If TNA went under and WWE brought back DB/EC3

[Lance Uppercut]

Would you want him to come back as DB, the wacky zany face protege of Daniel Bryan who was helping him try to score with the Bella twins and wacky cohort of the Chickbusters and Creepy Johnny Curtis? SUBMISSION WRESTLING!

or

Ethan Carter the Third....

E....C....III

Whoa... whoa... whoa... trouble trouble trouble trouble...

[Urethra Franklin]

I just want the guy back.

Super charismatic with great comedic timing. As of now, he's a huge missed opportunity for the WWE.

To answer the question, though, I really don't have a preference. He does goofball babyface and smarmy heel equally well.

Dude is super-talented.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

He can take pieces of EC3 for his character (maybe CFO$ can ripoff the TROUBLETROUBLETROUBLE theme with something like DANGERDANGERDANGER or something), but he needs to be called "Derrick Bateman" lest he end up getting Tensai'd.

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Rod Mcmahon the second

[wallabylikeyou]

Bring him back as USA Guy.

Or bring him back as anything really, he's great.

[turkeysandwich]

If WWE bought TNA, I want him as EC3. But I would like for him to cut a promo where he acknowledges that he was Derrick Bateman and that Vince made him "hide" the fact that he was the nephew of his rival Dixie. I would want him to acknowledge being Bateman so that he can bring it up in a feud with Bryan. Or even with Cena, and he can do the whole "Nikki was mine before she was yours" Flair/Savage thing, but with EC3 being delusional since they only went one one date.

All I know is I really wish he was in WWE.

[Andrew is Good]

If they bought the trademarks, they should definitely bring him in as ECIII. There is a small audience that knows him and to the rest, you put together videos of him.

[Slingshot Suplay]

Ec III is a better gimmick than DB even without associating him with Dixie.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

Aug 2, 2014 11:25:38 GMT -5 Slingshot Suplay said:

Ec III is a better gimmick than DB even without associating him with Dixie.

The gimmick itself is great but the name "Ethan Carter III" means nothing without the context of Dixie Carter in a position of power.

[PrinceD]

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[Slingshot Suplay]

Aug 2, 2014 11:27:36 GMT -5 CATCH_US IS the Conversation said:

Aug 2, 2014 11:25:38 GMT -5 Slingshot Suplay said:

Ec III is a better gimmick than DB even without associating him with Dixie.

The gimmick itself is great but the name "Ethan Carter III" means nothing without the context of Dixie Carter in a position of power.

The name is more obnoxious than Bateman was, so even without context, it would work because it fits the package. hell, they could say he was related to jimmy carter and he could make it work.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

I have a question about the guy, was he at any point supposed to be Fandango?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjBwLNIyjF4
you can thank me later for the video lol.

[Gravedigger's Biscuits]

Never was a big fan of "Derrick Bateman", so I'd prefer EC3 or a brand new character.

[Malcolm]

Whatever the case may be, just don't try to make him too "aggressive".

[sonofblaine]

Derrick Bateman, but a smarmy EC3 like Bateman who rubs it in everyones face that they dropped the ball and lost him to TNA who utilized him.

[Deleted]

If EC3/Bateman comes back, they need to sign Maxine back. I'd happily re-watch the entire Bateman/Curtis/Maxine saga again on the main roster.

[WesternSloth]

I like EC3. He has come along really well this past year, seemingly being more comfortable out there every week. I'd be all for seeing him return to NXT.

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Aug 2, 2014 3:18:08 GMT -5 CATCH_US IS the Conversation said:

He can take pieces of EC3 for his character (maybe CFO$ can ripoff the TROUBLETROUBLETROUBLE theme with something like DANGERDANGERDANGER or something), but he needs to be called "Derrick Bateman" lest he end up getting Tensai'd.

There would be no danger of that. Tensai was someone who'd been around and prominent for a solid seven years or so, Derrick Bateman was on an Internet-exclusive joke series. It's not like anyone chants, "JOHN-NY CURT-IS!" or "SKIP SHEF-FIELD!", and that last one main-evented a PPV.

[krozor]

Do the most TNA thing possible and bring him back as Derrick "Easy 3" Bateman, claiming he went "somewhere else" to learn to be an even better wrestler, and now people call him "Easy 3" because of how skilled he is at pinning people.

[ayumidah]

As long as he brings Spud with him, heh.

But I do wonder if they would allow him to keep Carter, considering its origins.