WCW and ECW talent who had WWF potential but never came over

[cassonova]

Oct 19, 2022 18:10:23 GMT -5 Nosnorb said:

Amish Roadkill. Dude was incredibly agile for his size and could go, but was stuck with a comedy gimmick and reportedly Vince didn't think he was tall enough.

But Anthony Polaski, good enough to be in the talks to beat the Undertaker.

[fw91]

not a wrestler, but "Sinister Minister" James Mitchell

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Oct 19, 2022 18:10:23 GMT -5 Nosnorb said:

Amish Roadkill. Dude was incredibly agile for his size and could go, but was stuck with a comedy gimmick and reportedly Vince didn't think he was tall enough.

Bruce recently mentioned him and stated that he could absolutely go but would crap the bed in front of important people or when it mattered. In training he said he thought he was going to be a huge star.

[GodzillaIsMyMonster]

Oct 19, 2022 16:45:28 GMT -5 Eddie Brock said:

Scott Norton in 1995 WWF as heel "arm wrestling champion of the world." I imagine matches with Bret, Razor, and the likes.

I love Scott Norton.

If he shows up in WWF during the "New Generation" era he's a monster heel upper Mid card occasionally main event. I salivate at him vs Undertaker and Bret.

Imagine him in his prime during the "Ruthless Aggression" Era? Norton vs Brock? Norton vs Cena?

[CMWaters]

Oct 19, 2022 22:04:06 GMT -5 GodzillaIsMyMonster said:

Oct 19, 2022 16:45:28 GMT -5 Eddie Brock said:

Scott Norton in 1995 WWF as heel "arm wrestling champion of the world." I imagine matches with Bret, Razor, and the likes.

I love Scott Norton.

If he shows up in WWF during the "New Generation" era he's a monster heel upper Mid card occasionally main event. I salivate at him vs Undertaker and Bret.

Imagine him in his prime during the "Ruthless Aggression" Era? Norton vs Brock? Norton vs Cena?

Change history. Scott Norton wins King of the Ring 95 instead of Mabel, and faces Diesel at that year's SummerSlam.

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

I think there’s only once answer to this:

[CMWaters]

Oct 19, 2022 23:44:33 GMT -5 KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! said:

I think there’s only once answer to this:

Might have been a better fate for him than this.

[Sephiroth]

Oct 19, 2022 18:00:32 GMT -5 Marvelous1LUFC said:

Elix Skipper would have been great as a cruiserweight champion

Heyman has claimed that at the time ECW lost its tineslit on TNN he tried to negotiate a deal with USA and was chasing pay per view providers for unpaid revenue. In my personal alternate universe canon, ECW gets those lifelines and manages to drag on for a year or two but still ultimately folds-but does enjoy s brief surge of interest thanks in no small part to a windfall of WCW stars helping to make up for the talent drain they had lost to WWE. Epic Skipper would absolutely be one such name to find a home in a revamped ECW.

[kingoftheindies]

Oct 19, 2022 21:05:36 GMT -5 @slickrickstyles said:

Oct 19, 2022 18:10:23 GMT -5 Nosnorb said:

Amish Roadkill. Dude was incredibly agile for his size and could go, but was stuck with a comedy gimmick and reportedly Vince didn't think he was tall enough.

Bruce recently mentioned him and stated that he could absolutely go but would crap the bed in front of important people or when it mattered. In training he said he thought he was going to be a huge star.

Yeah I want to say it was Nova/Simon Dean in his shoot that talked about Roadkill's time in development as Antoni Polaski and how he got a big head because of Bruce hyping him up so much and he became a headache for everybody. According to Nova I guess Bruce was pitching Roadkill for a call up to feud with Taker, and when WWE officials took a look at him, they were insanely disappointed and Bruce got a lot of heat for that.

[The Dark Order Inferno]

Wasn't Amish Roadkill the master of being injured whenever there was a round of cuts coming, so got a much longer run than he otherwise would have? I guess if Bruce was a big supporter, that'd be why.