If you could only keep 5 out of 10 of these guys..

[psychokiller]

If you could only keep 5 of these guys who would you keep, and who would you get rid of & why?

And by the way, I chose mostly guys who people are mixed on to make it interesting because If I added someone like Brock or Chris Jericho the results would be obvious.

[Loki-A-Go-Go!]

Alberto Del Rio
Kofi Kingston
Lord Tensai
Mark Henry
The Miz

[Mayonnaise]

Otunga, Kingston, Tensai, Henry, and Ted Jr. Tough deciding between Tensai and Show but went with Tensai since he's fresher. The rest either have great characters or are great in the ring.

[MrBRulzOK]

Del Rio, Big Show, Tensai, Mark Henry, and... David Otunga.

Swagger and Kofi, let's face it, are damaged goods. If you really wanted to do something with them they would need a long hiatus to freshen them up. R-Truth is pretty much nothing as a babyface and I think it's too late to turn him heel again, The Miz hasn't really done anything to make him stand out recently, and DiBiase I just don't see as anything more than a competent babyface.

[mizerable]

I couldn't even choose 5...

[slappy]

I'd keep them all. However, if I had to chose 5, I'd choose Del Rio, Otunga, Swagger, Henry and Miz.

[psychokiller]

Apr 5, 2012 0:58:29 GMT -5 mizerable said:

I couldn't even choose 5...

Lol, who'd you choose then?

[Pickled Egg]

Henry
Show
Kofi
Tensai
Dibiase

[Bub (BLM)]

Otunga, Henry, Tensai, Miz, and Kofi. I'd be sad to see a few of the other go, but Big Show can f*** off.

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

I picked ADR, Tensai, Jack Swagger, The Miz and Kofi Kingston. Those are the five with the biggest long term upsides, in my opinion.

[mystikz]

Henry - been a really good beast lately
Truth - still pretty good but shouldn't have turned face
Otunga - Mr Laurinatis needs a coffee man
Kofi - I wouldn't give up on him yet
Miz - I don't know why I voted him really. he's been shit lately. the rest wasn't overly appealing.


the rest

Swagger - meh? don't really care. looks stupid with the haircut.
Big Show - I lose interest in matches with Big Slow in them. he seems even more slow and plodding lately.
Tensai - he's better but the name/gimmick doesn't have lasting power
DiBiase - DUD
Del Rio - beyond boring. I'd rather never see him again.

[psychokiller]

I had a hard time myself choosing 5 but I decided on:

Alberto Del Rio
David Otunga
Lord Tensai
Mark Henry
R-Truth

I really really wanted to keep Big Show but I really couldn't get rid of Henry or Otunga, since they are doing the best work of their careers at the moment. R-Truth can easily turn heel again and be one of my favorites like he was last year so I had to keep him. Jack Swagger I wouldn't even notice if he was gone. Kofi is just decent to me, but it wouldn't really bother me if he was gone either. The Miz I wanted to keep as well, but the other 5 are just more entertaining to me overall. I honestly wouldn't notice with Ted either if he was gone. I don't mind him, but I couldn't choose him to stay.

[Some Guy]

Lord Tensai- one of the best big men in the world and has some freshness to him still
Alberto Del Rio- Damn good in the ring and probably the best gimmick match guy in the WWE right now
Jack Swagger- still have total faith in him and think he should be much higher than he is right now
David Otunga- getting better and better in the ring and is just entertaining on the mic/backstage skits
Kofi Kingston- perfect midcard face, and is capable of being more if Orton doesn't shout at him in the middle of the ring

Really want to say R Truth because I love the man as a heel, but he is just so boring as a face and they keep bringing him back there. Henry is also pretty damn amazing, but he's injured far too often and is nearing the end. I don't mind Ted DiBiase, but he's pretty much replaceable at this point. The Miz is fine for what he is, but he tends to be used beyond what he should be and he doesn't have the skills/potential that the other five guys have. Finally, I really just can't stand Big Show at this point.

[Deleted]

Otunga, Henry, Big Show (mostly because they really need as many faces that people care about as they can get), Miz, and Kofi. Tough to let some of those guy like DiBiase and Swagger, but those others are more relevant.

[mizerable]

Apr 5, 2012 1:00:57 GMT -5 psychokiller said:

Lol, who'd you choose then?

Truth
Kingston
Henry
Otunga

I like Big Show, but it's time that he should be winding down his career. Tensai...eh, I know it's too early to say, but I'm not feeling it. Yeah, he could make it work, but I'm not seeing it...I wish he was just A-Train again. Dibiase...the dude just isn't going to make it, at least right now. He should go to Japan, hone his craft and character and come back when he's ready. Swagger has been given many chances and just doesn't cut it, hell Del Rio is getting close to Swagger levels of opportunities. And finally...Miz. Yeah, I know, but I just don't think the guy is worthy of the spot that he has..and with the exception of maybe 7 or 8 people, he's probably the least interesting guy on the roster for me.

