Who is the greatest wrestler to not go anywhere?
 

IE: Great all-around but never really made anything of themselves in the business.

This is a great topic. What would you consider "going nowhere" though? I need a little more criteria

Someone who got juggled around and never really found a focus, eventually fading into obscurity.

I'd say Shane Douglas, or other ECW alumn. Of course, someones going to argue that they did go somewhere and made their mark.

A guy like Kanyon comes to mind, even though I was never a big fan.

Not sure. One name that came to mind though was C.W. Anderson.

I'm gonna need some more time to think about this, but let me just say now that I wish Muhammad Hassan would have been able to continue.

According to EWR, Lash Leroux is a super talented guy. I don't remember too much of his WCW work, but I do know he's nowhere now. Is he actually that good?

Joe E Legend should be a multiple time World Champion.

Ohhh yeah, Just Joe was a great character. Really wish they would have ran with it.

Also, let me just go ahead and say Joey Abs.

OK, I admit, I lied about Joey Abs.

Ric Flair

Nova/Simon Dean. Had the ring skills and the mic skills to go far. Was misused though and a bit small.

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Simon Dean was great. I remember when he made this fat guy in the crowd cry.

I kind of feel bad for saying this, but Owen Hart. Such a talented guy who was always overshadowed by Bret. Still had a long career ahead of him

Maven, as a heel.

Agree. Liked his run alot. Dunno why WWE didn't.

Heel Maven

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Why? He wasnt a good wrestler by any means and dont forget the fact that his gimmick was cheap heel heat.

Sean O'Haire [/thread]

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Going to say Christian Cage because he's in TNA and yeah.

I disagree completely. His gimmick was too complex for the general mark to even understand. He was an American that used to love his country until 9/11 happened and he was openly discriminated against on a regular basis. He loved America and wished it would go back to the way it used to be so he could live a normal life again. Also, I don't remember his matches being bad at all. I remember being totally entranced during Hassan matches and promos.

I was embarrassed everytime people started chanting "USA" during a Hassan match. Stupid people. :nono:

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Ken Shamrock

Yeah, something like this.

The gimmick was much more than cheap heat. If people would have actually listened to his first promos, he really should have been a face in peoples eyes. They started playing him differently though when Daivari started shouting in Farsi, though. If they would have stuck on the original path and The CW didn't bitch out, I think Muhammad Hassan would have had a great run.

I always thought Brian Pillman could have been Stone Cold before Steve Austin came along. It's just a shame that he never had the opportunity to become a superstar.

Simon Diamond. Friggen gold on the mic and a solid worker as well.

Gertner knows.

Wrath was awesome, but not the greatest.

Test falls into this category.

Kennedy is on the path.

If by "not go anywhere" you mean never a top title run, no long main event run, not really given the opportunity to be a top top guy, then I'll say Mr. Perfect.

Shockmaster

He kinda fell flat.

Gobbledy Gooker

He just got too cocky.

Are we really doing this now?

Ricky Steamboat

Made out he was a tough guy, but deep down he's yella

Bastion Booger

He just wasn't the right pick.

Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake

He just couldn't cut it.

Chris Benoit

He couldn't hang in there.

123 Kid/6-Pac

He was too by-the-numbers.

if we go by this, one guy that comes to mind is Bad News Brown. He was pushed and pushed and pushed and then all of a sudden, he was gone. His gimmick was about 10 years to early, but he never really had the work ethic to amount to anything huge in a major company imo.

Tatanka is another guy who comes to mind. He was gievn the undefeated streak thing for a while. He was given a pretty high profile run against Lex and was pretty high up in the card as a heel for a little bit, but faded away very fast

One recent guy that comes to mind and now that I think about it has a strong case here. You guys get on Noid about him all the time, but Val Venis is the king of being bounced around.

Glacier

He melted.

Bryan Clark

He bombed.

I heard he had NUCLEAR heat backstage too.

Scott Hall

He was too much of an Outsider.

TL Hopper

He was just a flush in the pan.

Sid

Very charismatic, but in the ring, he was the shits

TL Hopper

His plans went down the crapper.

Repo Man

They just took him away.

I dunno. He stole a few victories (and a few hearts) along the way.

Not as many as he demolished.

Firebreaker Chip

Got fired.

:shifty:

Duke "The Dumpster" Droese

His push was garbage.

Butch Reed

Seemed like a natural but he was doomed from the start.

Woman

She was murdered by her husband.

Oh, that was a little forward, wasn't it?

:rofl:

Ron Simmons

His career was damned.

I think we've succesfully ruined Xero's thread. :lol: A Barry Horowitz style self-pat-on-the-back for each of us, I believe.

Ooooh, Barry Horowitz.

Good wrestler when focused but could never turn down another job.

Bob "Sparkplugg" Holly.

He ran out of gas.

S.D Jones

He just couldn't deliver.....except to heaven.

Zack Gowen

He didn't have a leg to stand on.

Owen Hart

Just kinda fell off the radar.

Val Venis.

It was always just a little harder for him.

The Godwinns

Too pig-headed and refused to muck in.

Billy and Chuck

They tried too hard to keep good men down.

Bobby Lashley

He's a nigger.

Nervous Ferrett

First guy who came to mind was Jerry Lynn.

Are you kidding? I feel you've all learned well.

Al Snow

He had a good head on his shoulders, but others came along and ninja'd his spot.

He finally made like a tree and leift.

Chavo Guererro

he was too Mexican

Nervous Ferrett

Talk about the perfect avatar for this thread...

Adam Bomb.

He always blew up in the ring.

William Regal

Abe Knuckleball Schwartz
Couldn't get a decent strike in thee.

Snitsky
But it wasn't his fault

Seems as though he was getting a Main Event push a while back and he ruined it.

Jillian Hall

Just can't seem to hit the right notes.

Barry O

No head for the business.

Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz

He just couldn't hit that homerun.

Phantasio

Just didn't have that magic something.

Doink

By the end, he was just clowning around.

Crash Holly

I think the wrestling business just took the life out of him.

Well Dunn

They were in rare form but they were just medium sized and the steaks were too high.

The Beverly Brothers

They just couldn't climg those hills.

Seriously though, The Genius was the stuff.

They were from Shaker Heights.

Christopher Daniels.

Sonny Siaki.

I'd say Wrath/ Brian Clark was one of my faves for along time. Another was Johnny the Bull, I couldnt figure out how he went from press slamming Rikishi one week and Jamal the next, then he just kinda faded away.

Rellik

That's killer spelled backwards

Visera

Mabel, he just wasnt the Big Daddy he thought he'd V.

(I tried) :wave:

Battle Cat
Let's face it, he was just a pussy.

Braden Walker

He learned never to be caught associating with Matt Hardy, like that time he spoke with Matt backstage.

Braden Walker

He was so awesome that other awesome things paled in comparison to the point where there was too much combustable awesome floating around and it was too dangerous to mix the awesomes together.

Ernest "The Cat" Miller

Even clicking his red shoes three times couldn't get the attention of anyone's momma.

Col DeBeers needs to be added. Anybody who watched/watches AWA knows what I'm talking about. If he would have been in the WWF intead after the AWA he would have mainevented with Hogan.

It's hard to have a head for the business when your nephew's KICKED IT CLEAN OFF YOUR SHOULDERS BAHGAWWD!!!

A-Train

Was chugging right along before being de-railed.

Krusher Kong
He just wasnt King

Cyber Kong
He just wasnt King

Awsome Kong
She just wasnt King :shifty: