Guys & Gals That Never Got the Chance

[Adalam]

Alright, the title says it all, who do you think should have gotten the chance to shine like a star in any of the major promotions within the last twenty five years.

For me, I just see Goldust's constant hire and release as WWE not knowing what to do with the character, thus preventing Goldust from getting the chance to shine like he can. Goldust, when he was younger, probably could have gotten a solid run towards upper-mid card and feuding with the main event guys, maybe even getting a World title shot. The closest he's come to a world title was a loss to Vance Archer when ECW was trying to find its number one contender for the ECW Championship last year.

Alright, you've heard from me, but what do you guys have to say as to who deserved a better run?

 

[red ass skull muhfukkah]

I agree with you on Goldust, he had one of the most unique gimmicks ever, was pretty over at points and still gets a decent reaction now, and was actually pretty good in the ring. However I don't think he would have made a believable World Champion, especially not at the height of his popularity, during the mid to late 90's with Austin and the Rock around. But he does deserve more credit than he is often given.

My pick would be Billy Gunn. The New Age Outlawz were one of the most popular tag teams during the Attitude Era and were the most entertaining (at least to me). And while Road Dogg may have been entertaining, he didn't have the "It" factor that I thought I saw in Billy Gunn. After HHH left DX and the group was left on the hinges, this could have been an opportune time to push Billy Gunn, possibly having him turn on Road Dogg or the other way around. He was always over with the fans during and after DX, he had a great look, great charisma, was good on the mic, and was entertaining in the ring. He had everything that a "Super Star" needs.

While he may have gotten some pushes here and there,there was nothing substantial and he wound up in a gay tag team with Chuck Palumbo and Rico. While I did think the angle was pretty funny, albeit a bit ridiculous at times (Remember their Wedding?) , I just feel they should have kept him on his own and given him is own personality. But they continually left him at the bottom of the barrel.

Even in TNA he was fairly over with the Voodoo Kin Mafia and later with the Beautiful People. TNA could gave given him a big push as well but didn't.

I don't know if it was politics, guys in the back didn't like him or management didn't, or if he was holding himself back but I was always waiting for him to breakout and he never did. Not sure why.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

I think Raven should have been given more of a push in WCW and especially WWE.

When he was in his prime (not out-of-shape and really old looking like now) Raven was great in the ring. He was/still is an expert in ring phychology and how to build a match. Scotty has always been one of the best promo guys in the business, he is very intelligent and can captivate you when he gets on the mic. In the WWE, during the late 90s-early 2000s when it was essential to be awesome on the mic to become a big star, Raven could have excelled had he been given the opportunity.

In his WWE run, I cannot remember a single promo he cut that was anywhere near the standard of some of the stuff I had seen him do before, and have seen him produce since. The WWE never allowed Raven the chance to be himself, and as Scotty has said since -he even ended up changing his look and tried wrestling in tights to try and find favour with the WWE management, and no-one took any notice of him. The ripped jeans grungy look was something unique in the business at the time and I have always thought his look was something that would have fitted in perfectly in attitude era WWE.

Even thought Raven is generally thought of as a hardcore brawler type wrestler, the attitude era was all about violence, and he would have fitted in higher up the card. His punch/kick ring style was not totally dissimilar to that of Mankind or Austin, and he should have been given the chance to do more. Had he been given a proper push, and not been stuck in the joke WWE hardcore division for his entire run, Raven could have been a big success in the WWE.

It is a big shame he was never given that opportunity when he was clean and sober, which he was during his WWE run.

As Scotty himself said in a shoot interview, he has heard from a backtage source that when Vince McMahon saw the card for a show, his response was "Who the hell hired Raven??" Says it all really.

Raven was wasted

 

[shane o'mac]

Has to be Miss.Jackie and Nidia, both the WWE Tough Enough Winners. Jackie never was actually put into the Diva's Division and then when she went to TNA she was apart of Team Jarrett or whatever it was called, and then got pregnant and never really showed her wrestling potential. Nidia on the otherhand just had the worst timing. Worked through SmackDown Diva rankings, traded to Raw in a huge promotion, then released because of Diva Search. Both Divas deserved so much more.

 

[I Suck Ass]

Definitely Goldust. He has been with the company for a long time, and what has he gotten? Nothing. I don't know if it's the character or if it's something else, but I think he needs to have one last good run before he leaves for good. He's 2nd generation, which Cole would gobble up, and he is a pretty good wrestler. I wonder what went wrong.

 

[TJ Matics]

Gail.K,
She certainly deserved more,
I know she was supposed to be given a huge push when she debuted on Smackdown,
& Didn't because she didn't have the crowd behind her,
But when you have a chick that can get down in the ring like Gail.K,
She deserves way more,
Maryse wasn't getting much of a reaction,
But E shoved her down our throats so much she started to,
If they gave Gail half the attention they gave Maryse,
She would of got the crowd reaction they were looking for,
Big slip ups like that is the reason the Divas have been getting so much heat for the last past year and a half

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

Rhino is another one who was never given a real chance to be anything in WWE.

