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Shelton Benjaman in the ME?

Do you think Shelton deserves a Main Event push?

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First of all i'd like to say i'm sure that Lee is really glad like me, to have another one of these threads reappearing. Its a point that always has a surge every couple of months because Shelton Benjamin is so "athletic", a.k.a a glorified spot monkey.

I'm just gonna keep it simple and say this, where benjamin is, is the position that he deserves to be in, and thats the occasional singles match and tagging with charlie haas.

He has no charisma, is sloppy with some of his moveset, especially the paydirt, his lack of selling at points agrivates me, and he did nothing to endear himself, or have himself hated with any of his pushes, was a waste of a U.S title reign, and has the personality and mike skills of a wooden block.

On another note, i can't believe these same people who cheer for Shelton Benjamin call Jeff Hardy a spot monkey. Jeff was a spot monkey, he is now a high flyer, he can work a mat style and chain wrestle, he has implemented submissions more recently, and his matches actually have logical flow and psychology, and are no longer just him running round going from spot to spot. He also has charisma, is massively over with the crowd, has one of the biggest fanbases in the WWE universe, and is improving on the mike, with the major holdback still being his Carolina accent, but he is still getting better, and to remind you, Jeff Hardy, the unreliable druggie with 2 strikes, who is currently in contract negotiations, or may have come to terms, has had 2 title reigns, albiet short ones, where as Shelton has had none, and he's reliable and "athletic", but potential doesn't really mean shit if you do nothing with it.
 
Lulz, Shelton Benjamin a Main Event player. Next Helms and Carlito will be getting that all important push.

It's sad, because Will tore you apart so quickly. Never really gave you chance. But it'd probably happen to me if I were espousing Benjamin's greatness. Just as I had another poster to try, Norcal chews him up and spits him back out. Then SavageTaker takes out the next dude. Geez guys.

Benjamin will get a Main Event spot when he can make the crowd care. You know how Hardy gets a pop every time he steps out of that tunnel? You know how Hardy had people cheering for him in his matches? Sure, he's little better than a spot monkey. But he's gotten so much better. That's just not the mark in me speaking. He really has.

And that crowd reaction is what separates Benjamin from Hardy. or Punk. or Edge. They're all considered spotty wrestlers, only Benjamin couldn't get the crowd to boo if he were holding a gun to the temple of HBK, demanding he punch his own wife in the eye or some stupid shit like that. Benjamin couldn't get heat if it were handed to him. Sorta like Orton. Actually, really like Orton. I don't like him either though, so that's a moot point.

Get Benjamin a reaction from the crowd, fewer botches, and a hairdo that doesn't make him look like a frat prank gone horribly, horribly, hilariously wrong. Then he might make it. Depends on if he kills a crowd member after he tries for an elbow drop on Hardy and gets really confused, jumping into the crowd instead of on top of Hardy.
 
Orton himself puts over Shelton pretty nicely in the July issue of WWE magazine. He says that Shelton is easily the best athlete in the WWE, and that if he was given the opportunity to Main Event, he would succeed.
 
*sighs*

WGTT mark one
IC reign one
HBK feud
HHH feud
Cena/RVD mini feud
WGTT mark two
ECW
Us champ

How many more chances does a guy need?

Look man, WGTT is NOT main event (obviously). Neither is being US or Intercontinental champion because they are mid card titles. ECW? Are you joking?
Sure shelton's had a few chances, but they were all years ago, and if you take away those ones that i mentioned earlier, which don't count as main event anyway, it means he's only had about 4 chances at the main event. People like CM Punk, Jericho and Hardy have been moved from Main Event to Mid-card and back way too many times to count! So before you go saying Shelton has had too many chances, think of these guys and how many chances they hyave had at the main event and come up short.
 
