i watched all of his work for Ring of Honor up close.. closer than anyone and i saw him many times perform perfect 4-5 star matches, and taking all the fans breath away ( even without high flying ) his strikes are solid, he can wrestle ( mat, chain, timing) just as good as aries, punk, danielson, daniels, cesaro, rollins, ambrose....
now i haven't seen or spoken to him in years so i am not sure of his current physical and mental situation.. perhaps he has a serious injury that even after surgery, will prevent him from performing at his prior ability...
also, sadly, many times any man or woman once they experience horrible pain, become dependant on prescribed pain medicine.. and the wwe doesnt allow an athlete to perform full time on them even if its taken as prescribed by his physician..
so he will have to piss clean, which is hard when you are in serious pain..
for those of you who never saw his work in Ring of Honor, check out some of it.. i recall a bout vs AJ Styles in nov or dec 2005 that freakin would pop the " wwe universe" into a " this is awesome" chant ...
he has it, and he had a look, ripped shredded not jakked, but super lean and vascular pumped all the time, kickpads different than n e 1 on roster and had EZ way to connect to fans with his throwin up the peace sign.. u do it, they do it.. it catches on like fire, stamford makes foam fingers and more air bourne products..
i hope for the best..
not braggin but in 2006 while trainin in gym with Mike bucci, i was beggin for a tryout, but he knew i needed to improve my in ring work, he said hunter wanted a good young high flyer that can bump crazy and help put over guys.. bucci asked " can you get ahold of sydal for me and tell him to call me? "... i emailed him that night and the rest is history...
i'm not taking credit, its just how it happened... bottom line is he has the talent and all the tools.. i just dont know now what he has and or what he wants or what wwe wants.
he has paid his dues long ago, and is UBER talented, i pray he is healthy, cause when he is HE CAN GO