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Post by The Champ is Here! on Mar 17, 2010 14:23:50 GMT -5
I was thinking today about guys who i thought for sure would be big in the wwe, but neevr were
2 i thought of right away were Johnny Jeter and Kenny Dykstra
Both were very athletic and had tons of potential...especially Kenny.
So, who were you guys suprised they never made it big?
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Post by Brankind on Mar 17, 2010 14:35:40 GMT -5
Paul Birchill and Gunner Scott ,
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Post by marino13 on Mar 17, 2010 14:42:08 GMT -5
I agree with all the names mentioned. But I never understood why the WWE wasted the talent of Elijah Burke. And to see him being used in TNA annoys the hell out of me. WWE dropped the ball.
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Post by Sosa on Mar 17, 2010 14:45:47 GMT -5
WWE could have used Elijah Burke the same way TNA is, if not better.
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Post by melvane on Mar 17, 2010 14:50:20 GMT -5
Never liked Elijah but Kenny and Johnny were very talented. I wish Johnny would have got some more air time though. Kenny should be in TNA soon so im looking foward to that
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Post by Drdoom on Mar 17, 2010 15:03:55 GMT -5
Kenny and Mikey should of been a tag team. I still wonder why they dropped the ball on that.
But I figured Mordecai, Sean O Haire, and Brian Kendrick
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Post by Brankind on Mar 17, 2010 15:08:32 GMT -5
Brian Kenrick kinda made it , he was very successful with London on Smackdown.
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Post by wabarrett on Mar 17, 2010 15:21:32 GMT -5
If by made it big, you mean used to their full potential, then there are a lot of guys who could have been so much more...
Mr. Kennedy - Injuries plagued his WWE career, and he should have been a world champion. He had the money in the bank briefcase, and got injured again, ruining his WWE run.
Elijah Burke - Like Kennedy, TNA are proving that Burke could have been so much more in WWE. He spent too much time on ECW and never truly broke out.
Bobby Lashley - When he arrived I thought he would for sure be a world champion on SmackDown, but after his first year in WWE he headed to ECW where his WWE career went downhill.
Matt Hardy - I thought in late 2005 that he would soon get his chance at the major leagues. I don't believe that every half-decent superstar should be a world champion, but he should have at least had a shot. He seemed the real deal in singles action after the Edge feud.
Carlito - He won the U.S title on his debut, won the Intercontinental title on his RAW debut, had a shot at the world title in the chamber, put in a great shift at the 2006 rumble, and then just ended up being in a tag team with Masters... After 2006, Carlito has had an up and down time.
Shelton Benjamin - A great run with the Intercontinental title from late 2004 to mid-2005 (when the man above beat him for it), and after that his time in WWE has had many low points; needing his Momma to help him win? The crazy shades and Hawaiian shirts? Reforming WGTT and the team going nowhere? Losing more often than not on SmackDown, then on ECW as well? Eh... should have had a world title shot by now.
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Post by Angel Beast on Mar 17, 2010 16:23:09 GMT -5
When he started doing these promos I thought O'Haire was going to be a big deal, but then they stuck him with Piper in a feud against Rikishi and Zach Gowen.
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Post by King Shocker the Monumentous on Mar 17, 2010 16:27:18 GMT -5
Dammit, I wanted to be the first to mention O'Haire.
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Post by King Silva on Mar 17, 2010 16:31:13 GMT -5
I want to say someone new so:
Christy Hemme. I thought they would continue her push in wwe but they released her. I don't think she would have been women's champ but if she was still in wwe she would have probably been diva's champ by now.
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Post by marino13 on Mar 17, 2010 16:35:15 GMT -5
The first time I saw Sean O'Haire wrestle in wCw I told my friend... "There is a future WWE champion!"
I was wrong.
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Post by The-Rock on Mar 17, 2010 16:39:42 GMT -5
To name a few:
Kennedy, Lashley, Masters, Carlito, MVP, Burchill, Elijah burke, Marcus Cor von, Umaga, Matt Hardy, Shelton Benjamin, Orlando Jordan, among others
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Post by richversion1 on Mar 17, 2010 18:15:05 GMT -5
If by made it big, you mean used to their full potential, then there are a lot of guys who could have been so much more... Matt Hardy - I thought in late 2005 that he would soon get his chance at the major leagues. I don't believe that every half-decent superstar should be a world champion, but he should have at least had a shot. He seemed the real deal in singles action after the Edge feud. This is true he had so much momentum coming back you could have made two main evener's out of that feud but Edge won and Matt went to Smackdown to do NOTHING...
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Post by The Best in the World on Mar 17, 2010 21:15:37 GMT -5
Elijah Burke, and Mr. Kennedy are the most recent. Another was val Venis he was so over in the Attitude Era, but once he went in RTC, he lost it all. he was a Jobber 4 Life.
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Post by Jimmy on Mar 17, 2010 21:24:12 GMT -5
Burke for sure. I also thought Monty Brown would be properly used in WWE.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2010 21:45:36 GMT -5
Though the reason he didn't "make it" was, sadly, out of his control.
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Post by Johnny Wrestling on Mar 17, 2010 22:00:29 GMT -5
There is one man I thought would make it and didn't. He had the looks and was entertaining in the ring. If it wasn't enough, he also was over with the crowd. Who is this man? Ken Shamrock.
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Post by dmkp0wer on Mar 17, 2010 22:02:35 GMT -5
Test - He was getting a lot of momentum back in '99, had a good match w/ Shane @ Summerslam and then..thats it.
Rikishi - But he did it for The Rock.
D-Lo - After the tragic accident w/ Droz, his career floundered.
Ahmed Johnson - He had a lot of momentum, winning the IC title, tagging w/ Shawn, but getting injured and losing popularity, Big T went nowhere.
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Post by Wuffles on Mar 17, 2010 22:07:48 GMT -5
Def Elijah Burke, I thought he was a damn good wrestler who really should of been used better.
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