Bring Back 5 Workers
 

Bring 5 Workers back to The WWE who have previously left and are currently still working/able bodied enough to work elsewhere.

1. Shelton Benjamin - Guy slots into the upper MidCard easily an is great in the ring.

2. Jeff Hardy - Guy can't end his career in the Doldrums of TNA, He has seemingly sorted himself out and deserves another run.

3. Bubba Dudley - Has come on Leaps and Bounds during his singles Run in TNA, Mic Work has been great and he's developed a really good character.

4. Charlie Haas - Totally underrated guy, could have been great with a good gimmick. And with WWE seemingly trying to reignite a tag division he would make a great partner for someone. Also uses the Haas Of Pain Which looks amazing as a submission finisher.

5. John Morrison - Who in the fuck did this guy Piss Off? I'm not sure of the whole story but he was getting some great pops before he left. No idea why he hasn't returned yet? Surely its just a matter of time?

Think Haas has retired/went a bit mental but can see the other 4 back before long.

Mr. Kennedy
MVP
John Morrison
Carlito
CM Punk (lol jk it's a work)

If announcers/managers count, Matt Striker.

Matt Striker ftw

I think Bobby Eaton could really add a lot to the current roster.

Alex Riley
Curt Hawkins
David Otunga
Evan Bourne
Ezekiel Jackson
JTG
Justin Gabriel
Tyson Kidd
Yoshi Tatsu


Zack Ryder would have made the list, but he just got squashed in the last couple weeks.

Undertaker
Biker Undertaker
Johnny Cash Undertaker
Fake Undertaker
Cult Leader Undertaker

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Lol greatest thing ever. totally forgot about that.

Aren't all those guys still under contract?

What's Colin Delaney doing these days?

Shelton Benjamin
Kurt Angle
John Morrison
Jim Cornette
Jim Ross

Brian Kendrick
Colt Cabana
Headbanger Mosh
Headbanger Thrasher
Carlito

Nothing gets by you. :p

Bubba Ray Dudley
Shelton Benjamin
Derrick Bateman
Kaitlyn
SmackDown's #1 Announcer, Funaki

Curt Hawkins just wrestled on Superstars.

I say:
Kurt Angle
John Morrisson
Shelton Benjamin's Mama
Bully Ray
Derrick Bateman
Maxine

Hass is still working in Texas, he does shows in San Antonio and surrounding area. Aldo, he goes to Japan and works with Shelton as WGTT.

Brutis "The Barber" Beefcake
Bootyman
The Butcher
Brother Bruti
The Disciple
:shifty:

fuck, I LOVE James Steele's list a ton, this is going to be an eerie day.

his list is exact same as mine. Coronette could save this shit show

Jeff Hardy
Kurt Angle
Shelton Benjamin
Chris Jericho
John Morrison

Just like he saved TNA, and ROH

Cornette's great in as far as he makes a lot of sense in general but outside of booking 101 he's still in the territory days.

He-Man's 5 Guys
 

1) CM Punk
2) Daniel Puder
3) John Morrison

That's pretty much it. CM Punk's case is self-explanatory. Daniel Puder from Tough Enough 2004..........now THERE'S a guy that the WWE missed out on big time. If you recall, Puder completely dominated Tough Enough that year, and was also the guy that almost broke Angle's arm with the Kimura lock.

Morrison is still fairly young if I correctly recall.

As far as the others go, given their age and overall 'wear and tear', I'm not sure if I'd bring back guys like Jeff Hardy, Shelton Benjamin, Kurt Angle, and Chris Jericho.

The WWE needs to be pushing and creating new stars and young/fresh stars. Looking into the past is not the greatest way to go in my opinion.

Look within what they have now:

-Dolph Ziggler
-Santino Marella
-Daniel Bryan (obviously)
-Bray Wyatt
-Roman Reigns
-Dean Ambrose
-Seth Rollins
-Eric Rowan
-Antonio Cesaro
-Jack Swagger
-Heath Slater
-Uso's
-Fandango
-Luke Harper (edit - thanks for the heads up A_T)

These are the guys that the WWE should be pushing beyond belief. Even a guy like Zack Ryder.........WWE should find a way to push this guy. I'm not really Ryder's biggest fan, but kids and the IWC love him and that's all that matters. Once the WWE stops punishing him, they should re-push him.

