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Old 04-11-2022, 11:05 PM   #61
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Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect View Post
The WWE background thing is a cogent point, but I don’t think it’s actually going to be that big a deal for guys if they “qualify” for WWE. They’re also going to have Cody vouching for or against people and their work/attitudes, etc. AJ Styles came in as virtually the perfect package for them.
But even then, AJ had to "scrub" himself clean of TNA by bathing in a ROH return and relatively short NJPW stint. Even though he's the exact same talent he would have been, those moves made him seem like a bigger deal in the eyes of WWE. If he would have just tried to jump from TNA to WWE, he would have most likely either been ushered into developmental, or told to pound sand. He wouldn't have gotten a surprise Royal Rumble entry and instant main roster spot. Especially at a time where they were still pretending TNA didn't exist. Instead of saying "a hot talent from Japan" and surprisingly acknoledging he was a former IWGP World Champion (same later with Finn Balor), they would have pretended he was just some newcomer who just started wrestling yesterday and pushed him into the WWE Random Name Generator in spite of him being AJ Styles since back when WCW existed and he was tagging with Air Paris.
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