Look man, WGTT is NOT main event (obviously). Neither is being US or Intercontinental champion because they are mid card titles. ECW? Are you joking? Sure shelton's had a few chances, but they were all years ago, and if you take away those ones that i mentioned earlier, which don't count as main event anyway, it means he's only had about 4 chances at the main event. People like CM Punk, Jericho and Hardy have been moved from Main Event to Mid-card and back way too many times to count! So before you go saying Shelton has had too many chances, think of these guys and how many chances they hyave had at the main event and come up short.
WRONG! Jeff Hardy had one shot at the main event. Guess what? He is still there and never left. Same with Edge. Punk had 2. If Shelton had 4, and he still doesn't get a reaction without doing a 40 ft dive off a ladder, he doesn't deserve it. He belongs in the spot he is in. You have no argument homie. Let it go.
 
Look man, WGTT is NOT main event (obviously).

So a team under your top guy is not main event, I'd say legacy are now and WGTT were to angle what legacy is to orton.

Neither is being US or Intercontinental champion because they are mid card titles.

No but the whole point of a mid card is to see if you can cope in the main event, something he can't

ECW? Are you joking?

About Benjamin going to ECW and being the big future...seriously if you can't break into the ME in ECW you must be doing something wrong.

Sure shelton's had a few chances, but they were all years ago,

Ah that US title run last year.

and if you take away those ones that i mentioned earlier, which don't count as main event anyway,

they count as chances to break into the main event.


it means he's only had about 4 chances at the main event.

I count more than four.

People like CM Punk, Jericho and Hardy have been moved from Main Event to Mid-card and back way too many times to count!

I doubt they've had that high a number, I'll count later and give you a shout :)

So before you go saying Shelton has had too many chances, think of these guys and how many chances they hyave had at the main event and come up short.

How is being a former two time champ and current number one contender 'short' how is being the current champion 'short?'

On a side note, I can only remember Benjamin being really over once and that was down to this woman;

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So yeah, he has had his fair share of chances.
 
I think he could be there at some point, but now is just not the time, and by the time he gets there it could be just another retirement angle. Not much else I can say that hasn't already been said. Great in the ring, his mic skills make me want to jump into a bathtub full of water and gasoline with a plugged in toaster and a match to make sure I died quickly, and if he does get to that point on talent alone, he can only do it against someone who can match him.

I love to watch him, but I am getting tired of waiting for him to improve.
 
this guy is athletic as hell just has no character whatsoever. he has 5 or 6 chances that i can think of. the only time of the year he goes above and beyond is WM and that is not enough to be in the main event. He had a really long U.S. run last year and went no where with it. was in the scramble match at unforgiven and did nothing at all. its a real shame such a great talent was wasted.
 
this guy is athletic as hell just has no character whatsoever. he has 5 or 6 chances that i can think of. the only time of the year he goes above and beyond is WM and that is not enough to be in the main event. He had a really long U.S. run last year and went no where with it. was in the scramble match at unforgiven and did nothing at all. its a real shame such a great talent was wasted.

Yea, wasted by WWE, not by SHELTON. I admit his U.S championship run went absolutley nowhere, but If he got to have more matches agaisnt main event guys I think people will care about his matches. His 2 or 3 matches with taker wre pretty good and i wish WWE made a fued out of it.

Maybe Shelton should get someone to teach him how to cut good promos and how to work the crowd. If that happens, he might be able to elevate himself to the main event.
 
Yea, wasted by WWE, not by SHELTON. I admit his U.S championship run went absolutley nowhere, but If he got to have more matches agaisnt main event guys I think people will care about his matches. His 2 or 3 matches with taker wre pretty good and i wish WWE made a fued out of it.

Maybe Shelton should get someone to teach him how to cut good promos and how to work the crowd. If that happens, he might be able to elevate himself to the main event.

You know what the purpose of a push is? To do something with it so people pay attention to you, and you either get heat or pops, and then creative will give you another push and another, until you're eventually in the main event contending to the title. So when the "WWE" give "Shelton" a push, then its not their fault if he's a glorified spot monkey that is only truely loved by the "IWC".

