Were the following guys used properly in the WWE?

[thewrestlinghero]

Well a couple of guys i thought who had alot of potential i thought they were not use right im sure most of you are going agree with most but the others you might be scratching your head on them well here they are

Colin delaney Well in wwe he was basically below a jobber and had one of the worst heel turns in wwe history but if you seen his stuff on the indy circuit most chikara then you seen what this guy could really do

Elijah burke At first this guy i thought was being use really well on ecw with that new breed vs ecw oringinals storyline then i was sure he was going to win the ecw title eventually after the storyline but like early mid 2008 the guy vanish from tv i read rumoreds that wwe lost faith in him or something but i feel they did not use him right after this storyline

Lance cade when he first came in the wwe as tag team with trevor i thought he had more potential then trevor could of been a main event one day if pushed right but late last year i though he was started to get that push when he turned on trevor murdoch and join with y2j and go after ic title at the begining they use him right but at the end they were not at all

Chris harris The guy was in the company for what a week well this is not wwe fault the guy was way out of shape and i would of released him out and hired him again when he was in shape again

The highlanders now i no most of you are going to laugh ur ass off but i feel they were not use right either i mean i think could made some sorta of viking heel stable and have mike knox be the leader and could of dominate
a little and possible be get the tag title and knox the ic or usa title


but yeah those are the wrestlers i feel that were not use right in the end or not use right at all who do you think was not use right at all and u can disagree with any of the stuff i say i respect all fans opinoins

 

[Buford]

The only two on those list I agree with are Burke & Cade. Burke I felt did a great job in 2007 with the New Breed, and his matches with CM Punk were good. He had great mic work. I don't know if he ever could've gotten out of the mid-card, but he definitely had a shot. Cade wasn't bad either, it's the same thing with Burke.

The rest though weren't misused at all. Colin Delaney let's face it, wasn't ever going to make it in WWE. He was just a small wrestler, and he could only do so much before it got boring. Chris Harris was out of shape, and he got no reaction what so ever when he went out there. The Highlanders were over for the first month or so, and then their gimmick was just boring.

 

[The Rob]

Burke was horribly under-used. He had such talent and had a ton of potential but the WWE basically forgot who he was after The New Breed v.s ECW Original storyline ended.

The Highlanders were riduclous if I'm honest. Their gimmick was funny for a few weeks but you never could take them seriously. Still... better than the Festus/Jesse tag team... seriously I found that cringeworthy to watch every week.

 

[thewrestlinghero]

The only two on those list I agree with are Burke & Cade. Burke I felt did a great job in 2007 with the New Breed, and his matches with CM Punk were good. He had great mic work. I don't know if he ever could've gotten out of the mid-card, but he definitely had a shot. Cade wasn't bad either, it's the same thing with Burke.

The rest though weren't misused at all. Colin Delaney let's face it, wasn't ever going to make it in WWE. He was just a small wrestler, and he could only do so much before it got boring. Chris Harris was out of shape, and he got no reaction what so ever when he went out there. The Highlanders were over for the first month or so, and then their gimmick was just boring.

Thats true maybe if the highlander and colin delaney had a different type of gmmick maybe they would used them better mostly its the gmmick not the wrestlers that make them not over or not use period

 

[Buford]

I still can't see Delaney getting over with the type of style WWE uses. I mean how many cruiserweights get over anymore, and it's not their fault per say, but they aren't many. Rey Mysterio is an obvious, Evan Bourne is super over right now, and Brian Kendrick. The Highlanders just weren't going to last long with their gimmick, and I don't know if they would've gotten over with a different gimmick.

 

[Starchild]

Burke and Cade weren't imo.
Delaney was just a watered-down version of Mikey Whipwreck in the original ECW, so he got that accomplished and then wasn't needed.
The Highlanders never got over with the gimmick so they turned them heel, still didn't get a reaction, so creative had nothing for them.
Harris was doomed from the start when he thought he was big shit because he had moderate success in TNA, which is never a good thing to brag about when working for Vince.

But Burke and Cade I thought had a shot. I expected Cade to get the rub from Jericho and maybe even win the IC title while with him and have feuds on the side, but they never used him. He just stood around like a lost puppy and would occasionally help Jericho win the match..I think they should have at least allowed him to show what he could do as a singles competitor and it might have worked.
Burke is the biggest misuse of talent in years imo. He had everything you want..the look, talent, charisma, mic skills. How he was never even once an ECW champion is ridiculous. He really got lost in the shuffle when Morrison came over and feuded with Punk. If they didn't want to use him on ECW, they should have tried him out on the midcard on Raw or Smackdown because it definitely could have worked. His character was great as it reminded me of Mr. Perfect a bit, and I think he could have been a star had he been given a shot.

 

[RBH]

Out of all those guys, the only guy whom I saw real talent in was Elijah Burke. I believe that Burke could have been used to the same extent that MVP is. He had all the talent and could have improved a little on the mic. I believe that Burke could have done a hell of a job in entertaining the crowd. Burke had many possibilities for feuds, CM Punk would have been a good long feud as could RVD when he was there. He could have feuded with Rey Mysterio and done a good job there. Yeah he was wasted.

