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** But at the same time, he's also probably squashed several good ideas as well, as mentioned above. The big problem is that since Vince keeps so busy, he's gotten quite out of touch with pop culture (read the "Blair Witch" example above.) Add that to an already large generation gap where a 65 year old man is trying to market a product to children and teens, and the [[What Could Have Been]] is astounding.
** But at the same time, he's also probably squashed several good ideas as well, as mentioned above. The big problem is that since Vince keeps so busy, he's gotten quite out of touch with pop culture (read the "Blair Witch" example above.) Add that to an already large generation gap where a 65 year old man is trying to market a product to children and teens, and the [[What Could Have Been]] is astounding.
* One rumor floating around about the WWE right now is not so much executive meddling as much as TENURED Meddling. Some are arguing that younger talent is being buried so the older wrestlers ([[The Undertaker]] and [[Triple H]] especially) can milk the last few years of their careers for all they're worth. Some of it's minor (no one on the roster can have gear that looks like [[The Undertaker]]'s.) However, some of it's more serious (some have argued that [[Triple H]] forced Chris Masters to keep doing the Masterlock Challenge, long after it stopped being entertaining [as if it ever was,] making Masters universally loathed by fans, and possibly torpedoing his career before it could get off the ground [he has yet to really build any momentum ''five years later''.]) People are wondering why guys like [[Evan Bourne]] and Shelton Benjamin got nowhere fast in WWE, and many think it's this.
* One rumor floating around about the WWE right now is not so much executive meddling as much as TENURED Meddling. Some are arguing that younger talent is being buried so the older wrestlers ([[The Undertaker]] and [[Triple H]] especially) can milk the last few years of their careers for all they're worth. Some of it's minor (no one on the roster can have gear that looks like [[The Undertaker]]'s.) However, some of it's more serious (some have argued that [[Triple H]] forced Chris Masters to keep doing the Masterlock Challenge, long after it stopped being entertaining [as if it ever was,] making Masters universally loathed by fans, and possibly torpedoing his career before it could get off the ground [he has yet to really build any momentum ''five years later''.]) People are wondering why guys like [[Evan Bourne]] and Shelton Benjamin got nowhere fast in WWE, and many think it's this.
** Raul D. Rice [http://moodspins.com/2003/04/13/60202/ went into great detail] to show just how much Executive Meddling [[Triple H]] did in the WWE, a few years ago.
** Raul D. Rice [https://web.archive.org/web/20101130135517/http://moodspins.com/2003/04/13/60202/ went into great detail] to show just how much Executive Meddling [[Triple H]] did in the WWE, a few years ago.
** And yet Taker has received nowhere near as much flak for this, even though he's also helping hold back talent in the ''women's'' division by having the WWE keep that belt on his girlfriend [[Lay Cool|Michelle McCool]]. This might be even more [[Egregious]] because it buried the much more talented, popular and ''experienced'' Mickie James. [[Beth Phoenix]] may have been spared this only due to her ACL injury, so now they've taken to burying Melina.
** And yet Taker has received nowhere near as much flak for this, even though he's also helping hold back talent in the ''women's'' division by having the WWE keep that belt on his girlfriend [[Lay Cool|Michelle McCool]]. This might be even more [[Egregious]] because it buried the much more talented, popular and ''experienced'' Mickie James. [[Beth Phoenix]] may have been spared this only due to her ACL injury, so now they've taken to burying Melina.
** [[The Undertaker]] probably gets little flak for using his pull in the company because of many stories, both true and false, about him keeping [[The Kliq]] in check during the New Generation era, especially around the time of the [[Montreal Screwjob]].
** [[The Undertaker]] probably gets little flak for using his pull in the company because of many stories, both true and false, about him keeping [[The Kliq]] in check during the New Generation era, especially around the time of the [[Montreal Screwjob]].
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