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Wrestlers from DDT tweeting about now. Looks like a lot of people knew. Dropped the DDT title. Cancelled PWG and isnt booked anywhere else moving forward.
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Even though he's injured, El Generico insists on being at PWG for DDT4! He's back in the tournament with Kevin Steen!Comment
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Keller's no hack (he's a lot of things), so looks like Generico's about to do his farewell shows around the country (I guess, but he's not publicly announced for any future ROH shows).
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IT'S OFFICIAL.
Props to PWPonderings for breaking the news last night.
From Mike Johnson at PWI:
WWE has signed El Generico to a deal, PWInsider.com confirmed this morning. As we noted several months back, the company has had interest in him and it's been Generico's goal since not signing with Ring of Honor to get into the company.
One of the reasons WWE was so interested in Generico was that he speaks a number of different languages. The feeling was that would in handy as an asset for international markets.
Generico was removed from this weekend's Pro Wrestling Guerrilla event in California and it appears may already be done on the independent scene. He returned to Ring of Honor at Final Battle 2012 in what may prove to be his last-ever match with longtime partner/rival Kevin Steen.
Generico's signing is said to be part of a bigger WWE plan as the company has a number of names on their radar that they want to lock in for deals. I am told it's a Triple H move and that there will be a lot more signings to come, as long as those the company are interested in can pass the necessary medical exams.
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So we're going to have to hear him speak?Comment
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I have no doubt that the El Generico character can get over, especially with little kids, in the WWE Universe...my only thing is whether or not they will actually let him run with it.
I mean...the awful Spanish language and nonsensical stuff he says can't be that offensive...I mean, Santino runs around with the worst Italian accent in the history of wrestling.
Promote the Generico cartoon character, let him be the uber white meat babyface. He doesn't need promo time to get himself over. He just needs more than 4 minutes in the ring...no one in wrestling is better at generating sympathy than Generico in the ring. The crowd would eat "Ole" up... considering they are a sucker for catch phrases and singalongs.Comment
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Ole might be one of the most popular chants in the entire WORLD.
Give him that chant/song entrance, and the crowd eats it up...they don't even need to be cued up like Ryback cues up his...give him the hockey version of the song, its instantaneous reaction and the crowd will do it for the rest of his career.
The Generico character is pre-packaged for the WWE to be big. They would be silly to change anything about him. lol.Comment
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Colt is another character that should have been on Smackdown...but, they gave him shit to work with and the rest is history.
Big problem with the writers is they dont watch or care about wrestling...if they did, they would watch these guys they are signing and know what works and doesn't work with them already before they debut.
They sign a guy like El Generico and the change him up? Makes no damn sense.Comment
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Kharma, Cesaro, Ambrose, Rollins, are reason for hope. All were largely unchanged and/or treated well.
I'm still skeptical about this one, though.Comment
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Now...who are some names HHH could be looking to sign (aside from perhaps Okada, of course)?
No to Steen, Richards, or the Briscoes IMO
Who are the prime candidates in DGUSA, PWG or elsewhere?
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