No, because CM Punk vaulted into success after getting a very big push from the WWE, despite starting from scratch on ECW. It has nothing to do with how he looks. I don't care if Black had a Pepsi logo tattooed on his upper shoulder, it had nothing to do with his look or his style it had everything to do with the fact that I wanted to see Black get a similar push.
Punk signed with the WWE in 2005, spent a year in development, and then rose up the mid-card for two years. But then you cite Nigel's instant TNA megapush as a reason why Black should end up there?
So I don't get it, which do you want to see for Black? A few years of jobbing and establishing himself like Punk? Or a mega push like Nigel?
Because ECW then was a different animal. It didn't have Christian, and the Regal faction eating up half the show. It was a purely developmental league when he was there. He'd be buried there, now.
Well yeah, it is different now, but not in the way you say it is. When Punk rose through ECW he had RVD, Kurt Angle, Big Show, Lashley, Sabu, Sandman, Test, Hardcore Holly, and a bunch of other new guys to compete for time over. Plus, they spent 5 minutes on Kelly Kelly stripping each week.
Now, ECW has Christian and Regal, plus a bunch of new guys. Black would have a much easier time standing out now then he would in 06/07.
Send more ROH talent? I'm not "sending" the guy anywhere. TNA has a national television contract. ROH broadcasts on a channel most of the major cable companies dropped. This isn't about what's best for ROH as a development league, it's about what's best for TNA, and subsequently what's best for Tyler Black.
But he wouldn't have any effect TNA's already crowded roster, and he would just fade away like almost all ROH guys have there.
It doesn't have to kill his career for it not to help it any either. Treading water isn't progress.
Which is a good reason for him to not go to TNA. The entire roster has been treading water for years now. The best most TNA stars see is an x-division push, and then a return to jobber status.
And Age of the Fall is exactly why I thought Raven's flock would be good for him. Look what Serotonin did for Kaz. Why is it automatically a step backwards just because it's done in a new promotion?
Was Evolution a step backwards for Flair, just because he had done the 4 Horsemen prior in WCW?
Kaz got a decent push then suddenly got de-railed and put under a mask, then got another decent push as Suicide and now is so frustrated with the company that he asked for his release a couple of weeks ago. Again, this is the success you wish on Black? I'm sure he appreciates that.
And Flair in Evolution was not the same thing because 1) the formation of the faction was written around the fact that he'd been in a similar faction before, 2) He was an aging star, not a 23 year old with a promising ahead of him, and 3) He'd spent the previous 5-10 years running his career in the ground in WCW, so nothing he did could be considered a step back.
