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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jun 6, 2016 20:13:37 GMT -5
Jack Swagger? He should've been the next Gary Albright/Scott Steiner but he's jobbing to Baron Corbin on Superstars instead. Seriously. Dude could probably be the face or at least a strong face/heel of a company somewhere. Hell, given his amateur credentials he could've even done decent in UFC/MMA with the right training.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jun 6, 2016 20:14:25 GMT -5
oh no, we'll be at this all week *leaves thread*
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jun 6, 2016 20:39:34 GMT -5
Colt Cabana. The guy accomplished absolutely dick in WWE, but he's a good wrestler and very charismatic. Easily could have been as successful as Santino.
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Post by ToyfareMark on Jun 6, 2016 21:03:55 GMT -5
I think Billy Gunn is a contender. Sure he had tag team success, but he was a very talented wrestler who could just never get over the hump as a singles guy.
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Post by "Hollywood" Cactus Matt on Jun 7, 2016 0:34:09 GMT -5
Al Snow. Could of been IC champ or Tag champ 99/00. He and Mankind were Tag champs in 2000 I think.
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Post by Starshine on Jun 7, 2016 0:39:11 GMT -5
Probably someone we've never heard of.
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Post by The Ichi on Jun 7, 2016 5:16:32 GMT -5
Jeff Hardy is a pretty good answer. Not that he wasn't accomplished, but if he kept his demons in check I honestly think he's the one guy that could have given Cena trouble for the top spot. Instead...well, I don't have to link THAT recent TNA segment again.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jun 7, 2016 6:01:11 GMT -5
Monty Brown had every quality WWE looks for in main event talent. Granted, it's neither Monty or WWE's fault he didn't, but he's a name that fits quite well here.
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Post by trollrogue on Jun 7, 2016 6:27:08 GMT -5
Paul Burchill's pirate gimmick
Shane Helms (he only held the light-heavyweight title even after The Rock put him over)
Rusev kinda (should still be undefeated, or at the very least better than barely beating Kallisto for a second run at the US title, only to mirror the fueds he's already won against Jack Swagger and Titus O Neil)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2016 6:58:26 GMT -5
He's had an excellent career but the 'lost years' of 1999-2001 cost Big Show the chance to be 'the guy' for a time which considering his youth, talent and size during those years he should have had it locked up, a mixture of bad luck (better competition) and his own fault (too many cheeseburgers) put paid to him ever becoming a Rock/Cena/Austin type icon.
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Post by booman on Jun 7, 2016 7:32:30 GMT -5
Monty Brown had every quality WWE looks for in main event talent. Granted, it's neither Monty or WWE's fault he didn't, but he's a name that fits quite well here. I was going with Hardy until this post. You nailed it.
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Jun 7, 2016 7:54:56 GMT -5
I'd have a tough time putting Jeff Hardy in that class. He's held the world and Wwe titles held countless secondary and tag titles. Wrestled in WWE for a decade great charisma, sad on the mic and more of a spot monkey than great wrestler.
If Jeff Hardy's career is considered to be that of an underachiever what's a good career considered?
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jun 7, 2016 7:58:26 GMT -5
In terms of WWE? I have to say Meng/Haku considering I'm pretty sure he could have killed every WWE Champion there has ever been with a fingernail...
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Post by Ash Kingston on Jun 7, 2016 8:09:34 GMT -5
That "Tera Ryzing" feller from WCW never really amounted to much, did he?
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Post by Amazing Kitsune on Jun 7, 2016 8:11:44 GMT -5
Probably somebody who never really broke into the upper midcard due to a gimmick or just general disinterest by management. It's really hard, because it's easy to just dismiss midcarders as getting exactly what they deserved. Everybody can't be world champion.
At the same time, late career successes like JBL and Mark Henry kind of prove that a lot of talent are just waiting for the right opportunity to be successful.
I'd suggest a few of the following names--almost all of them had the pure talent to be successful, but were not for a variety of reasons:
(WWE Careers Only.)
Ken Shamrock Val Venis Wade Barrett Cody Rhodes Mr. Kennedy William Regal Jeff Jarrett Doink (Matt Bourne version) Bill Goldberg (Was a world champion, but could have been a lot more) RVD (Was a world Champion, but could have been a lot more) Billy Gunn
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Jun 7, 2016 8:33:21 GMT -5
I'd like to put in another vote, this time for Shane Douglas. The Attitude Era was built on his back as his character inspired Austin, ECW and the Attitude Era in general, but he was nowhere to be seen in the big two until the very end, ravaged by injury and a shell of what he once was. If he could have gritted his teeth and played nice with the Kliq and BSK, or gotten close to the Harts, he would have been a mainstay of the WWF upper midcard/main event scene once Diesel and Razor were off to pastures new, instead he slummed it in a company that was smaller than TNA at it's peak, getting more and more beat up for the promise of a paycheque and by the time WCW offered him fistfuls of cash it was too late. Whatever you think of him as an in-ring talent, the guy had 'it', even with the crappy teacher gimmick he came off as more than just another <occupation> JTTS.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Jun 7, 2016 8:39:32 GMT -5
Jannetty's a good choice, because he's specifically remembered as a joke (the unsuccessful tag team loser guy!) which is worse than being forgotten. Sean Waltman, maybe, for the same reasons? If you wanna go that route, here's a name I'm surprised hasn't come up. Terry Taylor. Good wrestler, decent look, not a bad talked, didn't even make it above the lower midcard once he was made the Rooster even in different companies and a few repackagings.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jun 7, 2016 9:54:41 GMT -5
I'd like to put in another vote, this time for Shane Douglas. The Attitude Era was built on his back as his character inspired Austin, ECW and the Attitude Era in general, but he was nowhere to be seen in the big two until the very end, ravaged by injury and a shell of what he once was. If he could have gritted his teeth and played nice with the Kliq and BSK, or gotten close to the Harts, he would have been a mainstay of the WWF upper midcard/main event scene once Diesel and Razor were off to pastures new, instead he slummed it in a company that was smaller than TNA at it's peak, getting more and more beat up for the promise of a paycheque and by the time WCW offered him fistfuls of cash it was too late. Whatever you think of him as an in-ring talent, the guy had 'it', even with the crappy teacher gimmick he came off as more than just another <occupation> JTTS. The thing I always had a problem with Shane Douglas was he can cut a damn good shoot promo but a lot of people can do that. Shane Douglas a character cutting worked promos is something we really never got to see. However, his talent is undenied and he was a guy u knew always had something to say.
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Post by msc on Jun 7, 2016 10:23:03 GMT -5
There was a time when interviews with OMEGA alumni had a constant where they all agreed who had the most talent and potential in those days. Jason Arndht AKA Joey Abs from The Mean Street Posse.
Despite pushes and titles, I'm convinced Raven and Chris Kanyon never achieved even half of what they might have done.
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Post by Phil Parent on Jun 7, 2016 10:25:08 GMT -5
Drew McIntyre, but I'm not sure it was solely his fault.
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