 

[Fishburger]

I Think you missed out somebody....Kenny Dykstra.

Kenny had everything going for him: young, the look, the mic skills and was one hell of a heel and if he was used right could have been a major player in the company in a few years time.
He main evented most of 2006 with the Spirit Squad feuding with DX & Legends and proved he could hold his own and his leg drop was awesome.
Then when the SS disbanded he got drafted to Smackdown where he didnt win a single match so my opinion is that Kenny Dykstra was not used right in the end. Maybe in a few years time we will see him in back in WWE but who knows.

As for your opinions, like a lot of other people i only agree with Burke & Cade.

 

[Swolfsta22]

I agree with Burke/Cade/Highlanders

Burke was a good in ring worker, very carismatic and could work the mic very well he just needed some time to develop and he probably couldve been a star.

Cade is jus all out great i mean he was trained by HBK and was an extremely good wrestlerand a very good heel...but he sorta messed up on his own, it wasnt the WWE's fault he got in trouble when the WWE was in hard trouble with drugs and roid & such at that particular time

The Highlander tho i didnt think they were all that special as in ring workers or on the mic, its just the pure fact that the WWE has very little Tag teams and they couldve helped out the division a little i think..

andi agree with fishburger Kenny was very mis used he was an awsome inring worker with decent mic skills he could had a nice mid card future Just my opinion...

 

[SuperKick36]

I think the idea of the highlanders and Mike Knox creating a stable could have been a good idea, if the highlanders toned down their whole barbarian/wildman gimmick to where they were just wearing the outfits. Knox does look like a giant version of the highlanders.

However, neither of those two in the tag team were really that great of wrestlers. Knox, from what I've seen of him so far, has alot of potential that has yet to be tapped.

 

[AgeOfOrton]

Colin Delaney- Colin was a waste of time in wwe and was nothing more than a jobber to the main superstars on the ECW roster and the whole turing on Tommy storyline was just to fill up tv time

Elijah Burke- Elijah could have been used really well. they could have put the ECW strap on him and he could have been the main heel on ECW not Jack Swagger

Lance Cade- Lance was really having a big push and then was released out of the blue which really confused me i honestly thought Lance was going somewhere in the WWE

Chris Harris- Chris was just going to be misused from the beginning u knew it was going to happen as soon as they changed his name

Highlanders- The Highlanders were nothing but a comedy act they were never going to win the tag team titles and were never going to get pushed

 

[Frank White]

Lance Cade - Was in line to step up and almost dieded on a plane due to i bleieve pain meds so yeah he got released, it was his fault not WWE's. but i have a feeling he will be back and better than ever

Elijah Burke - he was just to plain i mean come on fellas his gimmick was him and well thats just boring, yes i know creative could of posed a new gimmick but so could have mr burke himself, if your in the lions den with alot of lions there not going to feed you you have to take whats yours and Elijah wasnt doing that soo for that i blame him

The Highlanders would have worked in the pre attitude Bushwacker era or maybe even with the Headbangers but there gimmick was old and moldy and frankly theres no quebecers or any other nationality based team for them to really beef with in 08-09 sorry fellas you were 17 years too late

Colin D. ????? not even sure why he was mentioned he has the body of steve corino with non of the talent he would of been a midcarder for OG ECW at best he should just thank god Vince was on a drug binge for awhile and gave him a chance seriously

Wildcat Chris Harris part of one of the best tag teams in TNA history bet hes pretty pissed he stepped out and robert roode took his place, now you hear nothing about AMW unless your watching an old TNA DVD its all about Beer Money a simple spin off of AMW kind of like the show Joey was to Friends ( sad cause AMW was and will ofrever be on of the greatest Teams to lace up some boots )

Cant blame the guy for trying he stepped up to the big leagues out of shape and well not a popular as he thought hed be, and before he knew it the Minors had already filled his spot. I actually think AMW could of worked better as a team in WWE for one they could of helped rebuild a division and two could of gotten the both fellas rereckonized before throwing them to the fire

 

[thewrestlinghero]

Lance Cade - Was in line to step up and almost dieded on a plane due to i bleieve pain meds so yeah he got released, it was his fault not WWE's. but i have a feeling he will be back and better than ever

Elijah Burke - he was just to plain i mean come on fellas his gimmick was him and well thats just boring, yes i know creative could of posed a new gimmick but so could have mr burke himself, if your in the lions den with alot of lions there not going to feed you you have to take whats yours and Elijah wasnt doing that soo for that i blame him

The Highlanders would have worked in the pre attitude Bushwacker era or maybe even with the Headbangers but there gimmick was old and moldy and frankly theres no quebecers or any other nationality based team for them to really beef with in 08-09 sorry fellas you were 17 years too late

Colin D. ????? not even sure why he was mentioned he has the body of steve corino with non of the talent he would of been a midcarder for OG ECW at best he should just thank god Vince was on a drug binge for awhile and gave him a chance seriously

Wildcat Chris Harris part of one of the best tag teams in TNA history bet hes pretty pissed he stepped out and robert roode took his place, now you hear nothing about AMW unless your watching an old TNA DVD its all about Beer Money a simple spin off of AMW kind of like the show Joey was to Friends ( sad cause AMW was and will ofrever be on of the greatest Teams to lace up some boots )