He was the rookie monster in ECW, a real wrecking machine with a fantastic finisher ''GORE...GORE...GORE!" which was way over with the fans just from how devastating it looked. He initially was aligned with E & C, due to his friendship with them growing up, and then was part of the Alliance during the Invasion storyline.

After that though, Rhino was completely ignored, which I have never understood. He was never the best at cutting promos (I remember ECW promos where he literally just snarled and yelled at whoever he was facing), but they were something different and got across the fact that he was a "Man-Beast".

In the ring though, Rhino could go, he was solid and could definately have made a good upper mid-card, lower main event champion in the WWE. He is still good to this day in TNA, gaining the World Title there and now being part of the new EV 2.0 faction.

Over the last decade Rhino should definately have achieved more than he has, he had so much potential but was never truly allowed to unleash it, I would MTFO if he ever cvame back to WWE.


Another wasted talent was Taz. We all know how good he was in ECW, he had the vignettes before his debut in WWE, the epic debut at thr Rumble, ending Kurt Angles unbeaten streak and then a couple of feuds...but even in the Alliance, where you would have expected him to shine, WWE did nothing with him, he wasnt pushed when he should have been. Taz would have been a great member of Team Alliance in the Inaugrual Brawl or at Survivor Series but they just chose to ignore him and put Shane McMahon in the team instead, which was a disgrace.


The last one I will mention is Jerry Lynn
Lynn is one of the best wrestlers in the world, still is to this day. He was a former ECW champion, and put on some of the best matches I have ever seen against Rob Van Dam. They were so memorable that Lynn v RVD is main eventing TNA's "HardCORE Justice" PPV this month.

Lynn won the WWF Light Heavyweight Title on his debut, defeating Crash Holly but then ended up getting injured. During his time off, the WCW/ECW Invasion storyline began, where all the ex-ECW stars on the WWF roster (Dudleyz, Lance Storm, Justin Credible etc) all formed an alliance. I have read an interview with Lynn (A FORMER ECW CHAMP, remember) where Lynn lets WWF management know he is fit and ready to join the Alliance, and they respond with "Sorry, there is no space for you"... WTF?!

Eventually, Lynn is released having done nothing for months, and being with the WWF less than a year, and not being allowed to have used his Cradle Piledriver finisher




See any link here? The 3 guys I have mentioned- plus Raven in my earlier post- are ALL FORMER ECW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS, who were all talented in the ring- as good as (or in Lynns case) better than almost anyone on the WWF roster, but they achieved almost nothing, were not given any major feuds, and were wasted.

They could all have contributed so much more than they did to the WWF, if only they had been given the opportunity and the WWF hadnt bothered pushing much less talented guys (Test anyone?)

 

[Radical Canadian Goose]

For a male wrestler...Shane Douglas... This guy is extreme talent but was only used properly by ECW... WWF come on the Dean? WCW The Triad

females... Gail KIm...nuff said

 

[Vintage]

I can only think of a few not mentioned already.

Daphney - Seriously wtf. She's a great heel that never has had her chance to really shine yet in any promotion she's been in. great on the mic and decent in the ring , I don't get it.

Jazz - Another great intense heel that never quite got the chance to really do her thing.

Randy Savage - He did a lot of things, he could have did a lot more if given the opportunity. Always 2nd fiddle to Hogan and his shenanigans until the end of his career.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Goldust was given a feud with The Undertaker during the period when he was starting to evolve from being the most boring workers in wrestling. Goldust was given a chance, he was just a little before his time.

Shawn O'Haire, he was wank, but he looked like he could be awesome. Somebody obviously felt threatened by him. How he didn't make it I don't know. It's not like WWE haven't got behind a lot of crappy wrestlers in the past and made them into stars.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

Just about anyone who came into the WWE during the Invasion angle back in 2001, I'd say.

Booker T was arguably one of the biggest stars in the industry at the time, and what did it amount to? Him and the rest of the WCW boys being shit on so Vince and his boys could look like they ran wrestling, again.

The reaction to DDP being Undertaker's stalker? Monumental. What did it lead to? Jack shit. DDP buried along with the rest of his WCW brethren.

 

[Bill Lesnar]

Matt Morgan in Bill Lesnars book. Bill Lesnar thinks Matt had everything from the look, mic skills to in ring skills. Matt is the ideal star for vince,as he could have continued the amazing animal gimmicks..due to the facts Bill Lesnar stated before

 

[I_Am_Electro_Boy]

I've got to say Matt Morgan too, but when he was in WWE because he's had a chance in TNA because he had a World Title match. I wouldn't think that Vince wouldn't give somebody like Matt Morgan, Vince loves the bigger wrestlers anyway and Matt isn't just big he's great in the ring. Matt deserved to be pushed he's one of the only big wrestlers that are good in the ring. Another obvious option is Goldust he's got the talent but he just never got the push, in my opinion he still can have a good match so maybe he'll get a push out of absolutely nowhere but in my opinion that will never happen.