“He had the best of gimmicks, he had the worst of gimmicks.”
In the first half of 2014 in the WWE, two young new superstars named Adam Rose and Bo Dallas emerged, looking to continue the success they had experienced in NXT. Each one had something unique to offer the wrestling world that seemed to capture fan attention, both positively and negatively. It seemed, as recently as two months ago, that these rookies were going to be fixtures on RAW and Smackdown for years to come.
Now, however, it seems that their two career paths are heading in opposite directions. Adam Rose has, almost overnight, become a joke, fighting with Damien Sandow over ownership of a Sonic hot dog. Bo Dallas, on the other hand, is riding high into Battleground, where he stands as a potential favorite to win the vacant Intercontinental title.
How did this happen? How can one man’s star rise so quickly while another plummets equally as fast?
It is in answering this question that we find today’s lesson.
