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The Wrestling 5 & 1 05.11.13: Paige vs. Madison Rayne
I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!
Seriously, I had so much fun last week, I just wouldn’t leave! I mean, apparently some schmuck thinks my gimmick has run its course…but that’s the funny part. I’m currently less gimmick than ever before!
Sorry to disappoint, pal!
Tony is here as well, which means all is right with the world. So crank up the A/C in the basement and read on!
(Yes, I know not all wrestling fans live in their parents’ basements.
Some live in attics.
And trailer parks.
And shelters.
And dorm rooms.
And maybe—for the select few—an apartment.)
Ryback: Feed Me Less?
By Greg DeMarco
On Monday’s RAW, the WWE Universe watched on as Ryback connected with his Shellshock finisher and pinned Kane.
That’s the problem…they watched.
They didn’t cheer, they didn’t jeer. They didn’t chant “BORING!” They didn’t chant “WHAT?!?” They didn’t do the wave…they didn’t sing Fandango’s theme.
They didn’t do anything at all.
Ask any successful wrestler about the most important thing they do in the ring. Some will list safety first—and that should be respected. But next in line is “evoking emotion.” All the best performers evoke emotion from the fans. The Rock is one of the most amazing performers for this reason. John Cena does it better than anyone active today. Alongside him at the top is CM Punk. Bully Ray is hitting that stride in TNA. The best ever, men like “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels were so over that the mere sound of their theme song drove fans wild. Triple H still does it today. Brock Lesnar’s return to the WWE was fueled with emotion.
During his meteoric rise to the top of the WWE, Ryback was evoking emotion from the WWE Universe at every turn. An injury forced him into prominent matches, including Hell in the Cell. He handled it well, especially given his limited experience at being “the guy.”
Unfortunately, the WWE’s storylines didn’t dictate that he captures the WWE Championship, and his losses began to mount. The Shield immediately got over, and Ryback was their #1 victim. John Cena eliminated Ryback to win the Royal Rumble. The Shield continued to own Ryback.
WrestleMania 29 saw Ryback end up in the ring with Mark Henry, one of the most over heels in the company. Henry, a former World Heavyweight Champion, was just the victory Ryback needed to get back on track, and build himself up to a possible main event run by SummerSlam.
But he lost. The next night on Raw, Ryback—having sunk to the lowest lows of his character’s career—turned heel.
Now John Cena has him labeled as the WWE’s #1 Complainer. The Shield still owns Ryback, and it makes no sense for him to get any retribution. And to top it off—the foundation of his turn was a relationship with John Cena that barely even existed.
When “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff turned on Hulk Hogan, they were best friends. Fans were shocked and appalled. It worked, regardless off the era.
Ryback and Cena needed time to build a relationship. The fans needed to become emotionally invested in the duo. Mark Henry seemed poised to be Cena’s first post-WrestleMania rival, and that possibility excited fans. Ryback would then finish business with The Shield.
Allow me to fantasy book for a moment:
Imagine that WrestleMania goes the same way, and the night after we have Ryback, Mark Henry and John Cena together. Henry is Cena’s Extreme Rules opponent, and Ryback is the man who wants to beat Henry once and for all. Enter The Shield. Their beatdown forges Ryback and Cena together, allowing Henry to walk out and wait for Payback to take his title shot. At Extreme Rules, Cena teams with Ryback and a third face to finally overcome The Shield. Cena goes on to tear it up all summer with Mark Henry, while Ryback defeats the likes of The Big Show, Cody Rhodes, Wade Barrett and Antonio Cesaro. He even gets a rare face vs. face win over Randy Orton. All the while Ryback is aligned with John Cena, saving him from Shield beatdowns and appearing by his side in RAW & Smackdown tag team main events.
Then, when it’s time to build SummerSlam, Ryback—now cemented as a John Cena ally—turns heel. You know what he’ll be doing at that time?
Evoking emotion.
Now? He evokes nothing. No reaction, no passion, no emotion. Ryback’s pin against Kane on Monday’s Raw was a formality when one of the weakest fan count-a-long pinfall counts in a long time. Ryback is the company’s top heel, and no one cares.
