Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 92 (click to see context) from:
* Wrestling/VinceMcMahon, creatively at least, has been very credibly accused of this. As an ambitious regional promoter, he managed to go nationwide with a combination of media savvy and ruthless, cutthroat business tactics. But, as a ControlFreak and deeply odd human being, Vince kept also wanting to book the shows himself, and became more and more resistant to the word "no" from the various talented people he employed, often running them off or kicking them into other parts of the corporate structure and replacing them with yes-men, and resulting in critically-panned and commercially-underperforming shows (or even commercial failure!). It's telling that during the most successful times in his promotion's history, he was all-but forced to give up power by outside pressure, and when he successfully established a near-complete monopoly on wrestling promotion in the United States, meaning ''no one'' could really tell him what to do anymore, it coincided with steady, not-always-slow decline in viewership, to which his inevitable response was to double down and try to control ''more'' aspects of his company in a cycle of declining quality that was only really arrested when a series of sex scandals forced him into unwilling retirement.
to:
* Wrestling/VinceMcMahon, creatively at least, has been very credibly accused of this. As an ambitious regional promoter, he managed to go nationwide with a combination of media savvy and ruthless, cutthroat business tactics. But, as a ControlFreak and deeply odd human being, Vince kept also wanting to book the shows himself, and became more and more resistant to the word "no" from the various talented people he employed, often running them off or [[KickedUpstairs kicking them into other parts of the corporate structure structure]] and replacing them with yes-men, and resulting yes-men. Over time, this inevitably results in creative stagnation, critically-panned and commercially-underperforming shows (or shows, and or even commercial failure!).failure. It's telling that during the most successful times in his promotion's history, he was all-but forced to give up power by outside pressure, and when he successfully established a near-complete monopoly on wrestling promotion in the United States, meaning ''no one'' could really tell him what to do anymore, it coincided with steady, not-always-slow decline in viewership, to which his inevitable response was to double down and try to control ''more'' aspects of his company in a cycle of declining quality that was only really arrested when a series of sex scandals forced him into unwilling retirement.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 43 (click to see context) from:
* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Admiral Akainu is an ImplacableMan whose [[MagmaMan magma-based powers]] makes him a [[PersonOfMassDestruction walking volcano]] capable of [[OneManArmy winning wars all by himself]]. After his promotion to Fleet Admiral and going by his real name (Sakazuki), he's now stuck behind a desk, unable to control the admirals under him because he can't simply [[BadBoss melt them]] like he did with the rank-and-file, dealing with incompetent and/or corrupt superiors that only care about [[SlaveToPR saving face]] from their own screw-ups even if that means ignoring serious global threats and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and the former fleet admiral showing in just to troll him over his new job]].
to:
* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Admiral Akainu is an ImplacableMan whose [[MagmaMan magma-based powers]] makes him a [[PersonOfMassDestruction walking volcano]] capable of [[OneManArmy winning wars all by himself]]. While he lacks imagination, his fundamental intelligence and lack of scruples still make him a decent strategist and tactician, if one reliant on brute force. The mangaka has confirmed that if he were looking for the One Piece, he would be capable of finding it more quickly than the main cast. After his promotion to Fleet Admiral and going by his real name (Sakazuki), he's now stuck behind a desk, unable to control the admirals under him because he can't simply [[BadBoss melt them]] like he did with the rank-and-file, dealing with incompetent and/or corrupt superiors that only care about [[SlaveToPR saving face]] from their own screw-ups even if that means ignoring serious global threats and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and the former fleet admiral showing in just to troll him over his new job]]. And the position exacerbates his flaws; his lack of imagination is a more serious issue when there's no one above him in the pecking order to handle that for him and means he's incapable of coming up with creative solutions to the rut he's stuck in.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 80 (click to see context) from:
** Kirk then makes sure to tell Picard in ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' never to accept a promotion out of the ''Enterprise's'' captain's chair. Advice Picard apparently takes to heart, as we see in ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'', he's still a captain, while [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Janeway]] has been promoted to Admiral. Although in ''Series/StarTrekPicard'', it's shown that he eventually accepted a promotion to Admiral. In this case though Picard didn't do this to become a mostly inactive paper pusher but to head a massive humanitarian project to evacuate a doomed star system that only an Admiral could run which he decided was a worthy cause to accept promotion on. [[spoiler:Tragically it fails, leading Picard to become disillusioned with Starfleet and retire, which potentially leaves him in an even more broken state than Kirk was at the start of this series.]]
to:
** Kirk then makes sure to tell Picard in ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' never to accept a promotion out of the ''Enterprise's'' captain's chair. Advice Picard apparently takes to heart, as we see in ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'', he's still a captain, while [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Janeway]] has been promoted to Admiral. Although in ''Series/StarTrekPicard'', it's shown that he eventually accepted a promotion to Admiral. In this case though Picard didn't do this to become a mostly inactive paper pusher but to head a massive humanitarian project to evacuate a doomed star system that only an Admiral could run which he decided was a worthy cause to accept promotion on. [[spoiler:Tragically it fails, leading Picard to become disillusioned with Starfleet and retire, which potentially leaves him in an even more broken state than Kirk was at the start of this series.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* Wrestling/TripleH is an interesting, zigzagged example, not unlike Xiahou Dun from the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in ancient China under Real Life. Paul Levesque/Hunter Hearst Helmsley is a very talented and capable wrestler and an even more capable politician. More than one commenter has suggested that, in general, Triple H's abilities are best served as an upper mid-card "jobber to the stars" rather than a full-on main event wrestler; Wrestling/JimCornette once described him as "the guy who works with the guys who draw the money." But his powerful backstage connections, first as a junior partner in the Clique, then as a survivor in a gutted roster, and ''then'' as the boyfriend-turned-husband of [[Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon the boss's daughter]] all elevated him pretty far up the card. Although he never truly broke through into the mainstream like fellow Attitude Era stalwarts like the Undertaker, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Mick Foley, or Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson, his backstage power and the simple fact that he stuck around while his fellows were eventually either retired, semi-retired, or moving on to greener pastures netted him several world title runs, including the infamous "Reign of Terror" where he increasingly came to dominate the show, frequently putting down and humiliating other wrestlers in the process. Many fans from this time grew to ''despise'' him, especially when his bulky, allegedly-steroidal physique meant he simply wasn't flexible enough to do much in the ring. However, as he aged out of active regular competition and increasingly moved behind the scenes, Triple H ''did'' prove to be a very capable booker, elevating the {{Wrestling/WWE NXT}} brand from a trashy and low-quality reality television program to a beloved hidden gem of classic, old-style wrestling storytelling during some of the weakest periods in the bigger WWE promotion's history, without using it to elevate himself. Although he has his own idiosyncrasies (he ''loves'' long heel title runs, for instance, and can often be relied not to pull the trigger on big babyface wins, ''especially'' if doing so would mean a heel titleholder doesn't get to break a record), for most of the New Twenties one could tell whether Triple H or his father in law was currently on top in the power struggle over WWE creative by looking at the overall quality of the WWE product. In short, the same political skills that saw him promoted beyond his abilities as a wrestler also saw him promoted ''into'' his level of competence as a booker.
