Which of these "heatseakers" would you hire into a promotion?

[darkpower]

Choose any one (but ONLY one) of these that are under the radar and state the reason:

Brock Lesner
Vince Russo (haven't been watching TNA lately, but don't think he has any on air roles right now)
Goldberg
Syxx-Pac (Sean Waltman)
Lex Luger
Scott Hall

(That's all I can think of right now, so choose any one of these guys and say why).

[Nowhere Man]

Lesnar. He's a damn good wrestler, he's got the big-burly-man look that WWE loves, and he's not over the hill like the other choices.

[GD]

Brock Lesnar. He was the corner stone of the Smackdown! brand.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Brock Lesnar, easily. The man is a great worker, and was the last guy that was actually pushed like a star, and felt like it.

[Dave Youell]

Luger

Why?

I DON'T KNOW!

[Theo Dious]

Vince Russo (haven't been watching TNA lately, but don't think he has any on air roles right now)
Goldberg
Syxx-Pac (Sean Waltman)
Lex Luger
Scott Hall

One of these things is not like the others... :shifty:

[Impeccable]

I'd actually go with Waltman on this one. Brock left the business of his own accord. He didn't want to continue. Waltman on the other hand still wants to wrestle and can work. He'd be decent in the cruiserweight division as a heel and could probably work with Chavo, Rey, Finlay, etc. on Smackdown.

Plus, after his "encounter" with Chyna, SmackDown can finally get that bisexual gimmick they've been craving.

[Dorkchop]

Brock Lesnar is still young and can go in the ring. If he can get his head out of his ass, he'd be a great guy to have in a company.

Luger is too old and shitty.
Goldberg is only in it for the money, and a whiney bitch.
X-Pac is really fucking annoying and no one would care about him anymore.
Scott Hall is too old, fat, and addicted.
Russo was terrible as an on air personality. And a terrible writer.

[Jordan]

Goldberg

[Jordan]

(I'd want to make money not loose money)

[BigDaddyCool]

Scott Hall or possibly X-Pac

K4L

[IC Champion]

Brock Lesnar sucked, he ring work was decent at best, and posessed little to no mic skills, just thought I would say that.

[BigDaddyCool]

Brock Lesnar sucked, he ring work was decent at best, and posessed little to no mic skills, just thought I would say that.

The majority of Lesnar's career he wrestled Kurt Angle and the two had excellent chemistery. When Brock faced Hogan and Rock, the matches were secondary to the hype and what the wins meant. Also, Brock v Bigshow were booked perectly. When you take away the marketing and work rate in WWE, Brock just isn't the same.

[IC Champion]

I never liked Brock in the first place.

[St. Jimmy]

I'll take "A Whiney Penis" for 300, alex.

[Theo Dious]

The majority of Lesnar's career he wrestled Kurt Angle and the two had excellent chemistery.

And that may have been the height of Angle's career.

When Brock faced Hogan and Rock, the matches were secondary to the hype and what the wins meant.

The only thing people remember about Hogan vs Brock is the whole blood-wiping spot at the end, and while Brock vs Rock was a more than decent match, if it hadn't been a title match it wouldn't be remembered anywhere near as much.

[BigDaddyCool]

And that may have been the height of Angle's career.

Possibly, but Angle has proven to be good outside of Lesnar. Lesnar has proven to get a penis tattooed between his muscular man boobs outside of Angle. So, it could be argued that Lesnar help make Angle what he was at the time, Angle has a better track record.

The only thing people remember about Hogan vs Brock is the whole blood-wiping spot at the end, and while Brock vs Rock was a more than decent match, if it hadn't been a title match it wouldn't be remembered anywhere near as much.

That pretty much proves my point.

[Theo Dious]

Possibly, but Angle has proven to be good outside of Lesnar.

Exactly. Basically Lesnar was made to look great by working with one of the best in-ring workers in the past ten years, at his height.

Lesnar has proven to get a penis tattooed between his muscular man boobs

I thought that was a self-portrait. :shifty:

[The One]

Scott Hall or possibly X-Pac

K4L

K4L

[FourFifty]

Russo, just so I can have him make me coffee. That's all he'll do.

[IC Champion]

Russo, just so I can have him make me coffee. That's all he'll do.
Russo gets alot of shit that he doesn't always deserve, IMO.

[Mercury Bullet]

If Scott Hall would get in shape, then it would be him. Even then, I'd probably bring him in and snatch Nash away from TNA. They wouldn't have to wrestle but they would be on air personalities that would make the current product a hell of a lot more entertaining.

[Mercury Bullet]

I think it would be gold if they sorta did what TNA is doing with Nash now...Have them take a tag team under their wing and mold them into greatness. I could see this angle working really well with them and the WGTT, could have some hilarious segments.

[FourFifty]

Russo gets alot of shit that he doesn't always deserve, IMO.

