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WWE is well known for crippling wrestlers with scripted promos week in, week out. While a handful of legends namely John Cena, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Dwayne &#8220;The Rock&#8221; Johnson are granted the freedom of unscripted promos, the fact is they don&#8217;t belong to the list of current generation Superstars and that has made all the difference.



On <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="E&amp;C's Pod Of Awesomeness (opens in a new tab)" href="https://omny.fm/shows/e-c-s-pod-of-awesomeness/scotty-2-hotty" target="_blank">E&amp;C&#8217;s Pod Of Awesomeness</a>, Hall Of Famer Edge and Christian talked about the plagued system of scripted promos in WWE. Notably, Captain Charisma discussed Jon Moxley&#8216;s (fka Dean Ambrose) IWGP United States Heavyweight Title victory while highlighting that his best promo is yet to come.


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<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> &#8220;I think it&#8217;s great. Look, I think he&#8217;s really talented. I think he&#8217;s a great dude. I consider him a friend, so I&#8217;m glad that he&#8217;s happy and reinvigorated, so-to-speak. I think you&#8217;ll see more of his true self and he is a really good promo guy, a good talker and he&#8217;s one of these guys that&#8217;s better when he&#8217;s unscripted.&#8221;</blockquote>


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<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">&#8220;If anything, he [has] created a huge buzz for himself and for the industry.&#8221; <cite> </cite></blockquote>


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 On the other hand, The Rated R Superstar laid down a two-fold argument &#8211; while scripted promos make sure WWE&#8217;s product is delivered as planned, too much scripting often takes away from the magic of live performances.



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">&#8220;It&#8217;s interesting, you hear how scripted everything is and da-da-da-da-da and how stifling it can be, and I think there&#8217;s probably an argument for both sides. I think there&#8217;s an argument because you&#8217;re a publicly traded company; it&#8217;s FOX; it&#8217;s USA [Network]; it&#8217;s all of these things, so I get that side of it.&#8221;&nbsp; </blockquote>


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<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">&#8220;But I also get the aspect if things were so heavily scripted, you don&#8217;t get the Macho Man [Randy Savage] &#8216;cream of the crop&#8217; promo, I don&#8217;t think. You wouldn&#8217;t get &#8216;Austin&nbsp;3:16&#8216;, I don&#8217;t think. I get both sides, I guess is what I&#8217;m saying.&#8221;&nbsp; </blockquote>



However, given the average mic skills of most Superstars on the roster, WWE might as well be justified in curbing their freedom and handing talents scripted promos if that&#8217;s what&#8217;s &#8220;best for business.&#8221;

Edge & Christian Discuss WWE Scripted Promos, Jon Moxley’s Promo Work

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