I'm not even a fan of Abraham Washington but I see potential, potential for him to become the CM Punk of managers on Impact.
Woah...let's not blow our load all in one place. There's pondering about a possible scenario, and then there's just full-on ******. You never go full-on ****** Sawyer.
Have him go to TNA but do NOT repackage him, use his release as an angle, all the stuff he's been saying on twitter is what he needs to say there. Let him talk about how he grew up believing in the WWE and trying to be like the adittude era guys but when he did it himself he was blacklisted. Then he goes on about how much happier he is in TNA and how he can be himself and speak his mind. If he really played up the outspoken character I think he could do some really entertaining stuff and that's coming from someone who doesn't like him.
This is exactly what I was thinking. Bottle up that stuff he was saying on Twitter - stuff that a LOT of TNA fans agree with - and work it into his character.
Why in the blue hell does (most) everyone seem to think that released WWE guys need to make that jump?
Why in the blue hell does everyone with an issue think they can use "blue hell" in their opening statement? And I'm going to answer your question with another question. Let's say there's only two huge construction firms in all of North America. There used to be more, spread across all sorts of regions, but after awhile a visionary took his company into a more commercialized route, and they soon became the superpower of wrestl - erm - construction firms. Others rose and fell over the ages, but this one company did whatever it took to stay on top. By a large margin. Then one day - we'll call that day August 10th, 2012 - one of the big bad construction firms employees did something wrong, and he lost his job. A job he had worked his way up to finally get. A job that paid a lot of money, and afforded him a lot of exposure. The kind of job you wouldn't ever want to go back from... So the guy lost his job, and he had three options: 1) he could do some independent contracting, making minimum wage and turning into a shell of his former self, 2) he could move himself and his family to another country and try to make it in a completely different market, or 3) he could go work for the #2 construction firm in North America, made less money, have less exposure, but still do what he loves in front of decent sized crowds, only with the potential to help them grow. The plus is that with this #2 construction firm, he has the ability to do more of what HE wants. He can be off the cuff, and live up to his fullest potential. That's why people need to "make that jump". Because they're employed adults with very specific skill-sets, and they need to keep making a living doing what they know.
If that didn't work for you, let me know, and I'll talk to me friend who's in the children's book industry, and have him work something up for you.
He doesn't look like a TNA guy.
Right. I had forgotten that The Pope, Ken Anderson, Jeff Hardy, Austin Aries, Bobby Roode and Kurt Angle all look the same.
There's been *very* few who have "crossed the line" that have actually made an "impact".
AW won't be one of them.
Your quotations are "stupid". So are your *asterisks*. Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy, Christian, Booker T, and Bully Ray beg to differ. Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, and Ken Anderson certainly haven't "*hurt*" anything either.
When King Mo debuts in TNA, have A.W debut in TNA at the same time and manage him. It would be like the Lesnar-Heyman relationship, King Mo has the skills and A.W has the mouth, it would be a winning combination. A.W would surely be able to get Mo over quick just like Heyman did Lesnar and A.W did PTP.
You might be jumping the gun a little bit, but I still like the idea. I have zero flippin' clue who King Mo is, or what he's doing/not doing in TNA, but black dudes managing black dudes sounds awesome.
I am not sure how good of a wrestler he can be but he can go straight to ROH because the 90-Day clause isn't in affect with ROH.
I feel like you just made that up. I can neither confirm or deny this, but I feel like I should be able to... I don't know why you think ROH would take him anyways; what would they pay him in, the failed hopes and dreams of those who populate Chicago Ridge and the Hammerstein?
If they didn't care about mic skills. Robbie T would be world champ and feuding with Hernandez.
What? So if TNA didn't care about mic skills...that would mean they'd book every decision based on pure wrestling ability? And you think...if that were the case...Robbie T and Hernandez would be the two guys in the World title picture? Out of EVERYONE on the TNA roster...you think ROBBIE MOTHER FUCKING T, and Hernandez are the two best suited to carry the company, in terms of pure athleticism and in-ring professional wrestling ability? Let me ask you something Pizzani - in your dream world, is Mark Madden the Knockouts Champion? Does Brock Lesnar write all the promos?
Stupid.
I Hope so..... Pope, Devon, Kenny King and AW as the Congregation.... OH MY BROTHER, TESTIFY!
Yeah... Black People!
Since when did AW become entertaining?
He made a joke about an alleged ass-rape from years ago. That's not cutting edge or voice of the voiceless. It was shocking, shockingly stupid and not worth adding to a growing promotion that has recently gone:
1) Live
2) On TV during the family hour of 8pm EST
Not to mention there are no AW fans out there. Why risk the possible bad press for a guy that is not even close to being a draw?
I know this is the general reaction to the slightest bit of controversy but AW isn't worth it. Charlie Sheen is worth it, Mike Tyson is worth it, AW is a former ECWWE talk show host.
Yeah, this is likely the best rebuttal I can think of. I do believe A.W. could be good for a tag team, or even a single's star in TNA. But you're right...he might not be worth it. What's TNA really got to gain from A.W. that they could get from somebody else already on the roster? Like it or not, being a bit more familly friendly might actually help TNA in the ratings. Notice they've been swearing less and saying things like "Crap" in every promo instead of "hell" or "shit". They don't have Dixie Carter "accidentally" saying "turn this fu--ing thing off!" at the end of an episode all that often. They're not NEARLY as politically correct as the WWE, but A.W. might simply not be worth TNA's time. Also, I really doubt that they would have fired him for making a Kobe Bryant joke. I really, really doubt it.
Who knows. Maybe this is like the Daniel Bryan thing. Maybe it's as simply as "you don't choke a guy out with his necktie, and you don't make rape jokes on television". Maybe he'll be back, and the WWE can milk some of that angle out of him. I honestly hope that's the case, because the tag division was finally starting to intrigue me again. But if that's NOT the case, I'd like to see him in TNA. He might not be necessarily "worth it" from a liability standpoint, but I don't think it's going to be a problem.
) going back and forth with Tenay, sounds good to me!