Although Ryback and The Miz are a little stale, it shouldn't take too much effort on the WWE's part to get them over again. Let Ryback turn face again (fans love chanting 'feed me more'), and make Miz heel again. Miz was a great heel a few years ago.

How do you not have Luke Harper on that list, He-man?

1) Kurt Angle
2) Kurt Angle
3) Kurt Angle
4) Kurt Angle
5) Kirk Angel

Honestly, they can't be bothered/don't know what to do with the stack of midcard talent they already have. Bringing in a bunch of guys that they failed with years ago just adds to the pot. I like Shelton, Carlito, Morrison, MVP, Kennedy but I don't see the point in bringing them back. It's a "quick fix" that gives you momentary "buzz" for the guy that came back but almost inevitably that steam runs out quickly and soon they're jobbing to the next guy they want to push for a month, who in turn jobs to someone they want to heat up, who in turn...you get the idea.

Bring back Angle for a year. Put him in the ring with almost anyone on the roster - Ziggler, Bryan, Cesaro, Swagger, Ambrose, Rollins, Wyatt, Del Rio, Harper, Reigns, Rhodes, need I continue? Big swan song at Mania 31, into the Hall of Fame.

Jeff hardy
Kurt angle
John morrison
Matt morgan
Rob van dam

Carlito, Morrison, Trent Barretta, Derrick Bateman & Kaitlyn

Bob Coreholly
Tatanka
Mr Kennedy
Sin Cara Nigra
Big Poopa Pump

Mickie James' Ass

PRIME TIME BABY!

Quit "bringing back talent" make new talent and forget the old guys so the fans will forget them too. You trying to kill the future of the business guys?

all those vs

Surfer Sting
Crow Sting
& all of his LOL TNA gimmicks

at

THE RASSLEMANIA

1. John Morrison

The dude can do things in the ring that are just amazing. Since his work in MNM, the guy has been entertaining and solid pretty much all the time. His character got a bit watered down as a face, but if he returned as a cocky prick or with more of a rock star vibe, then he could connect with people. He'd give the female fans something to drool over. Morrison and Ziggler in a rivalry trying to one-up each other? Yes, please.

2. Kharma

People are probably sick of hearing me ramble on about her, but I seriously think the woman is money. She should come back, win the Divas Title, throw down the belt and declare herself the "Women's Champion." Give her an eternity with the championship and build up someone like Paige to take the title from her. Down the track, you could have her take part in an angle where she wants to be treated equally, and that means getting a chance to compete for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Kharma has got the size to compete with some of the males in the main event scene. It'd get the WWE a lot of mainstream attention. Give her Paul Heyman as a manager to do all the talking for her. Money.

3. Kurt fucking Angle

He's Kurt fucking Angle. Daniel Bryan vs. Kurt Angle in a match to decide who is The Greatest Wrestler of All-Time, thanks.

4. The Brian Kendrick

I absolutely loved his final character in the WWE, but he was good at the plucky underdog stuff too. When left to his own devices, Kendrick goes off the cooky end a bit, but I'd like to see him get to play a veteran cruiserweight character who uses his wits to outsmart his opponents. Either that or he can play the same crazed rock star guy. You could even bring back Ezekiel Jackson (who is still under contract, technically) to be his enforcer again. He'd just need to keep his head down and be a good employee.

5. Jeff Hardy

This is mainly for the money reasons. The guy was money, as simple as that. A few Swanton Bombs here and there is great for popping the crowd. I'd love to see him as a Paul Heyman Guy, to be honest. #BestforBusiness and all that. Jeff can be all "I don't care about that," but he'd still technically be The Authority (and Heyman's) cash-cow. Cue CM Punk returning because he exiled Hardy from the WWE. I'd love to see Hardy as Corey Graves' main roster debut feud, too. Graves jumping through the crowd and attacking Hardy because he plans on using the guy he watched as a fan to make his star would be a pretty hot was to introduce him.