Now he’s in a Last Man Standing match against an injured John Cena at Extreme Rules. There are so many outs that keep John Cena strong even if Ryback wins the title. Meaning he’s still a complaining little bitch who couldn’t get it done.
Feed Me Less, at a slower pace. Give Ryback time to become an established ally and then have him turn on John Cena. Give us a reason to care about the turn.
Hey WWE, “because it’s Ryback” isn’t enough—you hadn’t built that yet.
You Decide: Was Ryback’s heel turn one of the worst moves of 2013?
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CM Punk: Timing The Return
By Greg DeMarco
It’s only been a short time since he walked out of WWE Raw after his WrestleMania loss to The Undertaker, but most of the WWE Universe (and the Internet Wrestling Community as well) are looking towards the eventual return of CM Punk.
But just like worlds of comedy & entertainment themselves—timing is the #1 factor in a big return. And the WWE has the perfect date on the calendar.
June 16, 2013
This date on the WWE calendar holds a very unassuming pay-per-view, titled “Payback.” It features Randy Orton on the event poster—meaningless, as the initial Extreme Rules poster featured Sheamus. It’s currently best known either as the event after Extreme Rules or as the event before Money In The Bank. Or the midpoint between Patrick O’Dowd’s birthday and his 8-year wedding anniversary. As it stands today, there’s really no reason to be excited about this new event on the calendar.
So…Greg…what’s makes this the ideal day for a CM Punk return?
WWE Payback takes place on June 16, 2013, emanating from the Allstate Arena in Chicago.
If Charlotte, North Carolina is “Flair Country,” then Chicago is “Punk Country.” There is no better night or event on which CM Punk can or should return. The set-up is too perfect, and the WWE would be stupid to ignore it.
But how?
You don’t want to announce it, or book him in a match. In fact, from now until the event itself, the WWE should avoid talking about CM Punk. Don’t write articles about him on WWE.com, unless you’re reporting on a potential SummerSlam return for the longest reigning WWE Champion of the modern wrestling era.
Let your top heel rest up, and let the casual fan base forget about him. Then, on that fateful night in Chicago, when the opportunity is right, blast “Cult of Personality” and let Chicago’s king reveal himself to his people. Maybe he’s a surprise entrant into a match. Maybe he saves someone. Maybe he shows up at the very end to emerge as Dolph Ziggler’s next World Heavyweight Championship challenger (now there’s an idea!).
Make it a shocker, a return that many didn’t see coming. Not all, because that’s impossible in this day and age. But the WWE has an amazing opportunity to make CM Punk’s return one of the Top 5 moments of 2013. Book it, Vince!
You Decide: Is there a better way to bring CM Punk back than in a surprise Chicago PPV appearance?
Comment Response: People Power?
By Tony Acero
This point stems from the comment by Pony Boy who took the time out to stress a few concerns of his in regards to us fans. He wanted me and/or Greg to take notice, and being the nice guy that I am, I wanted to respond. Rather than give him – and you – one large response, I figured I’d take a few pieces of his comment and respond. So, Pony Boy, let’s get to it.
OK, so I have favorites and would prefer certain guys be focused on more just like everybody else, but so often on 411, I hear guys who make claims that certain guys are over and WWE decided for no good reason to push them down the card them.
I tend to stay away from that type of banal commentary without proper evidence, which I suppose is a basis of your argument, shall we dive into that?
Now if I’m WWE and I have resources that allow me to determine whether or not a guy is succeeding like: agent’s at house shows telling me if a guy follows direction, is he safe, does he botch, is he injury prone, how does the crowd respond. Then I have TV tools like: minute by minute ratings, segment ratings, focus groups, market research analysis, merchandise sales. Basically WWE has a dozen ways to measure success that fans are not privy to.
I have to say that the first point you make is your strongest, and one that I side with the most. I don’t agree with everything you’re saying, and I’ll tell you why in a minute, but I first want to agree that we truly don’t know about the backstage feelings towards any one person. We hear stories—we are aware that Orton has crapped in a Diva’s bag—and we get all the news we can grab a hand on, but if the backstage area is anything like an office environment that any one of us have worked in at one time or another, then you know there are workers and there are followers; there are brownnosers and there are hardheads. It’s a work environment at the end of the day, and we truly don’t know what – in particular – creates the REASON behind the push.
And if I’m WWE and I have all this data, I can then compare it to the data I’ve compiled of past successes. So I have 12 different measurements of a guy like Antonio Cesaro and when I compare it to Austin, Rock, and John Cena at the exact same points in their WWE careers, he fails the comparison in every way. So while the fans at home think it’s just Vince doing what he wants instead of what the fans want, based solely on their personal enjoyment and their analysis of Raw crowds based on what Kevin Dunn chooses to show us, WWE is just judging current stars based on the performance of their past stars using hard data.
I think here is where you falter just a bit in your argument, and keep in mind, that this is purely my opinion. In terms of Cesaro versus any of the above – including Cena, I can’t a) agree with your assessment or b) assume that it connects. Quite frankly, we cannot compare ANY wrestler to the past because wrestling as a whole is a different beast altogether. Even John Cena is of yesteryear was in a different place. Just as your pet peeve is described, I find it very hard to swallow the idea that we can compare the the past with the present as a litmus test for success – and I think that’s a VERY wrong thing that the WWE continues to do.
I don’t understand why fans can’t appreciate that it’s not 1987 and WWE is no longer Vince and Pat sitting at Vince’s table, booking a year of TV, while Linda handles all the merchandising, and Howard Finkle books the arena, and Jay Strongbow and Jack Lanza are the producers. WWE in 2013 is a well oiled corporate machine with the tools that leave little to hunches, gambles, and chance. So while it’s fair to wish Wrestler A was winning more or the champ from personal preference, it’s absurd to also argue that fulfilling your wish would make WWE more money. WWE has so many ways to measure the progress of every guy in WWE and that also includes failures. So those who counter that WWE should plow forward even though a Cesaro is not up to Rock/Austin/Cena standards because maybe it will take him longer, WWE likely has already done this with other guys with poor results. That’s not to say a Cesaro type is done, it just means he gets pulled back and others get pushed forward, while Cesaro goes back to the lab to be altered as a character before he gets pushed again. Just think of ECW CM Punk as a character compared to the CM Punk who faced Jeff Hardy. Completely different character…and much better and stronger in my opinion.
Again, I think you give the W’s too much credit here. They ARE, in fact, a well-oiled corporate machine, but what that does is causes a stale product. I have long since believed that due to the rapid flow that the WWE has encompassed, they do what’s easy, what’s regular, and what allows the machine to keep rolling. I don’t want anyone to think that this is in defense of any one wrestler rather than a critique on the WRESTLING model as a whole that WWE produces. If we are to look at Cesaro, the wrestler, then I think a lot of the anger comes from watching someone with tons of potential being used incorrectly as opposed to not being used at all. It’s like watching your favorite actor do a movie he doesn’t belong in and fail (Murphy?). It’s like watching your son who you KNOW is talented just stink up the field, court, what have you. It’s unfair, it’s selfish, but it’s the feelings we possess as fans, and I think it’s that passion that allows the WWE to thrive. I just don’t think getting rid of it – or those fans that upset you – will do anything but hurt the WWE.
Ultimately my point is that WWE has been doing this for 30 years and during that time they have modified their models to achieve optimal success. They might not know how to create the most entertaining show or how to help guys get over to meet Rock/Austin/Cena expectations…but they absolutely know who is over and who is box office. And second guessing this part of WWE based on personal preference, gossip, and what we see on TV or at our local arena is absolutely ridiculous.
I can side with the fact that the WWE is a product that has gone through a lot of failures to get to the optimal show that they can on a weekly basis, but I cannot fully side with the fact that they are the be-all, end-all of knowledge in terms of who to push and when. Potential is everywhere, and although I think there are feelers out there that can scout correctly, and although I can see what you mean in terms of backstage appeal and “box office” draw, there is – and always will be – a better way of doing things, whether it be TV, movies, film, comics, etc. There’s always something different, and with the ever-evolving way the world and technology works, I think that the WWE as a CORPORATION is making waves, but as a WRESTLING ORGANIZATION is completely stagnant.