His matches with Taker were good, because it was with Taker, and he was carried like a motherfucker, because he'd be scared shitless Taker would tag him for real if he didn't. The time that Shelton was most over was when he was with his Mama, and you can't tell me they wasted him, when he had 3 consecutive victories over HHH, and everytime he's in a match J.R puts over how he's one of the best pure athletes in the WWE.

He needs a lot more than mike skills, he needs charisma lessons and lessons in how to actually get heat or get over. Unfortunately though, you can't coach charisma, you either have it or you don't, maybe he should try meth, supposedly it's worked out for Jeff Hardy, he's in the main event every week, Shelton's got 2 strikes to spare too
 
Shelton Benjamin will be like Chris Benoit (except he won't deliver Paydirt to his wife and kid, thus giving them head trauma, leaving a bible by their bodies, then hanging himself) in the sense that he will make a face turn, go under an underdog-type role, win one big title at any of the Big Four PPVs except WrestleMania (Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, or Summerslam), have a short reign, then go become a main-eventer in ECW for the rest of his career like Benoit was supposed to be.
 
Does Shelton Benjamin deserve a Main Event Push, of course. I hear people always saying that he doesn't have charisma, well look at CM Punk last year, he didn't have anything over Shelton, but he was just the right person with the right gimmick. And now look at him, he's a 3X World Champion, 2X Money in the Bank winner. Shelton can be just as great as CM Punk, if he is just given the chance.

Will he get it, no. Unfortunatly, the Mid-Card is where Shelton needs to stay. Right now, the mid-card is lacking on Smackdown, (hell, two Main Event level superstars are fighting over a mid-card championship) and Shelton needs to stay there. He is questionably the most reliable mid-carder in the WWE, will rating change, probably, is it a risk, a big one. I just dont see WWE taking a chance like that.
 
Does Shelton Benjamin deserve a Main Event Push, of course.
A valid opinion man, but you say it with such certainty as if it was a crime that Shelton has not had at least an ECW title reign yet, but there must obviously some reasons why, and i'll try to explain them

I hear people always saying that he doesn't have charisma
Well, that because he doesn't, my cat seemingly has more charisma than Shelton, people always seem to want to watch him.

well look at CM Punk last year, he didn't have anything over Shelton
Except personality, charisma, athletic ability, those spiffy tattoos, oh and he's actually over, not as much as he should be, but still at least 3 times what Shelton is

but he was just the right person with the right gimmick.
Plus the aformentioned list of other traits.

And now look at him, he's a 3X World Champion, 2X Money in the Bank winner.
Technically he's really only a 1 time Champion, because he was so badly booked in the first WHC run i try not to count it, and depending on who you talk to the ECW championship is merely a midcard title

Shelton can be just as great as CM Punk, if he is just given the chance.
He's been given quite a few, i don't see CM Punk with 3 consectutive victories over HHH, or Numerous IC titles or the US title, or the other numerous accolades Shelton has aquired throughout his numerous pushes.

Will he get it, no.
Seeing as he's had more pushes and chances than 90% of the ECW roster you'd think its about time we start pushing someone who'll do something with it. But you never know, maybe Michael Hayes will open his mouth and stick his foot in it again and then Shelton will finally get that WHC/WWE title run and then the IWC can cream themselves

Unfortunatly, the Mid-Card is where Shelton needs to stay.
Completely agree with you here. Unless someone more talented shows up and needs it, then he should step aside.

Right now, the mid-card is lacking on Smackdown
I checked wikipedia to see if you're right, and i counted about 12 possible mid carders, so if you mean lacking actual talent then i'm 50/50 with you, cause they really could do more with some of the other mid card talent, oh and i counted Kane as a mid-carder/main-event jobber.

(hell, two Main Event level superstars are fighting over a mid-card championship)
Probably because they don't need to be fueding over the WHC seeing as they have Edge, Jeff, Punk, and Taker when he's back, and they're having one of the best fueds in a long time, trying to restore some prestige to a title that used to mean a lot.

and Shelton needs to stay there.
Yup, maybe he can be put to work doing something useful, like tagging with Charlie Haas to put over Cryme Tyme and whatever tag teams that the WWE feel deserve a push.

