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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 3, 2016 15:09:33 GMT -5
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Post by moondoggie on Sept 3, 2016 15:25:35 GMT -5
Lex Luger
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Post by Dub H on Sept 3, 2016 15:32:15 GMT -5
Swagger Run was fine.
Now add Sheamus,Del Rio , Tensai...
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Sept 3, 2016 15:48:33 GMT -5
Scott Steiner. Nothing about him screamed main event and it certainly showed. They hired him knowing full well he had dropfoot and required surgery to wrestle, but put him out there anyway as they needed another big name to lay down for Triple H. |
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Post by sternrogers01 on Sept 3, 2016 16:00:21 GMT -5
Mr. Kennedy is a prime candidate for this. On the verge so many times but had rotten luck going for him all the way up to his release. Got his due in TNA, but...well...it's TNA.
Kofi also should get a mention for that brief brush with Orton in 2009 that could have grew him were it not for "STUPID" gate.
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Post by sarkerpolseng on Sept 3, 2016 16:21:43 GMT -5
Lashley.
He is great now, but back in 2007....
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Post by bob on Sept 3, 2016 16:41:26 GMT -5
The Great Khali, Lord Tensai, King Mabel, Lex Luger, Zeus, Diesel, Alberto Del Rio, Sheamus, Nathan Jones, Mordecai, The Executioner, Billy Gunn, Ken Shamrock
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Post by taker1990 on Sept 3, 2016 17:01:24 GMT -5
Going with one that hasn't been said Rikishi running down Austin.
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Post by r. on Sept 3, 2016 17:34:46 GMT -5
Was that Kofi Orton feud main event? Then Kofi
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Sept 3, 2016 17:47:45 GMT -5
Was that Kofi Orton feud main event? Then Kofi It was "busy work for Orton because we ran Cena/Orton into the ground and there's no one else for him to face". |
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Post by 543Y2J on Sept 3, 2016 17:52:06 GMT -5
Vladmir Kozlov always comes to mind in threads like this. My first thought |
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Post by Big Bad Kahuna on Sept 3, 2016 18:34:25 GMT -5
Yeah whoever thought Kozlov needs a huge rushed push is an idiot (yeah it was Vince)
Same with Khali. Looked like an 80s relict when guys could draw just with their menacing look
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Post by BigAl on Sept 3, 2016 21:06:54 GMT -5
The Great Khali, Lord Tensai, King Mabel, Lex Luger, Zeus, Diesel, Alberto Del Rio, Sheamus, Nathan Jones, Mordecai, The Executioner, Billy Gunn, Ken Shamrock yes , yes and yes on MORDECAI and EXECUTIONER |
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Post by TheMediocreWarrior on Sept 3, 2016 21:18:58 GMT -5
I wonder if Tensai could have worked if they had just stuck with him being Albert, and implied that he got way tougher while wrestling in Japan.
Out of all of these, I'm the most disappointed in Tensai not working out. I thought he had improved since the A-Train days.
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Post by TGM on Sept 3, 2016 21:25:17 GMT -5
Scott Steiner. Nothing about him screamed main event and it certainly showed. Literally everything about Scott Steiner screams main event. |
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Post by billyvg on Sept 3, 2016 22:35:23 GMT -5
Tom Magee
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Post by schma on Sept 3, 2016 23:01:24 GMT -5
I wonder if Tensai could have worked if they had just stuck with him being Albert, and implied that he got way tougher while wrestling in Japan. Out of all of these, I'm the most disappointed in Tensai not working out. I thought he had improved since the A-Train days. I'd liked Albert for a long time. For a big man he could move and I've always appreciated big wrestlers who moved like much smaller men. I really do think that making him Tensai when his appearance was so recognizable is what did him in. They might have been able to redeem him after Tons of Funk but the Tensai gimmick was dead in the water the moment he appeared. |
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Post by Nickybojelais on Sept 3, 2016 23:57:19 GMT -5
Lex Luger. He either lost (Wrestlemania X) or inconclusively won (Summerslam '93 & Royal Rumble '94) every big match he was in.
Though it shouldn't be a surprise that he failed in his main event push. He wasn't a naturally likeable face, adequate in the ring at best, and an average talker.
I actually think he would have been better off staying as the Narcissist, at least then as a top heel he could have had programmes with Bret, Savage, Razor, Shawn and looked a hell of a lot better in the process.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Sept 4, 2016 0:06:30 GMT -5
Ultimate Warrior.
Beats Hogan.
Smashes through Rude again.
Gets put in 6 man tags with LOD against Demolition.
Refuses to give Macho a title shot.
Slaughter beats him.
Guess it's more of a failed title run really than a main event push, but his act never translated out of IC champ or nothing.
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Post by hargh on Sept 4, 2016 0:14:12 GMT -5
Was that Kofi Orton feud main event? Then Kofi It was "busy work for Orton because we ran Cena/Orton into the ground and there's no one else for him to face". Also "STUPID! STUPID!" |
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