They have ZERO plans for EC3 don’t they?

[TheDieselTrain]

More of the same last night looking at himself in the mirror mainly not doing much at all. He even got another new face coming soon moment and they played the same video they’ve shown for weeks. Starting to not really care anymore. Heavy Machinery gets a march. Lacey Evans gets a promo. EC3 does his best Rob Conway impersonation and mostly just looks at himself.

[realist]

Yeah, but to be fair, they have ZERO plans for anyone.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

He’ll probably be in the Rumble, do a promo and everything will be normal.

I do appreciate them trying to vary up the debut routines, though, because normally it’s just... they win a match, then they win another match, then they stop showing up on TV for a few weeks, then they lose a match and everyone’s mad because they didn’t try hard enough with them.

[blissified]

The way they handle NXT guys aside just never cared much for him.

[cabbageboy]

The problem with EC3 in WWE/NXT is that his gimmick has zero context at all. It makes me wonder why they even bothered to let him keep the name since they have done no work to explain who he is. That's been a problem with EC3 since the post Dixie era of TNA. His gimmick is almost entirely reliant on Aunt Dixie being the boss of the company. Once she left TNA TV, note that his push kinda subsided with time and he lost most of his heat. There are ways to get around this without actually putting Dixie Carter on TV, but he almost has to be someone getting a management's favorite type of push.

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

I just need some reason to care about these people other than, 'they were on NXT at some point'.

[Gremlin]

He really needs to work on chicks + america or else he's going to end up the next Steve Blackman and not the great city of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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It feels like most of their guys peak in NXT.

[The Spelunker!]

For the gimmick to work, they need to give him the ability to be a relative of someone that’s actually a rival of vince’s. Bischoff, Flair, Trump, Turner, someone in that vein.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Jan 22, 2019 9:50:10 GMT -5 The Spelunker! said:

For the gimmick to work, they need to give him the ability to be a relative of someone that’s actually a rival of vince’s. Bischoff, Flair, Trump, Turner, someone in that vein.

So Kurt Angle won’t be the only Hall Of Famer who suddenly has a long-lost son? Dusty Rhodes had those Hard Times in more ways than one.

[Bang Bang Bart]

Jan 22, 2019 9:50:10 GMT -5 The Spelunker! said:

For the gimmick to work, they need to give him the ability to be a relative of someone that’s actually a rival of vince’s. Bischoff, Flair, Trump, Turner, someone in that vein.

At the very least, have him be a rich socialite who thinks he’s better than everyone.

[The Spelunker!]

Jan 22, 2019 9:57:40 GMT -5 Bang Bang Bart said:

Jan 22, 2019 9:50:10 GMT -5 The Spelunker! said:

For the gimmick to work, they need to give him the ability to be a relative of someone that’s actually a rival of vince’s. Bischoff, Flair, Trump, Turner, someone in that vein.

At the very least, have him be a rich socialite who thinks he’s better than everyone.

Definitely something like that. I think the weight of a name, and the possibility of animosity towards the McMahon’s and/or being on their level is the key to making the gimmick feel special, and not just wrestler with a short name.

[Steveweiser]

Dave and Bryan on today's Observer Radio had a theory that because EC3 is posing and Bobby Lashley is posing, that EC3 is about to feud with Lashley for the IC Title.

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If Bobby Roode wasn't already in a tag team with Gable, EC3 coming to the main roster as his tag partner would've been good.

[Ishmeal Loves Kaseyhausen]

Jan 22, 2019 9:25:11 GMT -5 Confused Mark Wahlberg said:

I just need some reason to care about these people other than, 'they were on NXT at some point'.

Which has been the problem since the nxt call-ups began.

"Here's Tyler Breeze. He's a model but there's no explanation as to why he's here, but he was on NXT!"

"Here's Emma. She's quirky but we don't know why. She was on NXT. You love her!"

Etc.

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Jan 22, 2019 10:23:19 GMT -5 Steveweiser said:

Dave and Bryan on today's Observer Radio had a theory that because EC3 is posing and Bobby Lashley is posing, that EC3 is about to feud with Lashley for the IC Title.

So I don't watch TNA at all, wasn't Drake Maverick aligned with EC3 there? They could reunite and feud with Lashley and Lio.

[cabbageboy]

EC3's use in NXT has been weird to me as well. Let's face it, the guy is a terrible babyface. As in who on earth would ever think this guy should be a face? But even on NXT they just debuted the guy without explaining who EC3 is, what his character backstory was in TNA, or anything.

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

Quick, pose in front of the mirror for six months. We'll come up with something...

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I thought he had surprisingly good babyface fire, even if it did weirdly clash with the 1% schtick.

He should've made his debut in the Rumble or on the Raw/SD after. Surely that'd be better than posing in front of a mirror two weeks in a row instead of getting out there and trying to make an impact?

Teehee.

[nisidhe]

I think his plans might be contingent on the outcome on Sunday. If Brock retains, then he's DOA. If Finn walks out of RR with the title, the list of challengers opens wider than a 40-pound spatchcocked turkey at Thanksgiving, and EC3 will be right there in the mix, heel or face.

Though, to be honest, I'd rather see Derrick Bateman come back as the "For chicks - and America" gimmick. That's damn near Duggan-level facedom right there, especially if Finn turns heel.