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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2007 19:42:51 GMT -5
I miss the more comedic side of Christian, but he certainly has proven himself in the TNA main event.
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Post by Hulk With A Mustache on Nov 14, 2007 19:56:03 GMT -5
Christian is at the top of the list. Other wrestlers who have shed the WWE label are Tomko, Christy Hemme, Gail Kim, and Matt Morgan.
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Post by Dynamite Kid on Nov 14, 2007 20:03:33 GMT -5
Enough of them for it to piss me off when people just say TNA is full of ex-WWE guys. Virtually ANYONE is ex-something,
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Post by plushtar on Nov 14, 2007 20:24:46 GMT -5
Christian Gail Kim Kurt (in progress) Tomko Steiners (never really were mostly WWF/E) Kaz (see Steiners) Hemme (improved quicker than Christian surprisingly)
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Post by eDemento2099 on Nov 14, 2007 21:56:00 GMT -5
What about D-Lo brown, or AJ styles?
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Post by Rube on Nov 14, 2007 22:18:22 GMT -5
Definitely Christian. When I see him, I see TNA. What about D-Lo brown, or AJ styles? Styles never had an ex-WWE or even WCW label.
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Post by Reverend BTY on Nov 14, 2007 22:24:16 GMT -5
I disagree with Christian being at the top of the list. He has been "TNA'd" and has done better, but I still look at him and remember his WWE stuff first. Same goes for Kurt Angle. At the top, I would put Ron "The Truth" Killings. He went from WWE Heat to TNA beginner, to NWA Champion, twice. Not only that but I found his time as NWA champ enjoyable for the most part. It also didn't have that "Oh my god! We stole him from WWE" feel of guys like Jeff Hardy or Angle.
Another person at the top of my list would be Gail Kim. Although she was Women's champ in WWE, I always saw it as a fluke win and she did pretty much nothing after that. I feel in TNA that she made more of a name for herself. Same can be said of Tomko, minus the WWE Women's champ reign.
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Post by Andrew is Good on Nov 14, 2007 22:26:09 GMT -5
Christian Cage definitely. Ron Killings I think shed the ex-WWE label years ago, so I guess he doesn't really count. BG James did for awhile til he started the VKM thing. That's one reason I hated it too, because BG was a TNA star for awhile.
Tomko really have gained a whole new persona since joining TNA. Rhino was known as an ECW guy, but I think he's TNA'd himself. Gail Kim as mentioned before, Christy Hemme I feel has done a good job of it.
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Post by darbus alan on Nov 14, 2007 23:05:24 GMT -5
Christian and Tomko, definitely.
I still associate Angle with WWE first, personally. Mainly because of his success with McMahonland.
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Post by jameson34656 on Nov 14, 2007 23:24:41 GMT -5
Definitely Christian. When I see him, I see TNA. What about D-Lo brown, or AJ styles? Styles never had an ex-WWE or even WCW label. Well, I don't know about most people here, but I saw AJ Styles as an ex-WCW mid-carder type of guy for a few years before I realized just how good of a wrestler he was.
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Post by Mongo & Pepe: Back in Black on Nov 15, 2007 1:59:08 GMT -5
Definitely Christian. When I see him, I see TNA. Styles never had an ex-WWE or even WCW label. Well, I don't know about most people here, but I saw AJ Styles as an ex-WCW mid-carder type of guy for a few years before I realized just how good of a wrestler he was. He only worked for WCW for around a month. I see Kazarian as a former WCW guy, I didn't even know he was in the E until I saw it mentioned here. But Christian wins this award. I didn't know Kaz was ever in WCW.
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Post by YouStayClassy on Nov 15, 2007 2:20:37 GMT -5
Cage, Tomko, and possibly Rhino. But Rhino I will always equate to ECW. Same with the Dudleys. Completely agree on all counts.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2007 13:59:28 GMT -5
Tomko, mainly because he's having more success now than he had in WWE. I think that's the drawing point of this topic.
Not just title-wise, but the fact they're actually doing something with him.
If Jeff Jarrett were on more often, I would think he'd be the hands-down winner.
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Post by @TenaciousBe on Nov 15, 2007 14:18:06 GMT -5
Enough of them for it to piss me off when people just say TNA is full of ex-WWE guys. Virtually ANYONE is ex-something, Exactly my thought. People call them "ex-WWE" like it's a bad thing. It's not like anyone started in TNA, save for gimmick stuff like Pacman. Everybody is ex-WWE, ex-WCW, ex-ROH, ex-IWA, ex-backyard, ex-something. Maybe I'm just a brainwashed mark, but I don't see ex-anything when I look at these guys. I see TNA guys., every last one of 'em. Even on their debut, like Booker on Sunday. I can still respect their history, but I don't see anybody as a "WWE castoff." I just see them as people who didn't fit with the E, and have found their niche in TNA.
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Nov 15, 2007 14:52:51 GMT -5
Tomko, mainly because he's having more success now than he had in WWE. I think that's the drawing point of this topic. Technically you could say that Rhino is more successful in TNA than in WWE because he won the NWA Title for a couple of days, but he was still the same wrestler. Tomko is different in that he's improved all aspects of his game and seems much more legit than in his WWE tenure, where he was just another generic tattooed hoss with bad mic skills.
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Post by The Lodger on Nov 15, 2007 18:33:09 GMT -5
I think Christian has benefitted the most from TNA, and honestly, I think of all the guys, he deserved it, Booker and Kurt and Sting all had been main eventers, not Christian. Lord knows he has the talent. If this thing between him and Styles turns into a match, I might actually have to watch TNA.
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Post by BrodietheSlayer on Nov 15, 2007 21:41:32 GMT -5
Christian, Matt Morgan, and Killings
And....that's really about it.
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Post by Aaron E. Dangerously on Nov 15, 2007 22:02:35 GMT -5
I have to agree with several of the posters here and say hands down Christian. Cage has really stepped up his game, both in ring and out, since jumping to TNA a couple of years back. Ditto. But I think a lot of that has to do with them getting over the fact that "saviors" from WWE could be heels. And for most of the ex-WWEers over there, they work better as heels.
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Post by kittylimits on Nov 15, 2007 22:22:47 GMT -5
I forgot Gail Kim was in WWE.
So she must be pretty high up there on this list, eh?
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Post by J-Man R. on Nov 15, 2007 22:48:44 GMT -5
Christian Cage Tomko Gail Kim Christie Hemme Ron Killings There is one person people forgot, but while he was with them Brother Runt.
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