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Gresham Wants Out

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If I was Gresham I would want to leave too. There is 0 direction with ROH. No tv deal, no weekly schedule, just random PPVs with very little story or interest. Why wouldn’t he want to leave? Obviously, his main destination would be the WWE.

I would give Gresham a royal treatment, a title shot against the NXT champion after a few months and have him hold the title for about a year and move him to the main roster. There’s a lot of great opponents for Gresham. Dolph Ziggler, Tommaso Ciampa, Finn Balor, there’s a lot for Gresham to do in the main roster.

The WWE should jump at the chance to grab a unique veteran like Gresham who is looking for a spotlight and not to be featured once every other month. I hope the release happens soon and we can get those dream matches.

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Umaga : Hall of Fame?

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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?

Simptastic Joe

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Dabba-Kato : Missing Direction

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Who is Dabba-Kato? WWE star Babatunde Aiyegbusi at WrestleMania 37 | Metro News

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?

5 Opponents for Dabba Kato on RAW Underground

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.

Will Mahoney on Twitter: "Week Two Dabba Kato > Week One Dabba Kato. #RAWUnderground #WWERaw… "

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?

Simptastic Joe

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Tucker and Otis

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What a wasted opportunity. Their lack of NXT Tag Titles or Tag Titles on the main roster showed that they were never a realistic team in the eyes of the creative team? Now Otis finally achieved gold teaming with Chad Gable and Tucker has been long released.

Tucker was poised for a great run by betraying Otis and seemingly joining the Miz and John Morrison. Which I think didn’t last longer than that brief moment of betrayal. The idea of Tucker being the muscle for a team that is primarily not a threat to the landscape of the WWE was actually a good idea, but as usual a lot of creative ideas in the past few years.

When WWE Decided Tucker Would Turn On Otis & Help Miz Win Money In The Bank

And so many things could’ve been done with Tucker moving forward. Even if you didn’t see him as world champion, he still could’ve been something. Shelton Benjamin might be the biggest world champion snub in WWE history, but he’s had a massively impressive career. Big spots in Money in the Bank matches and always a filler in the Royal Rumble and can easily be the second or third in a faction. Tucker had a lot of potential when he turned on Otis. Otis had a lot of potential after that betrayal as well. But the WWE saw Otis as a singles star and concocted a ridiculous storyline where he ends up in a relationship with Mandy Rose. Which was another storyline that was pushed on us for weeks and weeks and after WrestleMania the idea was scrapped.

Tucker and Otis were the products of horrible writing. Honestly, I wouldn’t have moved them up to the main roster when they did. No team should be moved to the main roster without a title run. I don’t think I really even believed in the tag team as a massive threat. I felt like Otis now is a better wrestler than he was a few years ago. But the duo was still a better choice for tag champions than Miz and Morrison, or the Usos and The New Day for the hundredth time.

Tucker on Chad Gable replacing him as Otis' WWE tag team partner - News Update

So how do you feel about Tucker and Otis and what different things would you have done with them?

Simptastic Joe

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Mojo Rawley I Had High Hopes

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Mojo Rawley Provides Update On His Wrestling Future

I actually watched a lot of Mojo Rawley’s matches on Main Event and thought he was soon going to have a main roster opportunity again. I would’ve paired Rawley with Constable Corbin and they would be the muscle for then general manager Stephanie McMahan. I always imaged they would have the combo of Rawley’s corner elbow and tossing the opponent into the End of Days.

I never understood why the WWE forgot about Rawley. Even going as far to have him bring that up the Shane mentioning that he was forgotten, a segment that led to nothing. Even though I never really saw Rawley as a face of the company type, I still saw him as someone who can round out a stable or be a nice addition to Money in the bank matches and Royal Rumbles.

What do you think of Mojo Rawley and what went wrong in his WWE career?

Simptastic Joe

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Slapjack It Worked

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Who is Slapjack? WWE's RETRIBUTION star Shane Thorne at Hell In A Cell | Metro News

When Shane Torne became Slapjack, it was probably the best thing that could’ve happened to him. The whole team Retribution was a failed experiment from the start, but Thorne becoming Slapjack took him to the next level.  I thought Torne was “ok” on NXT. When he teamed with Nick Miller, it wasn’t box office. It was good wrestling, but it wasn’t anything to stay up late for. But Thorne was the bright spot on that team.

Becoming Slapjack made him more brutal. He became this unleashed animal that actually showed signs of a main roster mid card run. He spent the majority of these impressive moments on Main Event, which even though a lot of people don’t watch, I still do. And for the first time I enjoyed watching Slapjack. With Retribution now broken up and after his release, I think he should keep the Slapjack persona wherever he goes. Id like to see him on Impact Wrestling, but what do you guys think of Slapjack and who would you want him to fight?

Simptastic Joe

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Mansoor: Its Time

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Mansoor thanks hometown fans: WWE Super ShowDown 2020 (WWE Network Exclusive) - YouTube

The WWE has to go all in on Mansoor. Their NXT Middle East expansion is making progress and Mansoor is going to be a major piece. When they made a UK division of NXT, they built up Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne as the cornerstones of the brand. When Dunne won the title, I was surprised how long they kept him in the United States. He was going on a record title run and not defending it in the UK, but there was a plan all along. Make Dunne one of the top guys on NXT and he will bring the audience to the UK.

Mansoor needs to be that pushed superstar to bring fans to the new NXT brand. The problem is he’s ok. He’s put on impressive matches against Cesaro and Mustafa Ali, but these two men can make anyone look better than they are. The WWE isn’t putting enough effort into Mansoor as they should. Dunne was very unique is his style of wrestling. The finger snaps, the elbows, the Bitten End is one of the best-looking finishers today.

Mansoor doesn’t have anything that makes him stand out. I think his finisher is the springboards neck breaker, but I’m not really sure. I would send him away for about 6 months. Have him hit the gym, develop a finisher that nobody has ever seen before and really start his push. Because if its not him, then who are you building up?

So what do you think about Mansoor and if you were booking him who would he feud with?

Simptastic Joe