WWE's Mismanagment of Talent

Theodore Green — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:34:31 -0400

Right off the bat, lets go through a list of misused talent.

1. Mark Henry; 2. Chavo G. ; 3. Kane; 4. Shelton B. ; 5. Charlie Haas

OK, first of all, the WWE is always complaining that they don't have enough big time Heels. Remember when Mark Henry was facing Undertaker? What a spectacular rivalry that was. Having Henry dominated Future Hall of Famers like U. was catapulting his career and it was so believable.

Mark Henry is the single most dominant force in WWE. Period. Don't give me Kali; He is stronger and faster than Kali. Plus he can talk on the mic a little. Bottom line, he should just be roaming to and fro looking for fresh meat, like a Silver-back should.

Next, Chavo. Look I know the man isn't the most well liked person now, but that was WWE's fault. After one of my favorite wrestler's died in Eddy, Chavo literally could have used that to become an icon. Everyone knows that other than maybe Shelton B. Chavo can out-wrestle anyone on any roster, he is charismatic and call talk on the mic. If I was Chavo, I would go to TNA and become a superstar with his father.

Next Kane, after the series with Shane McMahon years ago, where they have the top 10 rivalries of all time in my book, Kane was as high as he was going to be. He is like Mark Henry only with a different gimmick. Naturally a heel and should still be in a mask, or have gone back to one by now.

I don't know how to describe this. Kane right now is something like a three time tag champ and a one time Heavyweight champ and Intercontinental champ. Does that sound like a Big Red Monster to you? Not even close. Absolutely wasted by WWE.

Shelton B. Damn. I mean just damn. Singly the most talented wrestler on the roster other than Orton. I don't care what you have to do, send him to a speech class, whatever, he should be champ by now. If they weren't treating Triple H like Thor than maybe there might be room for a Shelton B. to get his shot. Just damn.

What are they waiting for? He is in the best gimmick of his career, "The Gold Standard" He is strong, quick, a wrestling purest, everything you want to have in a wrestling he has except maybe a little best mic skills. But you have to work with what you have. Period.

People may laugh at this, but my next guy is Charlie Haas. He should be the next Mr. Perfect, or Beniot or somebody like that. A clean cut, in shape, wrestling purest should be utilized quickly or his believability as a wrestler goes quickly. He would honestly make a great European champ.

But that is way down the road if WWE goes back that way. Speaking of European champs, another guy that WWE is constantly overlooking is William Regal. If you watch any of his matches, the man is a beast. He has charisma up the wazoo and can wrestle. Looks good in a suit and robes. He is simply great, but WWE is so much about politics it overlooks guys like him.

Lastly, I wish I could make a case for Elijah Burke. I think that ECW sorely misses him. He still has the greatest ECW highlight with the Elijah Express into Sabu's back through a table. Side note: That was freakin' awesome. He has the total package. I believe that other than Chris Jericho and Triple H, he has the next highest amount of charisma and his talent is almost equal to that.

Bottomline. WWE can do better. Fans don't care about politics. Actually, we are kinda getting tired of seeing the same stuff all the time. Duh, we know it's fake. There is only two things to counteract that. One, add more of real life drama into WWE, which they are already doing. Second, get the younger talent the title, no matter what. Share it.

Agree or disagree?

The Future of WWE (Whether They Know It or Not)

Theodore Green — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:24:38 -0400

Look, eventually guys like Triple H, Edge, Undertaker, Chris Jericho, Big Show, JBL will be forced to step aside. Either on their own, or more like Emmitt Smith, who was politely shown the door. These gentlemen have had great careers and will all be in the Hall of Fame someday.

Someday is coming soon for these superstars and others as well, like Rey Mysterio, Kane, Batista, and others. However, there seems to be a lack of urgency with younger superstars to grab those reins and basically force the older generation of wrestlers out. They can use help.

For example, with the help of Triple H, Randy Orton is the one superstar capable of carrying the future of the WWE on his back and has earned his spot. While others like John Cena and Matt Hardy are big time stars, they are not young enough to be considered within the "Youth Movement." MVP and Edge are up there in age as well, so I'll set them aside now. So with all this being said...

The Youth Movement includes the following people, in basically this order. Randy Orton, Shelton B., Jeff Hardy, Ted DiBiase, Lance Cade, Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, Evan Bourne, and Kofi Kingston. On the Second level, assuming WWE utilizes them correctly are Ricky Ortiz (built like the Rock), Kenny Dykstra (immense talent, but bland), and some others.

Randy speaks for himself. Shelton, if WWE stops trying to make him somebody and just lets his talent do the talking, instead of his mouth, will have his own wing in the WWE Hall of Fame. Cody Rhodes and Evan Bourne may basically be the top baby-faces of the future and even one day bring back some titles that have no meaning, like the Cruiser-weight title. Evan, could do that by himself and lead the way along with Rey M. to making that title like it was in WCW in the mid 90's.

Cody will probably bring the prominence back to the mid-card level titles like maybe even holding the US and Intercontinental Titles at the same time. This is only until Cody starts to fill out and be a believable heavyweight contender. Eventually ECW will disintegrate and all the talent will be whithered out into two shows.

Which is exactly the format WWE needs. Rivalries between two shows, "Good Young Talent" on both programs and not trying to stretch them across three shows. There is simply not enough talent to go around. As Edge has basically become the face of Smackdown; each show needs two future young heavyweights to take WWE into the next decade.

WWE, be smart, create longer matches, longer rivalries, and lastly, make guys like Triple H and Undertaker and Shawn Michaels, pay their dues and lead these young superstars so that they may lead the new WWE.

PS—Giving a guy like AJ Styles a boat load of money to come to the WWE wouldn't hurt either.

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