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Steve Cutler/ Wesley Blake

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NXT missed a huge opportunity not giving these two men the tag titles and Jaxon Ryker the NXT Championship. Ryker has been helping Cutler and Blake win a few matches and him helping them win the tag titles would’ve been fun to see. Similar to the Bloodline, they could’ve also helped Ryker win some matches. I never saw any singles careers from Cutler and Blake, but at least giving them the tag titles would’ve made their time in NXT interesting and if the fans were behind them who knows what could’ve happened.

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Shelton Benjamin : Snubbed

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Shelton Benjamin is probably the most talented wrestler in WWE history that was never given a fair shot at a heavyweight championship. Mid card and tag titles he’s won, but Benjamin should’ve won a World Champion by now. Now sadly its too late for him, but I wonder if it would be best for him to end his career somewhere else. Impact Wrestling would be the safest move. AEW is too heavy in the world title run and NJPW doesn’t really have the impact like it did a few years ago.

I thought Benjamin would’ve been good at leading a faction of Chad Gable and Jason Jordan calling themselves the Gold Standard. It would’ve been nice to see Benjamin getting more screentime as something more than a match filler. Being a part of the Hurt Business was probably the most interesting thing they did with him in years, but sadly that ended too fast and now Benjamin is just cannon fodder to make Bobby Lashley look better.

Where do you see Benjamins, future going in the WWE and if you had a dream match for him who would it be against?

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No Way Jose : Dead From The Start

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Terrible name. Boring moves. Horrendous finisher. No Way Jose was poised to fail from his first moments in NXT. Having a dancing gimmick hasn’t worked out since the days of 2 Cool, and those guys were never really found themselves in the main event picture. I don’t really remember Jose having any main roster moments of value.

Is there a way to save Jose? Not without a total overhaul. He does have some good size and athleticism. A change in finisher is the first thing. Something simple like The Freak Accident or a reverse Samoan Drop is what I would choose for him.

Character wise I would’ve put him in a multi man ladder match on NXT or pair him off with someone like Kona Reeves, another wrestler devoid of purpose. Have them make a run in the Dusty Rhodes tag Team Classic and see if they catch on with the fans. Some matches against Sanity and AOP would really boost their credibility. Maybe move them up to the main roster together. I still think Reeves is on NXT somehow after all these years without a meaningful feud yet.

That’s how I would’ve fixed Jose. I don’t think he would’ve been a main star in the WWE or NXT, but he would be someone that fans would want to tune in to see. Someone who would be in Royal Rumbles, fill out Money in the Bank matches and maybe, with alittle push, be able to jump into a successful singles career.

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The Death of Trent

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This episode of Rampage has once again proven that AEW has no idea what they are doing with their storylines or how to protect their wrestler’s reputation. The Best Friends and their companions have been fighting the Elite for weeks now. Adam Cole and Orange Cassidy ended their feud in dramatic fashion and I figured this was the ending to the Young Bucks and Trent and Rocky Romero storyline, but it looks like that storyline will continue with AEW’s new signing Jay White. Which I imagine in a few weeks we will get the Young Bucks teaming with Jay White vs The Best Friends.

Today will be the beginning of the end for Trent’s career because he will be going one on one with Jay White, a man who I consider a top 5 wrestler in the world. Obviously, the plan is for White to pick up his first win in AEW against Trent. Which means that Trent is now cannon fodder in AEW? Trent shouldn’t be the one used, it should be Romero. Romero doesn’t have much of a future in AEW. The best-case scenario for Romero is a tag team champion or be in some multi-man battle royal match. Trent at least has potential to be in a mid-card title picture. Maybe squeak out a win there, but not be a long-time champion. Still, Trent deserves better.

On the other side, what would happen to White if he loses his first match? It would kill any momentum in AEW. Many wrestling fans know White in YouTube videos and compilations. I doubt many people who watch AEW even know what channel NJPW is on.

White is going to be booked as a superstar in AEW. He’s not brand new to the industry like Hook. White is one of the most decorated wrestlers overseas, someone who can the face of any wrestling promotion in the world, someone who is not going to sign to one of the biggest wrestling companies in the world and lose to Trent.

Last week we watched Keith Lee in an extremely impressive debut match against Isiah Kassidy. And even though the match wasn’t a complete squash, unlike many of Hook’s matches, it still let the AEW fans know that Kassidy is nothing more than cannon fodder in this company. I doubt there were any plans for Kassidy to beat Kenny Omega at Double or Nothing for the AEW Championship, but still its good to not embarrass him in the eyes of the fans.

So what do you think of Jay White debuting and how far do you see him going in AEW?

Simptastic Joe

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Umaga : Hall of Fame?

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Umaga | WWE

I’m seeing a lot of posts from Rikishi and the rest of his bloodline saying that Umage should be a Hall of Famer. Why? Because he was there? My view of a Hall of Famer is someone who was a big part of the company. Someone who help multiple titles and was essentially running the show for a time. Umaga was a 2-time Intercontinental Champion and that was it. The Intercontinental Championship is a veery prestigious title in wrestling, but having it only 2 times and not really for a significant run isn’t that impressive. And I never felt like Umaga was the biggest threat in wrestling. If anything, he was the biggest springboard of future champions. His matches with Jeff Hardy, John Cena and others were more about building them up vs making Umaga look like a beast.

