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That's an interesting point you make about Homicide, WWKD, and I agree. Just looking over the rosters, it's hard to find a wrestler that you could show to someone who had no clue who they were, and they could slip in "I'm a professional wrestler" without there being an extra chair placed between them and the person they were talking to.
One guy I'd like to throw out there, though, is MVP. The man has quite a story to him. He grew up in the ghetto, went to prison for something like nine years, and then became a wrestler. It's a very real and humble (that's one word for it) past, and I can see that adding an edge of "real" to the guy.
I actually see quite a lot of people out there with that kind of potential, and a lot of them would get funny stares from a lot of people here, as the list contains names like Ron Killings, CM Punk, Colt Cabana, Paul London and Brian Kendrick. No, I'm not trying to imply that they could lead a boom, but I think Punk seems comfortable enough with who he is to be charismatic enough to be a sensation. Killings for a similar reason to MVP. Colt Cabana is just hilarious, and seems like he could just be purely entertaining enough to wash away the "raaawwwr, I'm on steroids" association that goes with most wrestlers. Paul London & Brian Kendrick are both similar in that they seem to be different enough from your normal wrestlers. I honestly can't see why they can't be as big as The Hardy Boyz in a more nurturing environment.
Not saying that they could lead booms, but I could see each of these guys being somewhat successful and having their own cult of fans if wrestling were a more popular form of entertainment.
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