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Originally Posted by The Familia
I agree, but it also shows the sad state of wrestling today. There were just so many high end wrestlers and characters in the 80's and 90's that there simply were not enough world title spots to give out. Wrestler's held onto their belts a lot longer back then which really helped to legitimize the wrestler and the title.
There is zero question that all the guys listed above would hold the world title today. Just look at the WWE right now. there world title pool consists of Roman, Lesner, Lashley, and a couple others. there are no marquee names or high end stars right now. The WWE is starving for big names and I bet they would do anything to find a Scott Hall, Curt Hennig, Ted DiBiase, Jake Roberts, Rick Rude or Roddy Piper right now.
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Maybe.
Or maybe the WWE would do what they do with all talent nowadays and would waste them. Unless your name is Brock Lesnar or Roman Reigns your booking is crap.
Razor Ramon would have been labelled as just Ramon and been used like Cesaro was used today, Rick Rude would be Rick Boogs in 2022, Jake Roberts becomes Damian Priest, and Roddy Piper would debut on the main brand as "Butch".
Point being is through the late 80s and 90s the WWE had lots of stars because they knew how to build stars (and would let people have the freedom to build their own stars), that's gone now.