He is questionably the most reliable mid-carder in the WWE
Cause they can't make him a jobber? Or because they no he'll fail anywhere near the main event, or even the upper mid-card going by his last US title run

will rating change, probably, is it a risk, a big one. I just dont see WWE taking a chance like that.
Me neither, mainly because they've got so many interesting, charismatic, over and more athletic mid-carders/upper mid-carders to push. If they wanna piss money down the drain again they can always give Shelton another push, see if the 6th time's a charm.
 
Abso-Fucking-Lutely Not!

Look, Shelton was a great amateur wrestler, but he's not even within the top thirty workers in the company. If you don't give him a match where he climbs shit, it's not worth wasting your time to watch it. Simply put, Shelton is perfect where he's at, in the mid to lower portion of the card. Putting him anywhere else otherwise is company suicide.

Do you ever wonder why you don't hear much from Shelton unless he's working with a fantastic worker? Simply put, he couldn't sell you a two dollar hooker in Vegas. The only decent matches he's had in his entire career have been for wrestlers who are great at selling (Read: HBK.) Otherwise, I can't buy whatsoever that he's even feeling any sort of emotion in the ring. He's been given the ball four or five times, and he fumbled it each and every time. They put him in a program in which he got the best of Triple H, and still, even then, people didn't give a rats ass. He's about as marketable as Herpes, and he has all of the charisma of a baboon picking poo out of his bum. He takes far too many chances when he's in the ring, and when he does, her's liable to injure the wrestler he's working with.

I know that you'd probably counter with a "Well, so does Jeff Hardy". But there's an extreme difference between Shelton and Jeff: People actually care about Jeff. He actually elicits a response from the fans, something that Shelton couldn't do if the WWE sadled Maryse, Trish Stratus, Lita, Sunny, and Miss Elizabeth with him, while giving him the gimmick that he's the black prodigical son of The Undertaker, and destined to save America from terrorists and AIDs at the same time.

Right now, Dolph Ziggler is passing him on the depth chart. Dolph's only been around for like two or three years with WWE. Shelton's been there seven. And that's not counting the time he spent in OVW.

So, I guess this will answer your question..... No.
 
I feel the need to continue for some reason. The hate I have for Shelton Benjamin is mostly due to the delusional IWC members who put him up so high. I like spot monkeys. I'm completely ok with what he does. The difference between him and Jeff is that Jeff is to the point where he doesn't have to do crazy shit to get over anymore. Shelton can't get a reaction without doing high spots. While I respect his athletic ability, he has no charisma or personality. He cannot get over with the crowd, therefore no, he does not deserve a main event push.
 
i would love to see Benjamin/Edge, Benjamin/Hardy, Benjamin/Jericho fueds.

maybe its time to turn him face? how long has he been heel now?
people keep talking about his mic work. he has gotten much better than when he first started. i think he just needs to get comfortable.
 
Hey guys!

First time poster here (and sorry for being a long first one :P)! Although I am not a die hard fan of wrestling I do have some thoughts on this topic.

I too am a fan of Shelton, however we need to look at things as they are.
Do I think he deserves a ME push? Sure!
Do I think he deserves it now or anytime soon? No.

As many stated, he is simply not getting crowd reaction and has become quite stale as a heel. His promo's are not really good and he definitely lacks the charisma.

So lets take it by parts...what does he "need" in order to ever aspire a position in ME scene?

Storyline-wise:
Perhaps a face turn is in order. Not only aren't there many good ones in mid-card Smackdown right now (other than JoMo, Rey ...and maybe R-Truth), but he was also very over as one, after that whole 3x-beating-TripleH. Remember people choose him at Taboo Tuesday to challenge Y2J?

Promo-wise
He needs to have some mic-time as when he first showed up in ECW. But not just stand alone there in the ring...i mean properly interact with others. He could learn from being carried through a promo for a few weeks with guys like Jericho (who is in upper-midcard right now).