I would have put Kane in the poll as well. I think he's on the same level as Big Show, at least as far as exposure.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

The Miz- I honestly think that the guy, if given good material to work with, could be money. I really went back and forth between choosing him and Show but I feel that Miz has the bigger upside to him.

Lord Tensai- He just debuted so there's a lot of possibilities in terms of what could be done with him.

Henry- He is (or at least was) one of the most credible heels on the roster so I'd keep him.

R-Truth- His team with Kofi Kingston would be useful in rejuvenating the tag division since they'd be the only really over team on the roster.

Kofi Kingston- Same as above except replace the words "Kofi Kingston" with "R-Truth".

[Andy Martin]

Otunga
Tensai
Henry
Miz
TDJ

[Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks]

In no particular order:

Kofi Kingston
Ted Dibiase Jr.
Lord Tensai
Mark Henry
R-Truth

[rnrk supports BLM]

Alberto del Rio: Talented, but has underachieved in spite of the big pushes he's received. Fortunately, this doesn't specify that Ricardo would be released along with him, since he's an invaluable asset. RELEASE

Big Show: An established name who's still left on the fulltime, active roster. Until WWE succeeds in building a bunch of new guys into stars, they need to cling to the few guys like this who still wrestle regularly. KEEP

David Otunga: Has potential, but if guys absolutely MUST be cut, the ones who are contributing right now take precedence over the guys who may or may not be able to do so in the future. RELEASE

Jack Swagger: A good hand to have around, but he's already proved that he's not going move beyond that, and there are plenty of good hands to have around. RELEASE

Kofi Kingston: A perpetual midcarder, but one who's consistently over and sells t-shirts and merch. Also nice to have a black guy who isn't either a large monster or a thug/rapper from the streets. KEEP

Lord Tensai: He's 39 and he's just debuted, for all intents and purposes. He'll still need to be built up and even after that happens, his age means he'll only be a short-term draw to use to get other guys over when they beat him. RELEASE

Mark Henry: Like Lord Tensai, except that they've already spent the time necessary to establish him as a credible threat and see if his act can get over with the crowds. And it has. Spectacularly. KEEP

R-Truth: One of the most charismatic men in WWE today. That he's as over as he is with the dead end gimmick he's currently saddled with says a lot about his abilities. Got more over as a main eventer after two months of a half-hearted push than del Rio or the Miz could do with over a year apiece spent being carefully groomed for it. KEEP

The Miz: Should he be at the top of the card, in Wrestlemania main events? Certainly not. But he's great at making promotional appearances at non-wrestling media events, and he's shown a willingness to work the Cena-like schedule of constantly promoting the WWE product. For my last pick, it was down between him, Otunga, and Tensai, but ultimately I decided he'd be the one to KEEP

Ted Dibiase, Junior: Out of all the ten men on this list, he's the only one who I can safely say that even if it wasn't essential to release several wrestlers, keeping him on the WWE payroll would still be an unnecessary drain, because he contributes nothing. RELEASE

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

Del Rio: Just not interesting in any way with this character. He seems like he has potential but this character he has now is just not doing him any favors I think. I'd release him and tell him to hone his craft elsewhere and come up with a better character on his own.

Kingston: He still has some potential, but he's almost damaged goods by this point with the amount of stop/start pushes he's received. I'd let him go sadly....Scratch that. First, I'd keep him with Truth to see how that would work out before I think about doing that.

Tensai: Just debuted, I'd give him time and let him hit all his big moves in his squashes, not just the Baldo bomg.

Henry: Drew great ratings as champion and is very entertaining, I'd reduce his schedule if he gets hurt again, but wouldn't pull him off completly.

Miz: I still see something in him. Give him another midcard push to help him out.

Otunga: Guy's really picked it up character-wise and seems to be steadily improving in the ring, I'd keep him.

Ted Jr: I'd release him and let him go to Japan to improve himself like others have. He's just not cutting it during this run in WWE.

Big Show: He's just not that interesting anymore. There are only so many times he can play the sympathetic babyface before it gets really old. I'd pull him aside and say thanks for everything Show, but your time has come.

Swagger: Between the stop/start pushes and the fact that he's just not that good, it's time to go.

Truth: Very entertaining, great personality, keep him and turn him heel again. Just because he was gone for 30 days doesn't mean you had to turn him face. That or keep his tag team with Kofi.