I don’t think Umaga should be anywhere near the Hall of Fame and furthermore I don’t think Rikishi should either. They tried to make him look like the next big thing, but every time was overshadowed by the likes o Stone Cold, The Rock, The Undertaker and Kurt Angle. Rikishi should’ve been a main title holder. He was being built up as someone who can hold the title for a while, but they never went through with it.

So should Umaga or Rikishi be in the WWE Hall of Fame?

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Kofi Eliminated: Why Show The Replay

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WWE Royal Rumble: Kofi Kingston comments on risky botched elimination spot | GiveMeSport

I understand that mistakes happen in professional wrestling, but there are some very few times where you can EASILY explain away certain things. So Kofi Kingston got eliminated from the Royal Rumble in dramatic fashion. Seems every year Kofi pulls off some spectacular move to stay in the Rumble. In this moment, Kofi was launched out of the ring and into the stands, he was supposed to land on the barricade, but was short by 2 inches and his feet hit the floor. At first, it was very close to see if he actually got eliminated. And then they did the worst thing and put the replay on the screen for everyone to see and it was determined that he was eliminated.

Why show the replay? You are in control of all the camera angles for the entire show. You could’ve easily had a ref come over and wave his hands saying Kofi didn’t hit the floor and nobody would’ve questioned it. It just seemed dumb to let the fans see the angle and not just quickly pretend Kofi never touched the floor.

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Is Adam Cole Dying?

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Adam Cole with that classic wrestler's physique : r/Wrasslin

Remember when Chadwick Boseman was dying of cancer? He filmed a lot of movies before he started to dramatically lose weight and look like a skeleton. While he was dying, he was very quiet about it and people mocked him online.

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Now Adam Cole wasn’t the most jacked guy in wrestling, but he still looked good. He had muscle and tone to his body. Right now, Cole looks terrible. Its very strange when a wrestler randomly looks different, especially if there’s no reason for it. Trent recently had neck surgery and came back in better shape than ever. Triple H was on steroids for a very long time and when he stopped, he was in terrible shape, but then looked fantastic after it all wore off.

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Was Cole on steroids or is something more serious happening to him? Either way, whatever is happening to Cole’s body is alarming. So what do you guys think of Adam Cole’s body now?

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Dabba-Kato : Missing Direction

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I’m calling him Dabba-Kato instead of his ridiculous Commander Azereal or some crap like that. Kato might be the biggest waste of a main roster talent in a while. I don’t know if they have been grooming him for years as the big muscle and are looking for the right time to unleash him. AEW’s Wardlow is a good parallel, where we only got samples and now they’re looking to push him to stardom.

RAW Underground was a smart idea. Underground street fights and building up Kato as the monster down there. And then he had a main roster match against Braun Strowman and that was it for him. Kato was knocking out opponents in the Underground and took a simple powerslam and that was it?

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Now he’s just an African commander of what? Its not like Apollo Crews has a faction and Kato is there to ring in the members. He’s just the muscle in a horribly fitting jacket. If Crews did have a big faction that would’ve been cool. A group of 5-7 members in traditional African garbs, all with unique moves and finishers and whose goal it is to beat everyone in the WWE, much like Roman Reign’s Tribal Chief run, a championship run about respect and power.

So, in this pretend faction, you can use it to build up unknown wrestlers and still have Kato as the bruiser of the group. Maybe at one point do his finisher on members who “failed” Crews. Fail to win the titles and Kato gives you the Samoan Spike or throws you through a table.

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I don’t really understand anything of these two men at this time. Just seems like another good idea on paper by WWE creative that didn’t blossom into anything of substance. Which is the trend now with the company.

So where do you see Dabba-Kato and Apollo Crews going forward?

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Scorpio Sky : No Direction

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Are You Paying Attention?": Scorpio Sky is Done Being Just 'King of AEW DARK'

Why did SCU break up? Was it because Christopher Daniels semi-retired and then went to Impact? I don’t recall Frankie Kazazian being injured at the time. So why put Scorpio Sky with Ethan Page? Maybe they could’ve added Page to SCU and complete the faction. Right now, Sky is being wasted. Teaming with American Top Team sounded good in theory, but having the MMA talents aren’t doing Sky any favors. They aren’t enhancing Sky’s screentime, if anything they are being overused and Sky is being pushed aside on his own team. And now that the team is dissolved where is he going? Wearing nice clothes and losing isn’t a character that’s worth watching.

But where do you see Scorpio Sky going and does he have a real future in AEW?

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Luchasaurus : Turn Heel?

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Is it bad that I want Luchasaurus to turn heel on Jungle Boy? I predict his heel turn to look similar to Tommaso Ciampa turning on Johnny Gargano. Maybe have the Jurassic Express win the tag titles, Jungle Boy getting pinned and Luchasaurus taking his frustrations out on him. Setting up for a series of matches that will end in Jungle Boy becoming victorious.

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Luchasaurus is a good wrestler, but I don’t see him as AEW Champion the way he is now. A heel turn would give him that extra edge and put him on a path of his own. The problem is does Luchasaurus have enough to be a singles star? Is he someone that can realistically survive in AEW on his own?

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