Ring-wise
I actually take offense when people call him "just" a spot-monkey. He has come a long way and although he still does a few every match, like his jump to the top-rope and some other crazy stuff on PPVs, ever since becoming heel his ring work is different.
He is booked against similar-smaller opponents than him and he poses as the aggressor(heel like)...putting pressure on opponents legs or back, etc... He even comes off as a power-player with that throwing opponents on the corners (did he do that on the Undertaker? can't remember...that would be impressive)

My point being, he has the right move-set but isn't very fluid in the ring (u can just tell when he's waiting for other people's moves).

Although he isn't as bad as some have portrayed him here. In his PPV with JoMo he did almost injure him on the first slam, but he did also hurry forward to grab him when JoMo was short on his moonsault. And his botch on the MITB this year isn't totally his fault, as MVP didn't release the stairs properly.

There is however some glimmer of hope!
From his previous ME-like incursions in the past year...i think he did do very good:
- Scramble Match 08 (i don't recall one single botch and he performance was very solid...even his promos before and after it were ok)
- Every year MITB he steals the show à lá spot-monkey ;) (ok, this year the most regularly amazing was Kofi)
- Survivor Series 08...again solid and one of the last to be eliminated.

I just want to finish by saying that it was watching him on TV back in 2003 that got me back into following wrestling, even if just moderately, and because of that i do wish he can go further in WWE...But I guess he has to improve a few things.

Cya, and sorry again for the long post :)
 
And to the people going on about how WWE gave him chances and constant pushes.

On March 22, 2004, Benjamin was drafted to the Raw brand.
After arriving, Benjamin quickly became a fan favorite when, in his new storyline, he won a pinfall victory over Triple H.
Benjamin then feuded with Triple H, beating him three times in total:

  • Pinfall

  • Count-Out

  • Disqualification

As part of the storyline, Benjamin then feuded with the other members of Triple H's stable Evolution. Benjamin defeated Ric Flair at Backlash and lost to Randy Orton in a WWE Intercontinental Championship match at Bad Blood.

So as you can see things were going smoothly for Mr. Benjamin and looked to be set for a mainevent push later down the line.

But During a match with Garrison Cade on Heat, Benjamin punched Cade's knee brace, legitimately breaking his hand in the process and briefly taking him out of action. :doh:

Bye-Bye 1st push

Then he returned and was chosen by the fans to compete for the Intercontinental Championship in a match against then-champion Chris Jericho at Taboo Tuesday where he was victorious.

During his reign as Intercontinental Champion, Benjamin retained the title against challengers such as Christian, Maven and Chris Jericho.
Benjamin later lost the title to Carlito when he debuted on Raw, ending the longest Intercontinental Championship reign of the decade.

Things were looking up for Shelton once again and looked destined to become a breakthrough star.
But then came.....

The Downfall

Benjamin's next storyline began when Shawn Michaels gave Benjamin a speech to get him "psyched" for their tag match together later in the night.
Nearing the ending of the bout, Michaels was preparing to finish the match when Benjamin tagged himself in and missed a crossbody, allowing Carlito to pin Benjamin.

WWE then gave him a terrible "losing streak" storyline for the next several weeks, which led to them bringing in his "Momma" and it just ruined him.

And to add fuel to the fire they repackaged him giving Benjamin a new gimmick, One which involved:
wearing shades, jewelry, and occasional colored shirts while entering the ring. :smashfreakB:
It went nowhere.


The Gold Standard

They shipped Benjamin off to ECW, where Elijah Burke introduced Benjamin as the newest ECW superstar.
He dyed his hair and began wearing gold wrestling attire.
On ECW, he began once again receiving more airtime and higher profile matches, defeating Tommy Dreamer in his debut.
He was meant to be built up to become ECW champion by then-head writer of the brand Dusty Rhodes, but unfortunately he left for FCW which led Shelton to sail alone without a paddle.
After being wasted on ECW he later returned to Smackdown where he captured the U.S title, but after doing so they destroyed all of his momentum basically jobbing him in his matches except for the ones where the title was defended.
He later lost it to MVP and has done nothing ever since.