I do miss Trent Barreta too. That guy is still really young, isn't he? Hopefully he keeps improving and gets another shot down the line.

Matt Striker
Kurt Angle
Jeff Hardy
Bully Ray
Matt Morgan

Yes.

1) Kurt Angle
He's too great to end his career in TNA, and now would be the time to return and make a big impact when the main event scene is so desperately lacking talent who can both talk and wrestle. Not to mention that matches against CM Punk (if he comes back), Daniel Bryan, Bray Wyatt and a more well-rounded John Cena and Randy Orton could be really amazing. I also believe that, along with John Cena, Kurt Angle is one of the only guys who could take on "The Streak" and have a reasonable shot at breaking it, not to mention have an incredible match.

2) Christopher Daniels
Daniels worked a few matches for them, so technically this still counts. He's one of the best workers out there today - he can talk and he can wrestle and he's got a great gimmick as the Fallen Angel. He would make a great addition to the upper mid-card.

3) MVP
The guy was really just getting good around the time that he left. His series' against Matt Hardy and Chris Benoit were pretty outstanding. I'd love to see him come back for one more run.

4) The Hardys
Gotta lump them in together. If Matt can pull himself together, I'd like to see the Hardys come back for one more run in the WWE; either as singles wrestlers or as a tag team. Just looking at the current roster, The Hardys vs The Shield, The Brotherhood or even the returned New Age Outlaws could make for some good matches. Plus, the guys sell merchandise, and WWE loves that.

5) Rhino
Not really sure what happened to this guy or where he is today. I don't think he ever got a fair shake in the WWE. They were building him pretty great when he first showed up, but like so many others during the InVasion period, he got lost in the shuffle and ended up jobbing in the Hardcore division after not too long.

Honorable Mention: Kaval / Low Ki
What the hell happened here? One of the hottest new guys on the roster, already getting big pops and a fan following, despite getting his ass kicked and losing matches during and after NXT, and all of a sudden he's just gone. Imagine the matches he could've had against CM Punk or Daniel Bryan or Chris Jericho. A total waste and a total mismanagement of talent.

I think Kaval asked for his release.

1. John Morrison- was supposed to get on HBK path of a career. Dammit come back

2. Carlito- yeah I did it, dude is charismatic and can go in the ring

3. Snitsky- loved his gimmick

4. Heidenreich- see Snitsky

5. A DDP Yoga version of D'Lo Brown because I can give a fucccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

Minus MVP and carlito and add Somoa Joe and AJ Styles

Derrick Bateman is Dixie Carters "nephew", Ethan Carter the 3rd in TNa now. Which is sad, really.

As for my own list:

Kurt Angle - even if he is just on screen, he can only add great stuff.
Kaitlyn's Boobs - Sorry, they're about all I noticed of her anyways.
Bully ray
Shelton Benjamin

Yeah:( MVP is all about TNA now.

Paul London & Brian Kendrick - repackaged and pushed as faces. They're both funny dudes, let them be funny, let them fly and I think they'd go farrrr. Loads of options in the tag division at the minute too.

Carlito - repackaged a little, remember how stale he got? Or get him over by having him head a midcard stable of some sort.

Mordecai - WWE missed a boat here, Mordecai could have gotten very over, very quick. The spooky/creepy gimmicks almost always work. Plus Mordecai reminded me of Gangrel. This is always a good thing.

Jim Ross - as much as he used to mess up a lot of play-by-play, he was the voice of the WWF, a huge part in so many memorable moments.

Mickie James
Katie Lea Burchill
Kaitlyn
WGTT

There- a nice boost to the Diva's and Tag divisions.

I enjoy the fact that Ken Shamrock has avoided this list.

... as a stable. Jim Ross ONLY comes out to announce their matches like he used to do for the main events on NXT.

