Mike "I'm Taking My Wife's Name" Bennett to Smackdown

[Grand Papillon "The Banker"]

www.pwtorch.com/site/2017/04/18/mike-bennett-maria-formerly-tna-roh-headed-wwes-main-roster/

Apparently it's a done deal that he and Maria are going to Smackdown. I can barely contain my excitement

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[eJm]

I'm calling it right now, you are free to quote me if I am wrong.

Six months time, Mike Bennett and Maria are going to be a lot of people's favourite things.

I just have a feeling that, somehow, WWE will get what the best thing to do with them is.

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Maria's back, and on the same show as Nikki?





Huh.

[1 Free Moon-Down with Burger]

Apr 18, 2017 14:38:23 GMT -5 eJm said:

I'm calling it right now, you are free to quote me if I am wrong.

Six months time, Mike Bennett and Maria are going to be a lot of people's favourite things.

I just have a feeling that, somehow, WWE will get what the best thing to do with them is.

They'll have Maria cut shoot promos on Cena and Nikki.

People will fall in love.

[eJm]

Apr 18, 2017 14:39:18 GMT -5 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger said:

Apr 18, 2017 14:38:23 GMT -5 eJm said:

I'm calling it right now, you are free to quote me if I am wrong.

Six months time, Mike Bennett and Maria are going to be a lot of people's favourite things.

I just have a feeling that, somehow, WWE will get what the best thing to do with them is.

They'll have Maria cut shoot promos on Cena and Nikki.

People will fall in love.

I'd mark so hard if that literally ends with Cena peaking from the curtain, Nikki's head below him, saying 'Erm...we just did this a few weeks ago.'

Then Maria goes 'Oh. Really? My bad. RUSEV! WE'RE CALLING YOU AND LANA OUT!'

[Redbeard's Ghost]

I'm stoked for Maria coming back. I've only seen Bennett here and there, but he certainly has the WWE look.

[The Yes Man]

Of all the f***ing people to skip NXT.. this f***ing guy? I slightly like him but what the hell makes him so special? Pretty much all of NXT's recent pick ups would be better suited to skip NXT than him.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

How on earth does Drew McIntyre end up on NXT but Nyquill Bennett get to skip it entirely?

[lionheart21]

I'm surprised that Mike "The Water that tofu is packed in" Bennett is skipping NXT.

[Allie Kitsune]

Mike "Taupe Wallpaper" Bennett in the same company as Drew "Stale Matzos" Gulak and Tony "Silica Gel : Do Not Eat" Nese.

Like Drew Mac used to always say : The Par'e's O'er.

[4real]

Apr 18, 2017 14:42:51 GMT -5 Oh Cry Me a Screwball said:

How on earth does Drew McIntyre end up on NXT but Nyquill Bennett get to skip it entirely?

Because McIntyre is a draw for NXT and will sell tickets just like Roode, Nakamura, Joe etc.

Bennett won't, he'll probably be pushed as the Ellsworth to Maria's Carmella.

[lionelp]

They're going to have to do a hell of a job with the vignettes before he debuts, because otherwise he's going to come out to crickets. The casual SD live audience will have no idea who the hell he is. I don't think they'll pop for Maria either.

[Big Bad Kahuna]

This guy instead of Andrade Almas? Meh

Also, this guy over Adam Cole? Zzzzzz

Hey, this guy over Jay Lethal? Tsk tsk

[Push R Truth]

[Slanted and Enchanted]

I mean, to play Devil's Advocate, Mike Bennet's entire act in the indie circuit has been 'Sports Entertainment Superstar' and he has always carried himself as such. He also looks the part. So of course he's TV-ready. Having a super-popular former star like Maria by your side will only help matters because did anyone expect her to go to NXT?

Don't get me wrong, guys like Roode/Nakamura/Joe etc are of course way more talented and even have more TV experience but as mentioned they're huge draws for NXT's ticket sales.

[Grand Papillon "The Banker"]

Apr 18, 2017 14:50:07 GMT -5 lionelp said:

They're going to have to do a hell of a job with the vignettes before he debuts, because otherwise he's going to come out to crickets. The casual SD live audience will have no idea who the hell he is. I don't think they'll pop for Maria either.

His gimmick if they want to do this right should play off him skipping NXT. Bennett can play entitled douche marginally well. Let him and Maria brag about being too good for NXT. Sets up feuds with Dillinger, Zayn, and even top guys later like Nakamura if he gets over enough.

Him skipping NXT only makes sense if they plan on using it or if they were just afraid debuting him in front of Full Sail and whatever reaction they would give him would be detrimental to how people who don't already know who he is would respond.

[Mid-Carder]

[yash305]

Where exactly do you go with this one??? he's painfully average in the ring so he's not going to have 5 star matches,miz does his shtick better then he does carmella does maria's shtick better then she does where do you go with him

[Lancers]