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At the end of the day, we'll never know with guys who aren't given the top guy treatment.
With Bret, he never had anyone pass the torch. He won his first title at a house show that didn't air until it was released on colliseum video. His 2nd title win was Yoko falling off the 2nd rope, and he didn't even headline any shows after that. Even by the time he won the title in 1997 the only main event he wrestled was against Shawn during he screwjob.
Even with Daniel Bryan, he went over HHH, but a month later he's feuding with Kane and it's absolute death. He's running away afraid. Honestly, thank fucking god he got injured because they wanted to tank his run to prove a point.
But the anointed guys like Shawn and Roman get chance after chance after chance after chance. Same with HHH. Shawn didn't draw in 96 but you best believe Vince went to that well until it was clear Austin wasn't going to be stopped. Cena was a "draw" I guess, but not really. But he was anointed so he got to run with the ball even though he was never truly accepted.
Roman has gotten 4 straight main events and he hasn't moved the needle. And he's still gonna beat Brock in Saudi Arabia, and that's gonna fail. But they'll keep pushing him until fans half-heartedly accept him like they did with Cena because what fucking choice do you have other than not watching? And then they'll say "WE TOLD YOU HE WAS A DRAW".
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