In professional wrestling, a push is an attempt by the booker to make a wrestler win more matches and become more popular or more reviled with the fans depending on whether they are a heroic character ("face") or a villain ("heel"). It is not uncommon for a push to be accompanied by a turn or a change in the wrestler's gimmick. This is essentially the opposite of a burial, which in contrast to the high profile of a push is typically done with little or no fanfare. Sometimes the fans generate the push for a wrestler themselves when their approval for the wrestler's work generates a positive reaction from them that is not anticipated.
Historyedit
In the Memphis territory, Nick Gulas began to push his son George to a main event spot despite having little in-ring experience and no athletic background. The fans quickly turned on him and the promotion, but Nick Gulas continued to push him despite the negative backlash and financial losses. In the end, Nick's insistence on keeping his son at the top of the card led to a hostile split of the territory.[1]
In WWE, following the fallout from the Signature Pharmacy scandal, smaller and less muscular wrestlers such as CM Punk and Jeff Hardy began to get pushed and Vince McMahon confirmed the paradigm shift by mentioning that today's fans are drawn by charisma and not size.[3]
In WWE, when the company was being built around fan favorite John Cena, shedding his edgy, freestyle rapping anti-establishment persona which was popular in favor of a more motivational "against all odds" one, was met with a negative reaction by the fans to the point where he became one of the most booed wrestlers in the promotion.[4]
Referencesedit
^Kentucky Fried Rasslin' Archived 2012-09-12 at archive.today
^Watts, Bill; Williams, Scott (2006). Google Books Excerpt: The Cowboy and the Cross. ISBN9781550227086. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
^"Vince McMahon Speaks on Today's WWE Superstars, CM Punk and Warlord". Wrestlescoop.com. 2009-09-30. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
^. Slam.canoe.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
January 01, 1970
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