Matt Striker & Tazz - I really want this commentary team to happen. If Tazz could get the freedom to say the ridiculous shit he says now on TNA, with Striker as the straight man, it would just be amazing.

Molly Holly - Is she still in wrestling shape? It would be great to see a Molly-Go-Round again.

Kurt Angle - He doesn't really need a reason listed.

Kaitlyn - I think she could be a legitimate female United States Champion. Really only her, Natalya, and Tamina could do that, and I don't see either of them winning the US Title. And it would just be a great moment to see her spear the hell out of a cocky Dean Ambrose.

Kurt Angle
Sabu
Steve Austin
The Rock
Chris Jericho

More like he's a giant shithead.

Week to week bro bottle service! Asians have 2 inch cocks. Fag.

YES! 'The Pope' was a great gimmick, could work so well in WWE. Really exciting in the ring too.

1 - Kurt Angle
2 - Chris Jericho
3 - Kenny Dykstra
4 - Bully Ray, but with Bully Ray persona

and

5 - ...

1. Mike Knox- great big man worker, would fit in with Wyatt's
2. Elijah Burke- heard he's a dickhead, but loved his theme song and has good charisma
3. John Morrison- would be a great boost to the upper mid-card
4. Maryse- to give me an erection
5. Matt Morgan- can't believe he didn't get another shot. Much improved since his first run.

I forgot about him. Make that my #1. This is of course assuming in this hypothetical that he could somehow come back gimmick in tact.

1. David Arquette.
2. PacMan Jones.
3. Dennis Rodman
4. Mike Tyson.
5. Danny Bonaduce.

Honorable: Drew Carey. Have him team with Drew Mac. Drew Live Kru.

Shamrock in his prime would undoubtedly have been mentioned numerous times.

In 2014 however, Shamrock is on the verge of turning 50. He turns 50 tomorrow actually.

On a whole though, I'm a bit disappointed by the responses in this thread (although the title of this thread encouraged the responses obviously).


I don't like how the mass majority of people in this thread feel as though bringing *insert past-his-prime superstar* or *past superstar that never was really all that over* would be a good move on the WWE's part.


What really needs to change, is the bookers..........and backstage politics...........and letting the CURRENT fresh talent get over faster.

My picks were more to finish up the Heidenreich/Snitsky train. They had chemistry and size. Their backstage shit was uncomfortable in a funny way

Looking at my time stamp I was probably fucked up when I posted and will now sound the horn of asking apologize of the viewers

1. John Morrison
2. MVP
3. Shelton Benjamin (especially after watching him and MVP rip shit up during their time in Japan)

List shouldn't go past that. Two of the guys are vets and still young, and MVP is just amazing.

I love JoMo so fucking much...He was so goddam good in the ring. This match is one of my favorites to watch. Edge's face at the 19:22 mark tells you all you need to know about how great that match was.

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John Morrison & Rob Van Dam vs. The Miz & Dolph Ziggler would actually make a fantastic WrestleMania tag team match. There's a lot of history between Morrison and The Miz, of course, but Morrison and Ziggler have also been opponents at WrestleMania before. The Miz and Rob Van Dam are both undefeated at WrestleMania -- so one streak will come to an end.

I should add this: there's nobody in my 5 would id throw in main events. More to beef up the undercard, although Matt Morgan is such a waste.

Sure. But if there are guys out there who are as good or better than the current guys too, why not bring them in? It's always a good move on WWE's part to bring in guys with talent.

That is certainly one way of looking at it, but my ultimate thought is this:

The WWE is all about ratings. The goal of the company should be to bring in long term ratings, and the way to create LONG TERM ratings (as opposed to a short term boner) is to create new stars. Period.

I'm not opposed to bringing in guys like Hogan, Angle, Jericho, New Age Outlaws, etc., as part-time workers that ultimately put over up-and-comers, but what I am SEVERELY opposed to is bringing back past-their-prime superstars such as Dave Batista on long term full-time contracts.


