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Old 03-21-2008, 04:15 AM   #41
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Shit! How could I forget O'Haire. He's one of my favourite wrestlers of all time!!! Definately shoulda been a huge star.
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Old 03-21-2008, 06:40 AM   #42
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Rhino. The guy was red hot just after ECW folded and he's never been able to carry that momentum on
Absolutely second this. I came into the thread thinking Edge, simply because when you go back and watch him in 2002 against Kurt Angle, it's hard to imagine the guy could have stopped getting better. Now, while he does get great heat, he's sort of...blander? Less outstanding, anyways.

Thank you, Afterlife. I do appreciate the Val Venis blowjob. I will say this, though: He never really popped into my head. Sure, I think the guy is deserving of more, but I don't really feel like he's a "missed opportunity" as much as other guys. He never really became an opportunity.

Magnum T.A. is someone I never witnessed, but by all accounts, his career was cut tragically short. The same goes for Owen Hart. I've seen some of Hart's stuff, though. Amazing.

You can pretty much say everyone hasn't lived up to their potential, but I think the WWE has missed the boat majorly on some guys:

Test really should have been bigger than he was. My understanding says that he was pretty much red hot during the Stephanie McMahon stuff, and then Triple H swooped in, kidnapped her, drugged her, married her, and Test didn't even get revenge.

Christian and Matt Hardy in 2005 could have been awesome if the WWE had listened to the fans and pushed accordingly. Rob Van Dam in 2001 seems like a good candidate for a missed opportunity, too. I wasn't an RVD mark (in fact, I really didn't like the guy that much), but I think Chris Jericho vs. Rob Van Dam for the Undisputed Championship would have been a better WrestleMania title match than Jericho vs. Triple H (that one is mainly retrospective), and that Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock and Triple H should have teamed up to battle the nWo.

I'll throw the great wrestlers from OVW into the mix: Nick Dinsmore could have been a great asset to the WWE. The Eugene charatcer was ridiculous, but Dinsmore really developed his "entertainment" skills to go along with his "sports" abilities during the whole ordeal. Dropping the gimmick would have been major heat, and his wrestling skill would have provided him with more than enough to stick around.

Rob Conway was greatness when he was down in OVW as "The Iron Man." In the WWE as "The Con Man," not so much. Doug Basham never really got the singles push the WWE considered for a while, but I think he could have been a damn fine mid-carder with his skills. The same goes for Rico. All great talents made to look pretty worthless through their stints in the WWE.

I'll give Jim Cornette a shout-out, and just say that I have faith in his picks of Matt Morgan and Chris Masters. He was right about John Cena, Batista and Randy Orton.

Speaking of Orton, I'd agree with him. He was Orton'd in 2004, and has never been the same since. He was great prior to that, and should be having better matches than he is now.

I also agree with Ken Shamrock, D'Lo Brown, Sean O'Haire, Tajiri, Dean Malenko (to a degree), Lance Storm (to a degree), Billy Gunn (to a degree), Scott Hall, Brian Pillman, and the Von Erichs mentioned.

These are going to be weird mentions, but I have to throw Bull Buchanan and Funaki out there. I mean, not World Championship material or anything, but Bull always impressed me as a mark, but he never really did...well, anything. Funaki is just so sympathetic as a face. His act is pretty cute, too. I'm surprised the man has not gotten some form of push towards a mid-card belt, or a semi-meaningful winning streak of some sort.
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Old 03-21-2008, 06:42 AM   #43
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I didn't actually set out to make that a long post. I had like three guys in mind and then kept going. And I still could.

Kane should be a multi-time World Champion, Kanyon could have done more than he did, and Goldust never climbed as high as he could have.

This list really could go on for ages.
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Old 03-21-2008, 07:32 AM   #44
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Goldust, tho, is like Jeff Hardy before Jeff Hardy became this Jeff Hardy. Goldust is fucking brilliant every time he's around, but he continues to fuck himself out of his own glory.
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Old 03-21-2008, 07:39 AM   #45
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Honestly, and some may ridicule this, but Ahmed Johnson. This guy was hot in late '95 through mid '96. Sure he wasn't a great worker, but since when did that matter?

Good Call. He was the number 2 (arguably number 1) Face and was in the main event fueds. Had he not had kidney problems, he would have been the WWE's first black champ.
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Old 03-21-2008, 07:45 AM   #46
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It worked out well for Booker T then.
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Old 03-21-2008, 07:45 AM   #47
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Although he did it on SD! Realistically there hasn't been a Black Champ on TOP of the company. But close enough.
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Old 03-21-2008, 09:34 AM   #48
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I forgot about Magnum, could have been huge
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Old 03-21-2008, 04:19 PM   #49
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And, in regards to O'Haire, the Devil's ADvocate character was fucking brilliant. Why they let that slip away is simply...without grounds. There is no logical reasoning behind the destruction of such an high-potential powertrain.

There are words that simply don't go together such as Military intelligence, good women driver, cubs win world series and logic in wwe
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Old 03-21-2008, 10:46 PM   #50
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Yes, yes, yes. Yoy're also rare to find collections like "Cynical statements about logic being a non-component to WWE programming are entertaining and whimsical, among a plethera of other adjectives of positive outlook".

Point being, making comments like that is just as bad as the treatment received by the underrated and undermined which we currently discuss. A lack of originality hurts in both directions.
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