Cant blame the guy for trying he stepped up to the big leagues out of shape and well not a popular as he thought hed be, and before he knew it the Minors had already filled his spot. I actually think AMW could of worked better as a team in WWE for one they could of helped rebuild a division and two could of gotten the both fellas rereckonized before throwing them to the fire

good post by the way but im going to sorta disagree see two days i was listening to interview by elijah burke and he said that he had a gmmick that he was going to use called the black pope with long dreadlock and with a acsent i no it sounds kinda corny but anyway the wwe drop it because of they lost confidence in him

 

[The Palace of Wisdom]

Elijah Burke was horribly misused. It was a bad sign to me for him, when they moved Nitro to ECW and had him beat Punk at Night of Champions, instead of Burke, and then completely repackaged Nitro as Morrison. I thought Burke was ready, and had been set up as a next generation heel to feud with the likes of CM Punk. Then he's off TV, and never returns. I hope he makes it back to the WWE.

And I'll agree the misused Cade as well. They pair him with Jericho during his feud with HBK, but the only problem was that he was a legitimate lacky. He never did ANYTHING. And I fault that on creative. How do you pair someone with the World Heavyweight Champion, and then just have them kind of tag-along? Cade should have been an enforcer, a legitimate Intercontinental title level guy, one par with what Diesel was to HBK. Instead he would just stand behind Jericho, say and do nothing. It was his own fault he got released, but I think after enough time passes, he'll be back. At least they can debut him and people will know who he is.

 

[Frank White]

Elijah Burke was horribly misused. It was a bad sign to me for him, when they moved Nitro to ECW and had him beat Punk at Night of Champions, instead of Burke, and then completely repackaged Nitro as Morrison. I thought Burke was ready, and had been set up as a next generation heel to feud with the likes of CM Punk. Then he's off TV, and never returns. I hope he makes it back to the WWE.

And I'll agree the misused Cade as well. They pair him with Jericho during his feud with HBK, but the only problem was that he was a legitimate lacky. He never did ANYTHING. And I fault that on creative. How do you pair someone with the World Heavyweight Champion, and then just have them kind of tag-along? Cade should have been an enforcer, a legitimate Intercontinental title level guy, one par with what Diesel was to HBK. Instead he would just stand behind Jericho, say and do nothing. It was his own fault he got released, but I think after enough time passes, he'll be back. At least they can debut him and people will know who he is.

sorry i have to disagree with the cade thing they gave him a short but needed feud to break him a murdoch up. then his with shawn his mentor kayfabe and in real life then he turns on shawn ( classic storyline by the way ) and side with his bitter enemy DOES KNOW ONE NOT REMEMBER CADE PINNING SHAWN ON TV?????? dude was in line to get his shot he just stepped out of line because he fucked up


as for Elijah once again great athlete but rather plain as i stated above when your in the middle of the pack trying to be notced you cant let up for a minute and i think he got lazy thus leading to a release

 

[klunderbunker]

Colin Delaney- I could see either argument here. Yes he was absolutely tiny, but ther comes a point where he would have won somehting. He won what, two matches? When you make someone a heel, you need to have them win something to go with it, or they're just a joke.

Elijah Burke- I have said it many times and I'll say it again: Burke was the most overrated wrestler that I remember in the last ten years, bar none. I was never entertained by him whatsoever, even going back to his minor league days as the OVW Champion and his god awful feud with Matt Morgan. What was his gimmick? A towel. That's it. He wasn't unique, he was ok on the mic, and he was average in the ring. If anyone can explain his greatness to me I'll be stunned.


Lance Cade- This guy I could bend a bit on, if his name was changed. What kind of a name is Lance Cade? He sounds like the guy that wasn't good enough to get into a Backstreet Boys rip off. He had a decent look and was ok in the ring. I saw him and Shawn at a house show and I was mildly entertained. He put on a decent match and cut a decent promo per match. If he had been given a chance to do something, I could have seen some moderate success here.


Chris Harris- Wow. This guy gets no sympathy from me at all. He was the perfect storm of ass. He was fat, out of shape, and just generic as hell. He was another guy that the TNA marks screamed was the second coming of God and then when he got to the big show he was exposed as being awful. His tag line was he's going to knock your brains out. That was the motto of a comic book character I created once, when I was 3 years old.


Highlanders- Definitely could have been something. As starved as WWE is/was for tag teams, why not? Some people say they were boring or whatever. I'll respond to that by asking the age old question: who else do you have? That's my argument here. It's not like WWE had a ton of great tag teams and these guys got lost in the shuffle. There was no shuffle.

 

[realblackhart]

Lance cade was headed in that direction, however the WWE stopped using him. I liked using him as someone who had Jericho's blessing. Cade was helping Jericho and he was definatley headed for an IC title run. He could have gotten tired of helping Jericho and turned on him in a big match. Cade would have at least gotten the IC title and I think would have had good feuds with guys like Cody, and Dibiase. For what ever reason the WWE released him but I think they had the right idea with him.