Closing Thoughts

And there you have it thats all of Sheltons piss poor single pushes in a post.
How in the blue hell do you expect him to make something out of those if the WWE kept killing off all his momentum and putting him in stupid storylines that make him look weak and irrelevant?
 
Quite simply.... This is the longest piece of crap I've seen on this entire forum. And granted, there's plenty of crap on here.


And to the people going on about how WWE gave him chances and constant pushes.

Why yes, that would be me.

On March 22, 2004, Benjamin was drafted to the Raw brand.
After arriving, Benjamin quickly became a fan favorite when, in his new storyline, he won a pinfall victory over Triple H.

I wouldn't so much call it a storyline as I would a "fluke". People understood that this was Triple H's excuse for putting people over. Sure, it introduced people to Shelton Benjamin, and it should have vaulted him into the main event scene.


As part of the storyline, Benjamin then feuded with the other members of Triple H's stable Evolution. Benjamin defeated Ric Flair at Backlash and lost to Randy Orton in a WWE Intercontinental Championship match at Bad Blood.

Are you getting all of your stuff off of Wikipedia? Honestly, are you pulling all that you have on Shelton off of Wikipedia? Anyway, sure, this was the feud that they expected to push him into the main event. Hell, he was feuding with the most hated stable in the WWE, and the most hated wrestler in the WWE. And then... Then he settled for a mid card title. He went for the Intercontinental Title off, and wrestled against Randy Orton. And it's at this point that the fans realized something... Shelton had no personality.

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Maybe you didn't hear that promo you just put onto this forum.... But it was extremely tedious, and Shelton had multiple mistakes in it, stuttering, and repeating himself over and over again. And that was actually one of his better promos. It was an overall bland promo, and it shows just how devoid of personality Shelton truly is.

So as you can see things were going smoothly for Mr. Benjamin and looked to be set for a mainevent push later down the line.

Um.... This was his main event push? I mean, come on, he was going against Triple H at a time when everyone hated him. This was his chance to prove what he had, and he just didn't have the sticking power of a main event wrestler. Or the charisma. Or the talent.

But During a match with Garrison Cade on Heat, Benjamin punched Cade's knee brace, legitimately breaking his hand in the process and briefly taking him out of action. :doh:

And for the most part, I'll accept that. But if Shelton had the attention of the fans like you feel he did, then when he returned from his injury, he would have returned right to the main event scene.


Then he returned and was chosen by the fans to compete for the Intercontinental Championship in a match against then-champion Chris Jericho at Taboo Tuesday where he was victorious.

So you're point is that Shelton's popular with the fans? Right... Let's take a look at all of the candidates that received votes to face Chris Jericho that night...

Batista: Was still in the grooming stages of Evolution, and a heel. In short, the WWE put him in the poll, expecting him to not have a chance in Hell to win. A heel vs. heel mid-card title match? Doesn't sound like something the fans wanted.

Coach: I don't think there's any more to say on the matter. Coach earned votes to challenge for the IC Title. That should just show you how stupid WWE fans truly are.

Rhyno: Heel VS. Heel again. And Rhyno just didn't attract fans in WWE. Like, at all.

Maven: Yeah, because that was quite the hall of fame name there. Maven, though I like his work more than Shelton, never deserved any place higher than the lower portion of the card.

Look, I could go on. Names such as Rosey, Rodney Mack, and fucking Steven Richards earned votes to challenge Chris Jericho. Shelton was the only credible face the WWE had to offer the fans to face off for a mid-card title.

During his reign as Intercontinental Champion, Benjamin retained the title against challengers such as Christian, Maven and Chris Jericho.
Benjamin later lost the title to Carlito when he debuted on Raw, ending the longest Intercontinental Championship reign of the decade.

And you know what are seriously the only things I remember about these reigns? These two moments:

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Seriously, those are all of the moments I remember from Shelton's reign. Either than that, Shelton amounted to a big fat pile of nothing. He had no charisma, and was matched with wrestlers that were far more entertaining than him. Yes, even Maven got better reactions than Shelton. Want proof?

