Evil Vito
01-02-2009, 01:36 PM
<font color=goldenrod>Alright well, this is just something that's been bugging me. It's not all that big of a deal, but it seems like last year featured some of the worst cases of ADD and lack of forward thinking that I've seen from WWE writers in terms of new characters.
Far too often last year, it seems like guys made their debut despite WWE having absolutely no clue on what to do with them when they first got the call up.
<b>Scotty Goldman, Gavin Spears, Ryan Braddock:</b> These three guys all debuted on television within a few weeks of one another. Goldman hasn't been seen since September and made all of three appearances. Spears hyped himself up as the "star" of the ECW New Talent Initiative but made about three appearances, all jobs. Braddock was used slightly more but had seemingly no gimmick. They went through the trouble of having him shave and trim his hair to look like Elvis, only to cancel that gimmick after a couple house shows. It seems like these 3 guys are only on the main roster to make it seem like the rosters are bigger.
<b>Primo:</b> Yes, Primo is in a good spot now as Carlito's tag partner. However, he first made his debut on Raw...wrestled one match....then got moved without explanation. His entire gimmick when he first started on Raw was that he DIDN'T wanna be like his brother, but then he randomly moved a few weeks later. It just looked retarded. Had they simply debuted Primo on Smackdown with Carlito, it would have actually made sense.
<b>"Atlas" Ortiz:</b> Sure he's been a semi-regular on ECW. But what annoys me is that he made his debut as Atlas Ortiz...only to change it to Ricky Ortiz a week later, coincidentally, the same week that Tony Atlas becomes Mark Henry's manager. I almost feel like somebody in Creative saw Atlas Ortiz' debut and thought "Atlas...hmm, we should ring Tony up and see what he's up to!" cause there's no way they would have given him the name Atlas Ortiz if Tony Atlas was already in the plans.
<b>Braden Walker:</b> Not much needs to be said here. They released him for being out of shape...but Stevie Wonder could have seen that he was out of shape before he made his debut. Why they even bothered bringing him on TV is beyond me.
<b>D-Lo Brown:</b> I love D-Lo, but I really don't know why they re-signed him. He won his first match back but then has wrestled twice since then. Raw has enough jobbers as it is, and so does SmackDown. Just seems puzzling to me why they felt the need to sign him.
<b>Matt Striker:</b> Matt's in a great spot as a commentator on ECW right now, so I have to give WWE credit for that. But he was drafted to Raw just a few weeks earlier. I think he was only moved back to ECW to fill in for Tazz who was filling in for Mick Foley...but it had been widely known that Foley wasn't re-signing with WWE. Pretty much exposed that they didn't know what to do with him.
<b>Kelly Kelly:</b> Meanwhile, they could have very easily had Kelly Kelly drafted to Raw. Instead, they choose to wait until the week after and have her move to Raw on her own. Not a big deal, but just retarded and makes the concept of different rosters look stupid. Mike Knox and The Burchills have also recently switched brands, but that's not as big a deal now that Raw and ECW have a working agreement.
<b>Kizarny:</b> After 2 1/2 months of vignettes, he finally makes his debut on tonight's Smackdown. However, he isn't going to be on next week's show and all indications are that management is already down on the guy. Once again, how they could hype a guy for that long and have him run dark matches only to wait until he actually debuts to decide they don't like him...I dunno.
<b>Hade Vansen:</b> The guy's name was never mentioned on TV but they got far enough where they did a vignette for him before pulling the plug. Stupid.
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There are probably more I could think of but I can't be bothered right now. I guess it just pisses me off how indecisive WWE are at times. I can't think of another year where so many people have been lost in the shuffle and have been on television despite creative not knowing what to do with them.</font>
Far too often last year, it seems like guys made their debut despite WWE having absolutely no clue on what to do with them when they first got the call up.
<b>Scotty Goldman, Gavin Spears, Ryan Braddock:</b> These three guys all debuted on television within a few weeks of one another. Goldman hasn't been seen since September and made all of three appearances. Spears hyped himself up as the "star" of the ECW New Talent Initiative but made about three appearances, all jobs. Braddock was used slightly more but had seemingly no gimmick. They went through the trouble of having him shave and trim his hair to look like Elvis, only to cancel that gimmick after a couple house shows. It seems like these 3 guys are only on the main roster to make it seem like the rosters are bigger.
<b>Primo:</b> Yes, Primo is in a good spot now as Carlito's tag partner. However, he first made his debut on Raw...wrestled one match....then got moved without explanation. His entire gimmick when he first started on Raw was that he DIDN'T wanna be like his brother, but then he randomly moved a few weeks later. It just looked retarded. Had they simply debuted Primo on Smackdown with Carlito, it would have actually made sense.
<b>"Atlas" Ortiz:</b> Sure he's been a semi-regular on ECW. But what annoys me is that he made his debut as Atlas Ortiz...only to change it to Ricky Ortiz a week later, coincidentally, the same week that Tony Atlas becomes Mark Henry's manager. I almost feel like somebody in Creative saw Atlas Ortiz' debut and thought "Atlas...hmm, we should ring Tony up and see what he's up to!" cause there's no way they would have given him the name Atlas Ortiz if Tony Atlas was already in the plans.
<b>Braden Walker:</b> Not much needs to be said here. They released him for being out of shape...but Stevie Wonder could have seen that he was out of shape before he made his debut. Why they even bothered bringing him on TV is beyond me.
<b>D-Lo Brown:</b> I love D-Lo, but I really don't know why they re-signed him. He won his first match back but then has wrestled twice since then. Raw has enough jobbers as it is, and so does SmackDown. Just seems puzzling to me why they felt the need to sign him.
<b>Matt Striker:</b> Matt's in a great spot as a commentator on ECW right now, so I have to give WWE credit for that. But he was drafted to Raw just a few weeks earlier. I think he was only moved back to ECW to fill in for Tazz who was filling in for Mick Foley...but it had been widely known that Foley wasn't re-signing with WWE. Pretty much exposed that they didn't know what to do with him.
<b>Kelly Kelly:</b> Meanwhile, they could have very easily had Kelly Kelly drafted to Raw. Instead, they choose to wait until the week after and have her move to Raw on her own. Not a big deal, but just retarded and makes the concept of different rosters look stupid. Mike Knox and The Burchills have also recently switched brands, but that's not as big a deal now that Raw and ECW have a working agreement.
<b>Kizarny:</b> After 2 1/2 months of vignettes, he finally makes his debut on tonight's Smackdown. However, he isn't going to be on next week's show and all indications are that management is already down on the guy. Once again, how they could hype a guy for that long and have him run dark matches only to wait until he actually debuts to decide they don't like him...I dunno.
<b>Hade Vansen:</b> The guy's name was never mentioned on TV but they got far enough where they did a vignette for him before pulling the plug. Stupid.
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There are probably more I could think of but I can't be bothered right now. I guess it just pisses me off how indecisive WWE are at times. I can't think of another year where so many people have been lost in the shuffle and have been on television despite creative not knowing what to do with them.</font>