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Post by Judas Heyman on Feb 21, 2009 17:37:38 GMT -5
I personally believe RoH is the current training wheel of the industry. In the 90's it was ECW....before ECW it was GWF (I suppose as a lot of talented guys came out of that fed). Do you remember more such federations with amazing talent which were later on signed to WCW/WWE and became huge stars.
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Post by livetowin on Feb 21, 2009 17:44:36 GMT -5
Yes. Yes I do.
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Post by C2THAJ is a pretty princess on Feb 21, 2009 17:51:52 GMT -5
alot of people in WWF went on to join WWE
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Post by eDemento2099 on Feb 21, 2009 18:48:30 GMT -5
I don't think "Training wheels" is a good term to use, as it implies that guys who left ECW for the WWF didn't know what they were doing / didn't put as much effort into their matches while in ECW. I've found that many wrestlers who went from ECW to the WWF stopped putting as much effort into their matches. I've seen it happen with RVD, and Jerry Lynn confessed in a shoot interview that the WWF told him to water down his wrestling because he was constantly 'upstaging' the WWF's home-grown talent.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Feb 21, 2009 20:12:36 GMT -5
I don't think "Training wheels" is a good term to use, as it implies that guys who left ECW for the WWF didn't know what they were doing / didn't put as much effort into their matches while in ECW. I've found that many wrestlers who went from ECW to the WWF stopped putting as much effort into their matches. I've seen it happen with RVD, and Jerry Lynn confessed in a shoot interview that the WWF told him to water down his wrestling because he was constantly 'upstaging' the WWF's home-grown talent. He also mentions that about his WCW run as Mr. JL, and Jericho confirmed that part of the story in his book. |
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Post by Red Impact on Feb 21, 2009 20:23:09 GMT -5
The training wheel of the WWE is FCW, and OVW/DSW before that. Like ED said, I don't think it's the best term. The indy's are in themselves separate entities and any analogy that would make them a fluid part of the WWE isn't really doing them justice.
The way I see it, if the WWE is the MLB, FCW is AAA Ball. The indies are more Nippon Professional Baseball or the Negro League. They're not as prestigious or profitable, but are filled with great talent of their own. They also play a different style of game with different emphasis. Most won't make the transition. Some may make it, but find it's not the same game and won't work as well. Some will make the translation well and go on to major stardom.
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helped $lim jinx NXT. Woops
