there. Ronda\u2019s performances have not been home runs. With this said, Ronda is still cheered. Ronda is chanted for by crowds. Ronda is insanely over. How?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WWE found a way to fire up their star-making machine and give Ronda her ready-made antagonist. As great as Ronda can be, Stephanie McMahon deserves all the credit in the world for making her even better. Stephanie has done a great job, with Triple H and Kurt Angle as background players, in making Ronda look strong. At WrestleMania, WWE gets their reward. Ronda will be adored in her first ever match and their new mainstream star will look great.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I no longer doubt WWE\u2019s star-making machine. I\u2019m confident in it. Is all of wrestling creative perfect? No way. WWE still makes mistakes. \u201cRoad Dogg\u201d is still writing that garbage fire called Smackdown. But WWE has found ways to make, enhance, and elevate stars using methods I thought fans were sure to rebel against. It\u2019s encouraging to see WWE wrestling in this state.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"prowr-768692335\" class=\"prowr-content-5 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_3 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Random WrestleMania Predictions<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Cena and Undertaker will not have a match, but will have a challenge. Undertaker will challenge Cena to a career vs. career match at WrestleMania 35 in New York-ish next year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roman Reigns will win and be cheered a lot.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daniel Bryan is going to look great, but Shane will get beat. A Bryan vs. Owens and Zayn feud will continue and it will be great.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeff Jarrett will be named the new Smackdown GM when Bryan steps down. It\u2019ll be weird.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asuka wins the best women\u2019s match in WWE history against Charlotte.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nia Jax and Alexa Bliss will be really fun.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles will tear the house down. It will be better than their Tokyo Dome match, which is saying something.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrestling is the coolest thing ever and will still be after this weekend.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>SSMGOTW (Superfluous Shane McMahon Gif of the Week):<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.giphy.com\/media\/2t9xZZl7xiDRcO2gU0\/giphy.gif?ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>We\u2019re Done Here:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What more is there to say? We\u2019ve got a couple really intense days of wrestling coming at us and I\u2019m pretty excited for it. Let\u2019s all listen to this sweet WrestleMania jam and get pumped!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/jYVQRBWkimQ<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, be on the lookout for my WrestleMania live blog on Sunday!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will Pruett writes about wrestling and popular culture at prowrestling.net. Of interest to him are diversity in wrestling and wrestling as a theatrical art form. To see his video series \u201cWhat I Love About Professional Wrestling\u201d <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfMU6sUZAYG8YeYzoOgEQrQ\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">subscribe to his YouTube channel<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. To contact, check him out on <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wilpruett\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter @wilpruett<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, leave a comment,\u00a0or email him at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"mailto:itswilltime@gmail.com\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">itswilltime@gmail.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-635810212\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Will Pruett,\u00a0ProWrestling.net Senior 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