Bash at the Beach 2000.... There were plans for the title that he derailed. I'm convinced that WCW would have had a fighting chance if it wasn't for Russo's fallout after Jeff Jarrett layed down.
All Russo needs to be a great person in the industry is a short leash. That's why he was a great writer in the additute era. Vince McMahon kept him in check. WCW, being owned by Turner (this accounts for half the nails in WCW's coffin, so I won't blame Russo for everything wrong with WCW), didn't have the owner overseeing everything.

[IC Champion]

Bash at the Beach 2000.... There were plans for the title that he derailed. I'm convinced that WCW would have had a fighting chance if it wasn't for Russo's fallout after Jeff Jarrett layed down.
All Russo needs to be a great person in the industry is a short leash. That's why he was a great writer in the additute era. Vince McMahon kept him in check. WCW, being owned by Turner (this accounts for half the nails in WCW's coffin, so I won't blame Russo for everything wrong with WCW), didn't have the owner overseeing everything.
WCW was doomed, with or without Russo, and if anything, Russo prolonged it's life, since he did manage to bring their rating from about a 2.5 to a 3.4 in about 3 months time, which is rediculous, and than he was removed as head booker shortly after that.

[James Steele]

Wow. You need to read The Death Of WCW.

[Erebus]

Scott Hall. He was always very solid in the ring, and entertaining on the mic. If he has really cleaned himself up, and is focused I could deal with a good mid card run for him in the WWE.

[IC Champion]

Wow. You need to read The Death Of WCW.
You don't need to read when you could see the product getting terrible each week, long before Russo arrived, Russo played his role in the demise, but he was a small reason in why WCW went out of business.

[The One]

For the record, Tovo is a Russo fan...well...sort of. I think he's a fantastic idea man, just when he's left alone to run things, his ideas get WAY out of hand. If someone is there to monitor Russo, his ideas can be shaped into a fantastic product.

[Jordan]

Tovo, when has this ever been proven except WWE 97-98? Nobody knows what ideas were his and what were somebody elses. All his other work shows that he is pretty incompetent when it comes to good wrestling product. I'm not slaming you for liking him, we all have our favorites. Honestly though, he has made some shit.

[The One]

I'm basis this off of the work done in 97-99, in which he was head writer, and also what people from within the industry have said. Plus some of his ideas in WCW were not terrible, they were just terrible executed. And even at the peak of the horrific car crash that was WCW, that was STILL better than what WWE is throwing against the wall right now. I'm not saying he is perfect, I'm saying that as a writer I have enjoyed a lot of his work, and as an on screen personality, I enjoyed his character...despite how one sided it was.

[IC Champion]

Russo was behind Austion Vs McMahon

The Corperate Ministry

and

D-X

I could name more, but is there any need, 2 of 3 alone made the WWE millions apoun millions of dollars, and turned the WWE around.

[Sepholio]

Brock Lesnar.

Seriously, that was the easiest choice ever.

[Mercury Bullet]

Russo needs to be a member of a writing staff in which he has to answer to somebody. I don't think he should ever be in charge of booking or the head of the writing staff.

[XL]

Brock Lesnar sucked, he ring work was decent at best, and posessed little to no mic skills, just thought I would say that.
Cena, Batista, Khali, Henry, even Orton to a degree.

What's the harm in adding one more "decent" guy to the pack?

Lesnar all the way.

[Mercury Bullet]

I never really liked Lesnar, and I think he gave birth to the whole idea that anybody who was big and angry looking would instantly = main event superstar.

I will say I prefer Lesnar to Batista, Khali, Henry, Umaga, Cena, etc...

[El Dandy]

Lesnar because he could actually draw.

[FourFifty]

For the record, Tovo is a Russo fan...well...sort of.


How the hell did you get the name Tovo anyways?

[mrslackalack]

Brock had some good matches (Angle series, Eddie, Taker HIAC,) He would be a big addition if he ever came back to WWE. So either Brock or Hall because I love Halls charisma and him getting in shape and returning as Razor would be awesome. He could have a Carbbieran feud against Carlito.

[BigDaddyCool]

How the hell did you get the name Tovo anyways?

ToVo = The One, Verison One. Kinda like Matt Hardy Verison 1.0, or whatever. Or how about shut up?

[BigDaddyCool]

Brock had some good matches (Angle series, Eddie, Taker HIAC,) He would be a big addition if he ever came back to WWE. So either Brock or Hall because I love Halls charisma and him getting in shape and returning as Razor would be awesome. He could have a Carbbieran feud against Carlito.

OMG, Brock had some good matches with Kurt Angle?!?!?!?!? No one could even get a decent match out of Angle, he is a god, that Lesner!!!

OMG, Brock had some good matches with Eddie? Eddie is a horrible worker, Brock is a genious!!!!

OMG, Brock had some good matches with 'Taker! Take can't work a match to save his life.

Point is Brock was booked perfectly. I'm not saying Brock didn't do some of it himself, but I don't hear anyone raving about Brock post-WWE the way they did during his WWE run.

Hall on the other hand, as long as he is sober worked well in WWE, WCW, and anywhere else he goes.

[Pepsi Man]

Hall on the other hand, as long as he is sober
So when's that? ;)

[Bad Company]

Bring back Hall