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Since March of this year, the man known as A.W. (formerly Abraham Washington) has been scouting and recruiting WWE Superstars for his own stable. So far, he's signed Mason Ryan and the tag team of Primo and Epico along with their valet, Rosa Mendes.
With this stable, we could very well be seeing something similar to the Heenan Family.
For more than 30 years, WWE Hall of Fame manager Bobby Heenan collected and managed a stable of wrestlers in the AWA, NWA and WWE. In the WWE alone, he managed Big John Studd, Adrian Adonis, Ken Patera, Paul Orndorff, Harley Race, Andre the Giant, the Brain Busters, Hercules Hernandez, Rick Rude and Mr. Perfect.
Could we see A.W.'s stable grow larger as time goes by? At the same time, we will see other managers come out of the woodwork to join him.
For the longest time, managers were paired with certain wrestlers with the sole intent of getting them over. These wrestlers, although having great potential, needed that little extra help to reach the next level. If the wrestler in question could perform extremely well in the ring but not on the mic, it would be the manager that did most of the talking. Famous managers, aside from Heenan, include Jimmy Hart, Teddy Long, J.J. Dillon, Lou Albano, Freddie Blassie and Paul Ellering.
Nowadays, managers have become a dying breed. But with the emergence of A.W., could we see a rebirth?
We already have Vickie Guerrero managing Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler. But what about Ricardo Rodriguez? He previously managed a stable in Florida Championship Wrestling known as the Ascension. There's also Byron Saxton down in FCW, whose managed the likes of Mason Ryan and Wade Barrett. The man's been in the WWE's developmental system since 2007, so the WWE must see something in him to have stayed on for as long as he has.
So does it look like A.W. is a sign that managers are making a comeback? Aside from him and Guerrero, who else can come along?
With this stable, we could very well be seeing something similar to the Heenan Family.
For more than 30 years, WWE Hall of Fame manager Bobby Heenan collected and managed a stable of wrestlers in the AWA, NWA and WWE. In the WWE alone, he managed Big John Studd, Adrian Adonis, Ken Patera, Paul Orndorff, Harley Race, Andre the Giant, the Brain Busters, Hercules Hernandez, Rick Rude and Mr. Perfect.
Could we see A.W.'s stable grow larger as time goes by? At the same time, we will see other managers come out of the woodwork to join him.
For the longest time, managers were paired with certain wrestlers with the sole intent of getting them over. These wrestlers, although having great potential, needed that little extra help to reach the next level. If the wrestler in question could perform extremely well in the ring but not on the mic, it would be the manager that did most of the talking. Famous managers, aside from Heenan, include Jimmy Hart, Teddy Long, J.J. Dillon, Lou Albano, Freddie Blassie and Paul Ellering.
Nowadays, managers have become a dying breed. But with the emergence of A.W., could we see a rebirth?
We already have Vickie Guerrero managing Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler. But what about Ricardo Rodriguez? He previously managed a stable in Florida Championship Wrestling known as the Ascension. There's also Byron Saxton down in FCW, whose managed the likes of Mason Ryan and Wade Barrett. The man's been in the WWE's developmental system since 2007, so the WWE must see something in him to have stayed on for as long as he has.
So does it look like A.W. is a sign that managers are making a comeback? Aside from him and Guerrero, who else can come along?