In the end, this type of debate is what 411, and the wrestling community is made of, and I applaud and encourage any one of you to continue to speak up just as Pony Boy did. It may surprise you, but Greg and I hardly agree on wrestling topics, yet seem to get along just fine, and a majority of you who comment act in kind. I find it awesome, and LOVE the interaction. I don’t truly know what one can do to “fix” the WWE (assuming, of course, that one sees it as broken), but I do like to think that the things I feel are wrong are somewhat all across the board, and the ideas I have to fix em are every bit as valid and insightful as all of yours.
You Decide: Is the WWE stagnant? Are we in a position to have the capacity to effectively provide constructive criticism and propose solutions for the problems we perceive?
Stan W.
The Shield isn’t the NWO or Aces and Eights or any other similar faction in the years in between. They aren’t going to improve the product by adding people to it. If anyone gets added to the group it’ll likely be a replacement for someone getting kicked out for a singles push. Think Lex Luger getting kicked out of the Horseman to elevate him for a main event level push against them.
You’re right, Stan. The Shield isn’t Aces & Eights or the New World Order. It’s far better.
Billy Pilgrim
The idea that Bully Ray beating Sting accomplishes nothing is laughable. There is nobody on the TNA roster who could provide Aces and Eights with the same kind of rub as a victory over Sting. For all the talk of Samoa Joe, Matt Morgan or (lol) Chris Sabin, none of them could eat a loss like Sting. A loss to Aces and Eights would hurt Storm or AJ, so feed them the old man after a full year’s build and make them look good. The only other option is to beat Aces and Eights, and that’d be completely the wrong decision.
Billy, are you smoking something? You think a loss to a cheating Bully Ray hurts James Storm or AJ Styles? Being booked as inferior to Sting hurts James Storm and AJ Styles far more than any loss to Bully Ray and Aces & Eights! It hurts the fuck out of Matt Morgan to lose to Sting like he did, and hurts everyone on the roster not named Hogan when Sting is the #1 Contender.
Anthony Schwartz
I think the ‘Greg DeMarco’ gimmick has run its course.
What…?
I am more real and less gimmick than ever now, Anthony! I’m a real person sharing real opinions and I am not afraid to stand behind them. If that’s a gimmick, then mine is one of those that’s 100% based on the real me.
Except the fake last name. That’s gimmicked.
Sully
If The Shield is to have a leader, it has to be somebody WWE believes can main event Wrestlemania. Now that doesn’t mean they need a new member who is a top star to lead them, it just means WWE has to believe in the potential of the leader. Christian is not that guy.
I just don’t see The Shield taking on a leader, unless they’re about to break up. The only way I see them having a “leader” is if they formally hook up with Paul Heyman and be his muscle for CM Punk (and even Brock Lesnar).
Team J-Rod
And you’re under the impression that the name “Sting” means as much as it did to potential customers as it did when he was “around the world, sold out 20,000 seat arenas, performed in stadiums, and on a show watched by 6 million people every week.” Vanilla Ice was once the “hottest” act in music, Molly Ringwald was at one time the “hottest” star in Hollywood. What’s “pure fantasy” is the premise that a mass audience still wants to watch a 54-year-old Sting. Sure, the Impact Zone will still stupidly chant “you still got it” when he throws a dropkick that 1988 Sting would’ve laughed at, but you can’t pretend it’s still 1997 and he’s this box-office sensation anymore.
You’re exactly right. And that’s why you’re…
Now, the opposite of you is the moron who responded with this…
Team J-Rod
So that’s why the nostalgia of 80’s cartoons like Transformers and GI Joe made so little money at the box office as movies 20 years after the fact and why He-Man is not the latest to be developed as a summer blockbuster. And there certainly is no Hollywood reliance on old comic books, as they are betting everything on brand new superheroes because that’s where the money is
And of course Sting didn’t spend the entire decade of the 90’s as one of wrestling biggest stars, wrestling’s most prosperous decade. He’s so much closer to a teen star whose claim to fame was a great director was infatuated with her and cast her in HIS successful movies and a musician who epitomizes the term “one hit wonder”.
But we’re not watching the same Transformers cartoons and pretending they’re new and awesome. We’re making new ones. We’re not watching Adam West as Batman, we’re watching Christina Bale.
