[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by thedamndest I have always hated the pump handle slam because so many guys used it. It didn't make sense to me that Test's finish was basically the same as the Road Dogg's. As a big guy Test should have used something much bigger.

When I started watching, I remember Test using the Flying Elbow. Then he switched over to the Big Boot. The Pump Handle Slam was always like a strong move that could finish matches, but would mainly be used to set-up bigger spots, as you said.

I always liked Test. Death has in no way clouded my judgment of the man. I was more a fan back when he had the long hair and the long pants. I always found something charismatic about the man, and enjoyed his run as a face. I remember once when he squashed William Regal to win the European Title, and Jerry Lawler was like "WTF just happened?!"

He was one guy that the WWE had so many opportunities with, but they just never really capitalised on them. The whole Triple H/Steph thing could have made Test a star, but it might have been deemed "too soon" for him. Then there was the whole "immunity" thing, for which the WWE was just too cluttered. He got to wrestle The Undertaker at Summerslam as part of the Un-Americans, but instead of making Test look like a main eventer, they again made him look like a guy who could one day be a main eventer if they decided to use him in that capacity.

Ultimately, it was his own decision to not cut out steroids that lost him his spot in the WWE. That was his own fault, and you could just tell the guy was getting a little burned out. His ECW run was going really well until they decided to cut him, and if Test had just adapted, and gone back to being the athletic guy with size to him, he could have maybe been ECW Champion. Hell, if Chavo Guerrero could do it, then Test surely could have.