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Post by Boy Wonder on Feb 23, 2015 11:18:44 GMT -5
I was going to point out the same thing that Punksnotdead did, Michelle McCool used that same move for years and all those glorified models that she wrestled took the move just fine.
WWE didn't want AJ so he went to New Japan and become the hottest star in the world. End of story. Vince let his pride get in the way of money, per usual.
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Post by Calcifer Boheme on Feb 23, 2015 11:38:34 GMT -5
I think the problem isn't that 37 is old, just that it's old to be starting over, which is essentially what he would be doing if h went to WWE. It would be nice if they would acknowledge his past and just bring him in as a star, but since that won't happen he'd just as well off not going. Plus his work in NJPW is amazing.
That said, I will be incredibly happy if he ever does sign.
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Post by torriefan4life on Feb 23, 2015 11:45:36 GMT -5
I don't get the big age thing. Some of the older guys can put on far better matches than the young guys. WWE is/was Sports Entertainment and in the world of Sports Entertainment anything can happen. Look at WM XIX when Hogan and Vince wrestled, was it a classic "wrestling" match? No, but did it have the crowd going more crazy than anything else did on that great show? Yes! I'm all for the young guys getting chances, but some of you want to sweep some guys out way before their time is up.
Now as for AJ in WWE, I would love to see it happen but I sadly don't think we will ever see him in WWE.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2015 11:46:21 GMT -5
It would take some very maticulous booking to make AJ's debut work in WWE, where does he fall on the card? He's not really proven himself to the WWE, but he doesn't have time to be built from the ground up.
It could work, but WWE would have to have 100% faith in him and push him to the moon right off the bat.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2015 13:08:10 GMT -5
It would take some very maticulous booking to make AJ's debut work in WWE, where does he fall on the card? He's not really proven himself to the WWE, but he doesn't have time to be built from the ground up. It could work, but WWE would have to have 100% faith in him and push him to the moon right off the bat. The only thing I can think of, is doing one set of NXT tapings plus a live special and then call up. He doesn't have the name value to debut and main event immediately. Short run with the IC title and then a main event feud could work. Even then though, they'd be about six months into his run roughly. He'd have to booked literally perfect to make it work.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2015 13:56:10 GMT -5
It would take some very maticulous booking to make AJ's debut work in WWE, where does he fall on the card? He's not really proven himself to the WWE, but he doesn't have time to be built from the ground up. It could work, but WWE would have to have 100% faith in him and push him to the moon right off the bat. The only thing I can think of, is doing one set of NXT tapings plus a live special and then call up. He doesn't have the name value to debut and main event immediately. Short run with the IC title and then a main event feud could work. Even then though, they'd be about six months into his run roughly. He'd have to booked literally perfect to make it work. I think even putting him NXT at his age would be a step back for him (no where near worth it), they need to keep him off TV until his debut, maybe do some dark matches at house shows or just work him at the performance centre to make sure he can mesh with the style. I think he'd need to debut in an interference and feud with a big name (like Cena or Orton) and go over them. Like I said, it would require 100% faith in him from WWE's part, and a very tight schedule. It could be worth it, but all the stars would have to align.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2015 13:59:09 GMT -5
The only thing I can think of, is doing one set of NXT tapings plus a live special and then call up. He doesn't have the name value to debut and main event immediately. Short run with the IC title and then a main event feud could work. Even then though, they'd be about six months into his run roughly. He'd have to booked literally perfect to make it work. I think even putting him NXT at his age would be a step back for him (no where near worth it), they need to keep him off TV until his debut, maybe do some dark matches at house shows or just work him at the performance centre to make sure he can mesh with the style. I think he'd need to debut in an interference and feud with a big name (like Cena or Orton) and go over them. Like I said, it would require 100% faith in him from WWE's part, and a very tight schedule. It could be worth it, but all the stars would have to align. It'd be extremely difficult to pull off. If HHH were running the show right now, I might have some faith they could do a debut like that with somebody like Styles, but Vince? There's just no chance he could pull it off.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2015 14:04:32 GMT -5
I think even putting him NXT at his age would be a step back for him (no where near worth it), they need to keep him off TV until his debut, maybe do some dark matches at house shows or just work him at the performance centre to make sure he can mesh with the style. I think he'd need to debut in an interference and feud with a big name (like Cena or Orton) and go over them. Like I said, it would require 100% faith in him from WWE's part, and a very tight schedule. It could be worth it, but all the stars would have to align. It'd be extremely difficult to pull off. If HHH were running the show right now, I might have some faith they could do a debut like that with somebody like Styles, but Vince? There's just no chance he could pull it off. Well I doubt Vince would bring a TNA-made guy and push him to the moon in a hurry. Frankly it needs to be done now for this to happen, he's 37 so the window for him to have any kind of meaningful run in the company is closing very soon. He isn't Sting.
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