It’s apples and oranges. You can reboot Spider-Man over and over, you can’t reboot Sting, Hulk Hogan and Bruno Sammartino. They have to be replaced.
Who
A heel Kofi Kingston, or a fed up Zach Ryder would be a good addition to The Shield. Ryder would be justified in his search for Justice against the WWE.
Kofi I don’t see in the Shield fold, but I could see Zack Ryder. He’s barely a blip on the radar of wrestling history, and I wouldn’t long for the casual WWE fan base to treat him as a heel member of The Shield.
andy
It also makes perfect sense for Sting to headline a PPV, even at his advanced age, from a business standpoint. I realize that all of us diehard fans are extremely tired of even seeing Sting on TV, let alone watching him wrestle a match, but Sting is a legend, he is still a big deal to the majority of casual fans, and a lot of casual fans are a lot more likely to throw down money to see Sting vs Bully Ray opposed to Bully vs Sabin, Morgan, or AJ.
Sting is a legend and a big deal to the casual fan. Which is why he needs to be treated like The Undertaker. He’s a special person who still holds a ton of nostalgic behavior.
Scott
If they must add a fourth member I’d go with Ohno or Paige.
Stupid Guy
how about a Diva as the fourth member?
It’ll never be Paige or any other woman. Think about it—in this day and age, how would a women work in The Shield. She can’t participate in the beatdowns because she can never get her comeuppance. No man can get retribution on her in the modern day WWE. And he Divas division isn’t strong enough to warrant the Shield’s attention.
Now, if Paige lead an all-female version of the Shield, I could buy in to it.
D2Kvirus
Audrey Marie looks worryingly like Dixie Carter.
Really? I think she looks more like Stephanie McMahon.
Didier Sully
I think there is legs to The Shield gimmick and having a 4th guy provides an even number as well, allowing for potentially equal sides in a split or the tease of equal sides
You know, the WWE is going to release a War Games DVD soon. If the Shield has four members, they could totally pull that off!
You can thank me later!
Building The Card: TNA Slammiversary XI
By Greg DeMarco
After Thursday night’s edition of Impact Wrestling, we’re six-hours of TNA TV time away from Slammiversary, one of only four live run TNA PPV events of 2013. And with a nine weeks’ worth of TV time elapsed since Lockdown, the company has one match booked.
One Match…that’s painful!
What’s worse is that we just learned of this match last week!
So instead of focusing on the negative (I did that last week), I will focus on the positive and help TNA build their biggest card of 2013 so far.
Okay, this is still likely to focus on the negative. But that’s where TNA has us right now.
Confirmed:
TNA World Championship: Bully Ray (champion) vs. Bully Ray
Like I said earlier, nine weeks have passed since Lockdown—nine weeks that TNA could have used to build a world title challenger out of James Storm, Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle, AJ Styles, Matt Morgan, Magnus and several others. Instead we get Sting, a 54 year old man who beat Matt Morgan in an absolutely terrible match to earn his title shot. Yes, Sting is a multi-time world champion and the one man WWE fans want to jump ship over any other. But he’s still a 54 year old man who can barely walk to the ring, let along perform in it. And I’m supposed to buy him as a drawing opponent for Bully Ray?
Projected:
X-Division Championship: Kenny King (champion) vs. Chris Sabin vs. Suicide
Kenny King cut the best program of his entire career on Thursday, punking Chris Sabin and putting an actual story behind the X-Division title match. Suicide has been promoted via online and televised videos, and makes logical sense for the third man in the new X-Division equation.
Sabin probably wins, although they could make a feud out of it. Granted that feud is easier when every match doesn’t have to be a three-way. Details!
But hey, no Aces & Eights in this match. Winner!
World Television Championship: Devon (champion) vs. Abyss
Abyss made his (shocking?) return on Thursday’s show, picking up the fall over Devon in a show ending six-man tag team match. It only makes logical sense for him to challenge, and likely beat, Devon at Slammiversary. I’m not thrilled with this possibility, but that’s all we have at this point.
World Tag Team Championship: Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez (champions) vs. Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian vs. Austin Aries & Bobby Roode vs. James Storm & ???
Yes, I do know who “???” will likely be, but you’re gonna have to read a few lines first.
