The General Wrestling Thread

[Warner2BruceTD]

-According to one source, WWE officials are apparently looking to create a big-time African American babyface. The idea is to create him to try and draw more directly from that demographic, as welll as move merchandise, similar to the role Rey Mysterio fulfills in WWE for the Latin community.

They should just hire Uhaa Nation, Ricochet, AR Fox, Rich Swann, and ACH.

If at least one of those guys doesn't connect with the people, i'll stop watching forever. I'd bet my house ACH is a star with kids one day.

[JimLeavy59]

I forgot Impact was on again.

[FedEx227]

They should just hire Uhaa Nation, Ricochet, AR Fox, Rich Swann, and ACH.

If at least one of those guys doesn't connect with the people, i'll stop watching forever. I'd bet my house ACH is a star with kids one day.

Any of the five would be perfect. Uhaa might work best for them but seriously any of them would be a great guy for that. I'd probably say ACH or Swann would be 2nd on my list for that particular goal.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Any of the five would be perfect. Uhaa might work best for them but seriously any of them would be a great guy for that. I'd probably say ACH or Swann would be 2nd on my list for that particular goal.

I'd rank them this way in terms of long term WWE star potential:
Uhaa
ACH
Ricochet
Swann
Fox

In terms of being a kid draw:
ACH
Ricochet
Uhaa
Swann
Fox

If you are talking a "black Misterio" for kids, ACH was born to fill that role.

I think they'll all end up there, with the possible exception of Fox due to his, umm, uh, previous "gig". Although that would be a double standard considering they have hired women with similar pasts (Kaitlyn, Mickie James, etc etc)

[Warner2BruceTD]

Is Ricochet even black? Mixed at best, no?

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Ricochet is mixed.

[FedEx227]

Kicked off my biggest busts in wrestling series with a look at the career of Sean O'Haire!

http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2013/07/26/wrestlings-biggest-busts-sean-ohaire/

[JimLeavy59]

Sounds like the Bellas have a lot pull in the WWE.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Sounds like the Bellas have a lot pull in the WWE.

They're a bad rating on E! and two breakups away from having zero.

[EmpireWF]

One of you VOW twitter dudes RT'd the guy saying, "I am 95% certain I could get over as a sabermetric-minded heel manager in WWE."

He's no liar. Just think of it..."YOSHI TATSU, the most efficient way to win is with quick pins. Aerial moves don't pay off, stay off the top rope! If you do, your chances of winning improves to over 50%!"

Shit like that is gold in this era where there are stats for literally every bit of happenstance in pro sports.

[Warner2BruceTD]

That was Blake Murphy from Beyond the Boxscore.

Fed interviewed him last week, and they talked more about integrating SABR in wrestling. http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/201.../blake-murphy/

[Warner2BruceTD]

Foreeeevveeeeeeer.

[JimLeavy59]

[Guest]

Ahmed Johnson on Pat Patterson. It seems he never really took the Pearl River Plunge

"Not so cool. He likes guys you know, I don’t have a problem with that, that’s cool. But when you start pushing guys based on who has the sexiest ass to you, I have a problem with that. I’m telling you this as a respect point, I’m gonna be honest, he was gay, there’s no secret about it. He did do some things that are unmentionable. He made certain wrestlers do certain things to get pushed in certain positions. That was his thing. He was a bully, a gay bully. The casting couch type thing but with males not females."

[JayDizzle]

That they don't let him acknowledge it on TV is a sham.

Other than not having a better repertoire because of his size and power moveset, he could be so much better right now.