Even more than Batista - I am severely opposed to bringing in guys like Carlitto, Shelton Benjamin, Chris Masters, etc., that didn't draw much interest in 2005, and certainly wouldn't draw much interest now.

By having NEW people on TV, you have a chance of creating NEW potential stars that can potentially DRAW.

Going back in time to bring back guys from 2005 (that weren't all that 'over' in the first place) will keep the product stale.

The WWE have enough younger and fresher talent that they should be pushing. Get rid of backstage politics and all the other bullshit, and PUSH THESE GUYS. Looking for answers by bringing back guys from 2005 is a terrible long term strategy.

As long as they are being used to ultimately put over new talents (i.e. in the manner that guys like Goldust and the New Age Outlaws are), then I have no complaints whatsoever. Rock, Brock, and Jericho........I have zero complaints about them as well.

My issue is with guys like Dave Batista winning the Royal Rumble.

My issue is with the notion of bringing back guys like Jeff Hardy, Shelton Benjamin, etc., which potentially take away TV time from guys like Ziggler, Cesaro, Swagger, etc. Bringing back wrestlers that have already PEAKED, should not take away TV time from guys that still have untapped potential.

Morrison
Jeff Hardy
Angle
Mickie James
Edge

Mr Heyman, You seem to have taken the premise of this thread far more seriously than intended... It was more a 'Fantasy Booking' kind of deal I was going for..
I wasn't at all suggesting that Shelton Benjamin should be Champ next week, Or brought back for a Mania appearance..I was suggesting people I feel could offer something if brought in on a full-time, Long term basis.

I agree whole-heartedly that The WWE should be Booking new stars in a better light and in recent times I believe they have, Whether they have 'Upped their game' Just for the Road to Mania remains to be seen...

I was on the edge of my seat at The Shield/Wyatts segment on Raw this week and hope for more of the same. Just seen the Smackdown Results and Cesaro going over Orton can only be a good thing assuming it was somewhere close to clean.

However, I think in my suggestions barring maybe Kurt Angle, The others left not because they could draw but because of backstage politicking and poor booking on the WWE's part.

They didn't draw the same reason guys now don't draw. Lack of direction. Just because they were released at some point doesn't make them "past their prime stars". A lot of the guys mentioned could still just as easily be part of the future as the guys currently on the roster if handled correctly. John Morrison is not less valuable in the long term just because he was once released. He has as much if not more "untapped potential" than a guy like Jack Swagger who you could say has likely "peaked".

Duly noted good sir. I completely agree with you The Shield/Wyatt's.

Agree with you on Morrison. No problems there.

My problem is with guys like Jeff Hardy and Shelton Benjamin, and it has to do with their age. Do we really want to be pushing guys in their late 30's as "the next generation of main-event talent?"

Like I said - I have no problem with guys like The Rock, Lesnar, Jericho, or even Angle fighting on a part-time basis, since they'd be used to put over the next generation. Outlaws and Goldust.........same thing.

The issue I have is bringing in older veteran talents and having them bury the newer guys.

Dave Batista for instance..................Why? Why is he a full-time main-eventer right now? It's not 2008 anymore.

or 2005 even



Gertner sucks so much dick he cries jizz tears when real men punch him

Sorry, we don't take posters who are in the red seriously.

speak up,your jizz tears are causing a puddle

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it ha ha,nobody is from Georgia around here but they say you've been close from the Alabama anaconda you kneel for daily

Oh, so you're southern. So you're upset then that I'm not sharing your mom.

yea Las Vegas is southern you fucking nimrod.

Ah so she's a red light district whore. Everyone has had her then.

Do you guys accept my apology for Snitsky?

SNIT!

I would give Jeff Hardy another shot, Heyman, if only because the merchandise he'd move would pad my pockets nicely for a while, and he can be used to make entertaining television and put new stars over. The same goes for Kurt Angle, because he's one of the best the WWE has ever had, and if he can still put on a great match, then it's worth having him around to work with guys who could meet him at that level and have a great showing. Angle vs. Bryan, for example, could be a huge dream match for the company to put forward.

god damn how over this man could be