Chavo and Hernandez are terrible champions, barely over in the southwest. Daniels & Kazarian are one of the best tag teams in the world today, Aries & Roode are being wasted in the tag team division, and James Storm is James Storm.
As for the mystery partner? This is Slammiversary, and I will predict a Chris Harris return during the PPV, reuniting America’s Most Wanted for a period of about two weeks.
Knockouts Championship: Velvet Sky (champion) vs. Gail Kim, Mickie James as the guest referee
Velvet is still the champ, and Gail has been quite brutal in recent weeks. In a good way! Mickie James has hinted at a heel turn—what better way then as a special guest referee!
No Disqualification: Mr. Anderson vs. D-Lo Brown
D-Lo’s position in Aces & Eights never really made sense to me, much like TNA’s current insistence on using him as a wrestler. I think he ends up out of the group come Slammiversary, and in a match against Anderson to save his TNA career—thanks to Hulk Hogan. Yay.
I know this only gives us six matches, but what else has the company built? There are some potential match-ups for Kurt Angle, Aces & Eights, Matt Morgan, Samoa Joe, Magnus and others, but they don’t jump right out at me. AJ Styles vs. Kurt Angle could happen, and while it would be awesome, it almost seems silly right now. I think AJ stays off of the booked card, instead appearing in the main event (or after) to reveal his true allegiance. Likely to TNA, but who knows.
You Decide: Can TNA salvage the Slammiversary card?
Real-life couple Cherry Bomb & Pepper Parks discuss WSU’s Queen & King of in this week’s show!
By Greg DeMarco
Listen in as Cherry Bomb and Pepper Parks—real life engaged couple—talk about life together in the crazy world of professional wrestling. In this 45-minute interview, Cherry and Pepper discuss how they came together, traveling with (and without) each other, their paths crossing in Japan and so much more. Pepper Parks also details his recent trip to California for Wrestling Cares, and the duo promises victory in WSU’s Queen and King of the Ring tournament.
Topics covered:
-Being backstage as a real-life couple
-Pepper Parks work with the WWE
-Pepper being called “Justin” by crowds in Japan
-Cherry’s recent wrestling bookings
-Pepper’s decision to leave wrestling—and what brought him back
-Whether or not they’ll have a “wrestling wedding”
Plus, Cherry & Pepper discuss wedding planning, and Greg and Patrick offer up their own off-the-wall suggestions to make their special day the most memorable yet!
Also on this edition, Chad Perry leads the crew in another edition of OddsMakers, where Greg is actually appalled at one of Patrick’s odds choices. Tony Acero and the gorgeous Heather Lynn join the program in hour 3 for the announcement of an upcoming Wednesday night show!
Click here to listen, or listen as you read below!
Upcoming guests:
May 12 – ArenaChicks.com’s Amber O’Neal
May 19 – WWE Touch Enough and TNA Gut Check competitor Ivelisse Velez
About the show:
After becoming a Tuesday night tradition, The Greg DeMarco Show moves to Sunday nights on The Smash Radio Network! For nearly two years, Greg has been joined by co-host and best friend “The Wrestling Realist” Patrick O’Dowd. With his unique viewpoint on the professional wrestling business, Patrick will take those fans who overact to the events of the past week and welcome them back to earth! Originally built as an extension of their near daily banter, the pair have grown into some of the most respected wrestling analysts on the ‘net.
The GDMS guest list is one of the most impressive in the business, including appearances by TNA talent “The Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels, former WWE Superstar Chris “Masters” Mordetzky, ECW/WWF/WCW legend “The Franchise” Shane Douglas, former 5-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion “Scrap Iron” Adam Pearce and many of today’s top independent talent including Ring of Honor World Champion Kevin Steen, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Champion Adam Cole, Dragon Gate USA Open The Freedom Gate Champion Johnny Gargano and independent wrestling’s #1 female star, Rain.
The show also features appearances by The DeMarcettes, the hottest unsigned talents in all of women’s independent wrestling. Buggy Nova, Barbi Hayden, Veda Scott, Terra Calaway, Scarlett Bordeaux, Su Yung, Allie Parker, Cherry Bomb, Jessie Belle, Leah Von Dutch & Niki Nitro entertain fans on a regular basis during The Greg DeMarco Show!
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