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He was in fucking Puerto Rico, wrestling in front of wrestling starved fans, and I'd argue that was the smallest pop all night. He got carried by Maven, in terms of entertainment value. That should tell you just how "entertaining" Shelton Benjamin is.


Things were looking up for Shelton once again and looked destined to become a breakthrough star.
But then came.....

The Downfall

Benjamin's next storyline began when Shawn Michaels gave Benjamin a speech to get him "psyched" for their tag match together later in the night.
Nearing the ending of the bout, Michaels was preparing to finish the match when Benjamin tagged himself in and missed a crossbody, allowing Carlito to pin Benjamin.

And this is relevant how? Anyway, this was the beginning of his run as a heel.... Mainly because Shelton couldn't get the fans on his side as a face. Like, at all. So the WWE decided to cover that up by turning him heel. Now he can be a heel with lackluster reactions.

WWE then gave him a terrible "losing streak" storyline for the next several weeks, which led to them bringing in his "Momma" and it just ruined him.

You know why they gave him the momma gimmick? Because he couldn't get over, and had no charisma. The crowds didn't care, and thus, they had to add something to get him over. It's quite simple, actually... Very reminiscent of Billy Gunn, actually. They would put anything together to try and get him over. Shelton wasn't entertaining... So pair him with his momma, and make it funny. Makes sense to me.

And to add fuel to the fire they repackaged him giving Benjamin a new gimmick, One which involved:
wearing shades, jewelry, and occasional colored shirts while entering the ring. :smashfreakB:

Yeah, again, they needed to add anything to him to make him entertaining. Because, you know, he isn't. He has no personality, and at this point, he was relying on spots to get his matches through. Actually became pretty pathetic.

It went nowhere.

Because the fans didn't care. Because by this point, we realized Shelton sucked. His matches weren't even that good, his promos were horrendous, and he was in dire need of a gimmick just to get himself over. Oh, and did I mention that the fans didn't care?

The Gold Standard

They shipped Benjamin off to ECW, where Elijah Burke introduced Benjamin as the newest ECW superstar.
He dyed his hair and began wearing gold wrestling attire.

Yeah, because Shelton had no distinguishing features otherwise, and had nothing to separate himself from other wrestlers. We have a word for that; desperation.

On ECW, he began once again receiving more airtime and higher profile matches, defeating Tommy Dreamer in his debut.

And the sad thing is, you aren't joking when you say that. Sigh..

He was meant to be built up to become ECW champion by then-head writer of the brand Dusty Rhodes, but unfortunately he left for FCW which led Shelton to sail alone without a paddle.

Wow... Something you didn't take off of Wikipedia... I'm impressed...

Anyway, so let me get this straight... You're relying on the same man who, while booking in WCW, refused to do anything with the following wrestlers:

Steve Austin
Triple H (You should know about that. Go look it up on his Wikipedia. You seem so fond of it)
Mick Foley

And was one of the most horrendous bookers you will ever find in professional wrestling? I love Dusty, but he was one of the absolute worst bookers you will ever find. The Chamber of Horrors match, The Spin The Wheel, Make The Deal match, The Doomsday Cage... You can thank Dusty for those. And you really want to say that he was a good booking mind, and had the outstanding idea to book Shelton to the moon? Right....

After being wasted on ECW he later returned to Smackdown where he captured the U.S title, but after doing so they destroyed all of his momentum basically jobbing him in his matches except for the ones where the title was defended.
He later lost it to MVP and has done nothing ever since.

Closing Thoughts

And there you have it thats all of Sheltons piss poor single pushes in a post.
How in the blue hell do you expect him to make something out of those if the WWE kept killing off all his momentum and putting him in stupid storylines that make him look weak and irrelevant?

Look, the fact is that WWE gave him all of the chances in the world, and he blew each and every one of them. His matches are bad now, he still has no charisma, and the fans don't care. And you really want to give this man a main event push? Right....
 

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