Thread: The Fall of Dragon (armchair booking theory that will never happen)
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Old 08-25-2009, 02:24 AM   #7
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I can't see the WWE working with ROH. Rumours are suggesting that the WWE is trying to sign ROH guys to weaken them. I'd be lying if I said that I would not be interested in seeing a series of matches between WWE guys and ROH guys, though.

If I were booking the angle, the ROH guys wouldn't face each other on WWE TV, but would instead feud with the WWE guys. As for guys that ROH is interested in, here is a list of guys I can see being signed:

Austin Aries (he's just a great performer on every level)
Bison Smith (he's just the WWE's type of wrestler)
Brent Albright (he's been in the WWE before, but the WWE might be able to find a place for him this time)
Chris Hero (as a mid-carder, he's just got too much to offer the WWE)
Claudio Castagnoli (they had him signed at one point, and I'm not sure what happened, but I can see them trying again)
Colt Cabana (the WWE had him and released him, but times change -- I can definitely see Scotty Goldman as a Punk lackey)
Davey Richards (a solid wrestler with a style that the WWE might find interesting)
Delirious (the company has apparently looked at him before; it wouldn't be a big surprise, given that he is also the trainer of a lot of guys in ROH)
Erick Stevens (he's got the size the WWE likes)
Kenny King (this guy just oozes charisma, and he can wrestle)
Nigel McGuinness (he's got some good size to him, and is pretty well-rounded)
Tyler Black (he's the "hot thing" on the indy scene right now -- he's got a lot of potential to develop)

I can see the WWE offering all those guys contracts. They'll probably throw some Kevin Steen, El Generico, Jay and Mark Briscoe's way, as well. You know, just for the hell of it. Of those guys, think the most likely to take WWE contracts would be Brent Albright, Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli, Kenny King and Nigel McGuinness. Albright has alluded to such in interviews; Chris Hero really isn't doing much in ROH, and seems like the perfect addition, personality-wise to the WWE roster; Claudio has signed before, and isn't being used to maximum potential on the indy scene; and Nigel has been there, done that with ROH. A lot of the other guys have had bad big promotion experience before, are very young and still have a lot to learn before then taking deals with the WWE or are just too vital to ROH, so they might hang around if they don't feel the WWE will use them right.
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