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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Sept 23, 2018 14:59:17 GMT -5
Yeah, I love Dean, but let's not pretend he wasn't anointed from on high pretty damn early, being put into a hot feud with Regal, and a planned main roster debut with no less a name than Mick Foley putting him over before that got shelved. I think Dean can begrudge Lucky a few months of being on top of FCW. Dude for real, Ambrose showed up in mid-2011 and the only reason he was MIA for most of 2012 is because he was right on the cusp on the main roster after a single year. Dude was on the road and in the the WWE summer program book. Shitting on Lucky Cannon a few years after the fact, a guy who faded into nothingness, just sounds mean-spirited. It's also worth noting that Ambrose was one of the first guys, and easily the first truly successful guy, that Triple H went to bat for in terms of getting him hired.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Sept 23, 2018 16:14:06 GMT -5
Yeah, I love Dean, but let's not pretend he wasn't anointed from on high pretty damn early, being put into a hot feud with Regal, and a planned main roster debut with no less a name than Mick Foley putting him over before that got shelved. I think Dean can begrudge Lucky a few months of being on top of FCW. Dude for real, Ambrose showed up in mid-2011 and the only reason he was MIA for most of 2012 is because he was right on the cusp on the main roster after a single year. Dude was on the road and in the the WWE summer program book. Shitting on Lucky Cannon a few years after the fact, a guy who faded into nothingness, just sounds mean-spirited. And would Dean really want to trade what he's done in WWE with being "Mr. Steal Your Girl, Mr. De-Lish"?
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Post by Susan "Poison" Candy on Sept 23, 2018 21:24:33 GMT -5
I don’t know what Calvin Raines is doing now Apparently Russell Walker is wrestling on and off in New Zealand under the name Reuben de Jong
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Post by Hypnosis on Sept 23, 2018 21:31:02 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2018 23:03:49 GMT -5
Real deal? He's just begging to get his sorry ass kicked out on the street.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Sept 23, 2018 23:36:48 GMT -5
^^^^ Braden Walker and a dude who really has to poop?
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Sept 24, 2018 5:12:46 GMT -5
Dude for real, Ambrose showed up in mid-2011 and the only reason he was MIA for most of 2012 is because he was right on the cusp on the main roster after a single year. Dude was on the road and in the the WWE summer program book. Shitting on Lucky Cannon a few years after the fact, a guy who faded into nothingness, just sounds mean-spirited. It's also worth noting that Ambrose was one of the first guys, and easily the first truly successful guy, that Triple H went to bat for in terms of getting him hired. and if we're being honest, I doubt Dean is actually salty about any of that. he was just using Lucky Cannon as an example of how dire things were in developmental at the time. he just as easily could have said "Jacob Novak" or some shit.
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Post by Nosnorb on Sept 24, 2018 9:13:50 GMT -5
^^^^ Braden Walker and a dude who really has to poop? He is half the man Braden Walker was.
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Post by A damn road sign on Sept 24, 2018 11:54:09 GMT -5
^^^^ Braden Walker and a dude who really has to poop? He is half the man Braden Walker was. But does he have half the brain that you do?
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Post by Nosnorb on Sept 24, 2018 12:01:56 GMT -5
He is half the man Braden Walker was. But does he have half the brain that you do? Here's hoping he doesn't knock it out.
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Post by Dub H on Sept 24, 2018 12:09:30 GMT -5
Whatever became of Jacob Novak?
You that guy from the same seasn nxt season as Lucky Cannon which sort...existed?
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Post by Hypnosis on Sept 24, 2018 12:49:20 GMT -5
^^^^ Braden Walker and a dude who really has to poop? He is half the man Braden Walker was.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2018 16:58:54 GMT -5
Some more classic FCW superstars... Sonny Elliot: Fletcher Chase: Leroy Parks: Bobby Dutch: Kris Logan aka Brian Cage aka Wal-Mart Wolverine: And of course... Richie Steamboat’s dog: Seriously what the f*** was going on with developmental before Triple H took over?! Plus remember this guy? He had the rights to the nickname “The Last Outlaw”, and WWE wanted to buy them for The Undertaker to use. Instead of taking the money, he wanted a developmental deal instead? It appears he had exactly 3 matches in FCW. I wonder how his career went afterwards? I’m dying for the Network to get some of the old OVW, DSW, and FCW stuff.
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Sept 24, 2018 17:27:07 GMT -5
Bobby Dutch is actually now Bill Carr, and he's awesome. Team Tremendous seem to have kind of fallen off the radar, but I remember them being very hyped up about 5 years ago.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2018 17:44:28 GMT -5
Ah yes. Dante Dash. Me and my wrestling buddies loved making fun of his large thighs and his large... erm... yeah. He always seemed like a pretty nice dude. I had him on Facebook back in 2013, and he would post thanks to the Florida fans for giving him gifts and such. He's a cop in New Jersey now.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Sept 24, 2018 18:09:03 GMT -5
What about this goober, Leaky was he name I think? Roman Reigns is one of the best repackagings of all time. If the guy would’ve remained as Leakee, he would’ve been released and would’ve retired by now. Even the Worst Samoan Wrestler Ever, Manu, still wrestles (when not repeatedly trying to delete his criminal past from Wikipedia), so I'm sure Leakee would be showing up in WXW every so often.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2018 18:11:35 GMT -5
Whatever became of Jacob Novak? You that guy from the same seasn nxt season as Lucky Cannon which sort...existed? IDK if it was ever outright stated, but I feel like NXT season 4 (and ESPECIALLY Redemption) existed just to kill time before they found another TV deal and could put on that planned 'lost' season with people who they were actually high on (Rollins, Big E., Sandow, Hunico, Bo, and Leo Kruger). Though not in that pic, looks like Xavier and Jinder were going to be in an NXT season as well (official WWE vid): Also, if you look closely at around 1:48, you'll see two other guys, one to the left of Xavier and one to the right of Jinder. Anyone know who they are? Looks like maybe Epico and Briley Pierce (lil Ziggler). Kinda interesting as I guess there were multiple planned/scrapped batches of NXT game show groups. Anyway, point being, those 6 guys in the first pic plus Xavier and Jinder all were clearly held in high regard and eventually made it to the main roster, but in 2010/2011, NOBODY was hyped for people like Johnny Curtis, Jacob Novak, Brodus Clay, and Conor O'Brian. They literally just pulled up some scrubs for the sake of halfassedly keeping the show going.
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Post by Rave on Sept 24, 2018 18:18:16 GMT -5
Whatever became of Jacob Novak? You that guy from the same seasn nxt season as Lucky Cannon which sort...existed? Long since retired. Given the timeframe, he's prob'ly one of the people Cornette mentioned as having soured on wrestling thanks to developmental being so dire.
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Post by agent817 on Sept 24, 2018 21:00:20 GMT -5
I know that this was before Triple H took over, but even some of these guys had some dated looks before they debuted. Some of them look like they would have probably been jobbers in the 2005-2006 Smackdown days.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Sept 24, 2018 21:11:07 GMT -5
^^^ Digging the braids look on Xavier.
I love these "Freaks of FCW" threads that pop up every few years. This one hasn't had enough Nick Rogers aka MR JACKED aka No Bellybutton Dude.
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