Most Green Wrestler to Receive a Solid/Big Push?

[thegame415]

I think the Giant was still green when he first came to WCW.

Rene Dupree in 2004 is another one who comes to mind. He got decent heat, but he couldn't work with guys like Booker T, RVD, etc.

[fortknox]

Erik Watts. The kid was only wrestling for 3 months when WCW aka his dad hired him.

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The Giant definitely. WCW World champion despite only beginning training earlier that year.

[RowdyRobbyPiper]

Goldberg was the first guy I thought of.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

Aug 30, 2013 14:52:03 GMT -5 RowdyRobbyPiper said:

Goldberg was the first guy I thought of.

Yeah, him and Giant have to be the frontrunners, IMO.

[chazraps]

If we're talking chronologically and not in terms of quality, doesn't Chuck Palumbo have the record of wrestling only 6 months before debut for WCW?

Otherwise Steve McMichael is probably up there.

Rene Dupree was a case of an absolute wonderkid. His OVW/indie work showed he could generate absurd heat just in the way he would stand. He was thought for sure to be a can't miss prospect and, considering he's the youngest champion and possibly main roster member in the company's history, it speaks volumes how great his work was before his issues began.

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Khali

[derangedhermit]

Zeus has gotta be up there.

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Aug 30, 2013 14:19:37 GMT -5 fortknox said:

Erik Watts. The kid was only wrestling for 3 months when WCW aka his dad hired him.

First to come to mind for me. Watts was probably wrestling's most notorious example of nepotism hurting a guy's career, as his dad tried to make him into a huge star when he was barely out of training.

If you think Cena's STF is the worst ever, I invite you to check out young Erik's version.

[Brood Lone Wolf Funker]

What about Wes Briscoe and Garrett Bischoff

[ricardob]

El Gigante, maybe

[Dave the Dave]

.....sigh. Green Ant

[tms]

David Flair, although I'm not sure he was supposed to be taken seriously to this day. Either way he had no business in the ring in any capacity.

[Raskovnik]

Chris Masters?

[cabbageboy]

Yeah I always thought that David Flair was a parody of Erik Watts. I don't count David though because he was clearly a joke. The problem is that we still had to endure this joke on TV every week with titles no less.

The answer is Watts, all day, every day. Guys like Goldberg and The Giant are different, namely that they got over and were major contributors from the get go. Watts was pushed absurdly hard by his dad in 1992 and he was not ready for it at all and it killed him forever.

[ZombieElvis]

Gotta add Lex Luger to this. Luger got a big push when he was still really green and was lucky Flair carried him to good matches.

[Mozenrath]

Erik Watts has perhaps the worst dropkick I have ever seen.

[ShaolinHandLock]

The Wifebeater only had one or two matches before signing to CZW, and was heavily pushed as a main eventer very quickly.

[TGM]

The Renegade.

Aw yeaaah.

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