Wrestlers that would have been more successful in different companies?

[TheBrownRanger]

What are some wrestlers you feel could have translated better to different promotions and or eras?

Sean O'Haire's gimmick from 2003 Smackdown would have translated well into 2003-2008 era TNA.

The Hurricane would have been a lot more successful in Mexico, in either CMLL or AAA. Had the personality, gimmick, and move-set to make it work. Really surprises me that he never tried his hand in Mexico at all. Goldust would have worked well in Mexico as well. Would have fit like a glove with the exoticos in AAA.

 

[Frank23]

Stunning Steve Austin would get over huge in WWF if WCW let him go.

 

[HHJ]

I didnt like that Blitzkrieg was in WCW, he should have been in ECW.

 

[HHJ]

Stunning Steve Austin would get over huge in WWF if WCW let him go.

I mean if you were really an OG and watching Stunning Steve, it was impossible to not see how good the dude was.

WCW apparently didnt though and never used him as well as he shoulda been used.

Hollywood Blondes was GOAT though. That THEME!

Shit like this made me realize i liked metal before i knew what metal was

 

[LEWIS540]

Stunning Steve Austin would get over huge in WWF if WCW let him go.

Call him Chilly McFreeze abd that guy could have headlined a WM another missed opportunity in "Mean" Mark Callous.

 

[broc5k]

What are some wrestlers you feel could have translated better to different promotions and or eras?

Sean O'Haire's gimmick from 2003 Smackdown would have translated well into 2003-2008 era TNA.

The Hurricane would have been a lot more successful in Mexico, in either CMLL or AAA. Had the personality, gimmick, and move-set to make it work. Really surprises me that he never tried his hand in Mexico at all. Goldust would have worked well in Mexico as well. Would have fit like a glove with the exoticos in AAA.

I still think the O'Haire "Devil's Advocate" style gimmick was one of the biggest dropped balls on WWE's end. That gimmick would still be money today with somebody that can really own the character psychologically, even (or maybe especially?) as a manager.

Bruiser Brody in early '90s WCW could've been wild, so many legit monster matches to be made there.

'92/'93 Vader in '97-'98 WWE could've been amazing, it's a damn shame he fell apart.

I think the entirety of The Flock in WCW would've been better in WWE. The "Raven's a spoiled rich kid" angle could've been so much better than it turned out, the Mortis/Kanyon angle would've been a better fit with the direction WWE were going at the time as well, same with Kidman and Saturn turning face and leaving. Riggs, Hammer, Sick Boy, Lodi, all would've been solid low-to-mid card guys.

Speaking of Lodi, the Lodi/Lenny Lane combo probably would've been a lot better suited for WWE at the time as well, especially playing up against a group like the Right to Censor.

One that you could argue whether or not it would've been "better" in WWE, DDP coming over as the same character instead of the bullshit stalker angle we got. I still get mad as FUCK every time I hear Bruce Prichard say "Our audience didn't know him!", fucking horseshit. You can even hear it in his debut, the crowd WANTED to cheer the fuck out of him and were really confused about the whole thing.

 

[My Spot]

I still think the O'Haire "Devil's Advocate" style gimmick was one of the biggest dropped balls on WWE's end. That gimmick would still be money today with somebody that can really own the character psychologically, even (or maybe especially?) as a manager.

Bruiser Brody in early '90s WCW could've been wild, so many legit monster matches to be made there.

'92/'93 Vader in '97-'98 WWE could've been amazing, it's a damn shame he fell apart.

I think the entirety of The Flock in WCW would've been better in WWE. The "Raven's a spoiled rich kid" angle could've been so much better than it turned out, the Mortis/Kanyon angle would've been a better fit with the direction WWE were going at the time as well, same with Kidman and Saturn turning face and leaving. Riggs, Hammer, Sick Boy, Lodi, all would've been solid low-to-mid card guys.

Speaking of Lodi, the Lodi/Lenny Lane combo probably would've been a lot better suited for WWE at the time as well, especially playing up against a group like the Right to Censor.

One that you could argue whether or not it would've been "better" in WWE, DDP coming over as the same character instead of the bullshit stalker angle we got. I still get mad as FUCK every time I hear Bruce Prichard say "Our audience didn't know him!", fucking horseshit. You can even hear it in his debut, the crowd WANTED to cheer the fuck out of him and were really confused about the whole thing.

Only dirtsheet dorks knew who the stalker was ahead of time.

 

[broc5k]

Only dirtsheet dorks knew who the stalker was ahead of time.

Yup, but go back and listen to the pop he gets and then the realization he's the "bad guy". Those can't all be dirtsheet dorks.

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

The Brooklyn brawler would have been a multiple times world champ in ECW

 

[El Dandy]

Heyman would have found an angle or two for “Above Average” Mike Sanders in the ECW late years

 

[GuanoApes]

Would have liked to seen the Hardy Boyz in ECW in like 1997/1998.

(They were nobodies in WWF then..)

 

[GuanoApes]

(Kurgan could have been something in ECW..)

 

[GuanoApes]

I think Kurgan could have gone to WCW too after his WWF run, and WCW would have made him more of a name than what he was in WWF during 1997/1998.

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

I think Kurgan could have gone to WCW too after his WWF run, and WCW would have made him more of a name than what he was in WWF during 1997/1998.

Yeti 2.0

 

[HereticBD]

The Smoking Gunns would've worked better down south.

 

[borntoloseNOT]

I mean if you were really an OG and watching Stunning Steve, it was impossible to not see how good the dude was.

WCW apparently didnt though and never used him as well as he shoulda been used.

Hollywood Blondes was GOAT though. That THEME!

Shit like this made me realize i liked metal before i knew what metal was

Crazy, solid stuff. I always like Marvelous Marc Meros metal theme too, but there wasn’t even half the extreme metal mechanisms at work in that one. This sounds like it has elements of fucking Coroner or something lol

 

[sleepwalk]

Necro Butcher would have fit right in down in Puerto Rico. But he and the rest of RoH's Age of the Fall would have done great in Mexico.

LA Knight could make it in any US promotion in any era, I think.

I still think the O'Haire "Devil's Advocate" style gimmick was one of the biggest dropped balls on WWE's end. That gimmick would still be money today with somebody that can really own the character psychologically, even (or maybe especially?) as a manager.

If they had only kept Jindrak and O'Haire together...

Bruiser Brody in early '90s WCW could've been wild, so many legit monster matches to be made there.

100% there was money to be made there with Cactus Jack, Sting, and later Hogan. If Brody played ball and Hogan knew what to ask for and what not to.

 

[r-harper-1]

If Mike Awesome had left ECW and went to wwe instead of wcw …. I think he could’ve done better

 

[Based God]

Heyman would have found an angle or two for “Above Average” Mike Sanders in the ECW late years

Apparently Heyman had beef with Mike Sanders and had him fired from WWE when Sanders was in WWE developmental after WCW got bought out lol

 

[El Dandy]

Apparently Heyman had beef with Mike Sanders and had him fired from WWE when Sanders was in WWE developmental after WCW got bought out lol

Well, shit