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Post by rapidfire187 on Jan 21, 2013 17:20:53 GMT -5
Colin Delaney skipped it.
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Post by Andrew is Good on Jan 21, 2013 17:32:02 GMT -5
Yeah, it's funny, in recent times, he's one of the few that bypassed developmental. R-Truth came in from TNA, but he was working under an early developmental contract before his 2000 debut. Monty Brown came from TNA to WWE without any developmental. Matt Striker was signed after that whole debacle with him taking sick days to wrestle. And I think Sin Cara would be another one. |
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Post by PKO on Jan 21, 2013 17:40:49 GMT -5
Kharma skipped FCW.
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Post by Herman The Tosser on Jan 21, 2013 17:50:43 GMT -5
If you're talking recent, I believe Sin Cara bypassed developmental. Seem to recall hearing Bryan had the option of bypassing it, but chose to do a stint in developmental because he didn't want to be seen as better than anybody. I thought that it was because he hadn't wrestled in a bit after signing and waiting for his tests to clear and he wanted to shake off the ring rust. Maybe it was both though. I think you're right. I seem to recall he was told he would skip developmental when he signed (which was partly why he didn't sign sooner, I believe - he was making more on the indies & Japan than he would on a WWE Developmental deal), but it was a while between him signing and debting on NXT, so after a dark match with Chavo Guerrero he felt rusty so he asked to work in FCW to keep busy and shake off the ring rust until WWE was ready to put him on TV. I think his FCW debut was actually as Bryan Danielson, against Kaval. All of that said, wasn't he in whatever territory WWE had in Memphis at one point? He was still pretty green then though. |
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 21, 2013 18:03:47 GMT -5
Sin Cara, largely to his detriment.
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Post by Snowman on Jan 21, 2013 18:09:02 GMT -5
What about Snitsky? I always thought he was brought in as a one of jobber who caught a break.
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Post by 543Y2J on Jan 21, 2013 18:19:57 GMT -5
Daniel Bryan could have skipped it, but he wanted to go and have a few matches/weeks there just to make sure he is was used to the style and what they wanted. I respect him even more for that decision, he didn't rush and he took an opportunity to make sure he thought about his style and making it compatible to WWE (even though he is a clever enough guy and wrestler I doubt he even needed to go there)
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Post by dorf on Jan 21, 2013 19:25:17 GMT -5
What about Snitsky? I always thought he was brought in as a one of jobber who caught a break. He was a jobber for the most part wrestling here and there, before the whole Kane/Lita fiasco. His in for the business was through the Wild Samoans as they were trying to get affiliated with WWE developmental and use Snitsky as their success. |
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Post by kidglov3s on Jan 21, 2013 19:42:06 GMT -5
Zach Gowen skipped OVW but he kinda skips in general. On account of having one leg.
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Post by thegame415 on Jan 21, 2013 19:54:56 GMT -5
Jericho.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jan 21, 2013 20:01:44 GMT -5
Jericho, the Radicalz, and most of the WCW and ECW upper card guys like Booker T, RVD, Tommy Dreamer, and the Dudley Boyz never had to go to OVW.
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Post by YiHammer on Jan 21, 2013 20:03:26 GMT -5
Right, USWA was definitely a developmental-like place, but it wasn't like it is today. I don't think today's style of basically mandatory developmental really came into full swing until like 1998 or so, when they were partnering with HWA, and later Memphis Wrestling. And didn't Alberto Del Rio bypass FCW? No, Del Rio also wrestled in FCW as well. The only ones who skipped developmental were Sin Cara and Kharma. Colin Delaney |
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Post by britishbulldog on Jan 21, 2013 23:26:17 GMT -5
Matt Striker was signed after that whole debacle with him taking sick days to wrestle. And I think Sin Cara would be another one. Striker was FCW champ I believe. |
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Post by Error on Jan 21, 2013 23:28:22 GMT -5
Matt Striker was signed after that whole debacle with him taking sick days to wrestle. And I think Sin Cara would be another one. Striker was FCW champ I believe. No but he did spend time in Deep South while on the main roster. |
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Post by The Gambler Fan on Jan 21, 2013 23:33:54 GMT -5
Knock knock..... Who's there? Braden Walker and he is going to knock your brain.
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Post by britishbulldog on Jan 21, 2013 23:37:52 GMT -5
I stand corrected.
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Post by jcsuperska on Jan 27, 2013 7:08:14 GMT -5
He didn't go to developmental because he had already wrestled in the Hart Foundation. Who was just a new gimmick.
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Post by The Baltimore Staircase on Jan 27, 2013 7:53:19 GMT -5
Daniel Bryan could have skipped it, but he wanted to go and have a few matches/weeks there just to make sure he is was used to the style and what they wanted. I respect him even more for that decision, he didn't rush and he took an opportunity to make sure he thought about his style and making it compatible to WWE (even though he is a clever enough guy and wrestler I doubt he even needed to go there) This is a lot like CM Punk telling them to give him three months to get in proper shape before he'd come work for them. I like that. |
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Post by George. on Jan 27, 2013 9:05:40 GMT -5
Developmental definitely existed back then.
I think Rock started out in Memphis as Flex Kavana before moving up to the main roster.
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Post by The Baltimore Staircase on Jan 27, 2013 9:14:20 GMT -5
Hardly anyone reads threads do they.
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