If wrestlers were draft picks who would be the biggest bust?

[Playaz Eyez]

He was as big a joke as Test except at least he had a big boot.

Test actually got over at various times. Lance Cade had no appeal at all. Not even the announcers letting you know he was trained by HBK could draw anything

 

[invincible1914]

I feel like the Big Show was brought in to be Shaq, but ended up being Ronny Seikaly

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

Sin cara was absolutely terrible. Dude was botching like crazy & didn't translate at all with the audience.

Lord tensei was garbage & another one that got a huge push & didn't translate well with the audience.

Like 90% of the nxt stars that make the jump didn't translate well to the main roster. It's a different animal being on the road than it is being in that studio in Orlando.

Nxt stars are the equivalent of NY basketball prospects. Overhyped.

 

[R=G]

Sin cara was absolutely terrible. Dude was botching like crazy & didn't translate at all with the audience.

Lord tensei was garbage & another one that got a huge push & didn't translate well with the audience.

Like 90% of the nxt stars that make the jump didn't translate well to the main roster. It's a different animal being on the road than it is being in that studio in Orlando.

Nxt stars are the equivalent of NY basketball prospects. Overhyped.

Alot of nxt stars got sabotaged. They fukked Wade Barrett over..there is absolutely no denying that.

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

Alot of nxt stars got sabotaged. They fukked Wade Barrett over..there is absolutely no denying that.

Wade barrett predates nxt & he was given plenty of opportunities throughout his tenure.

A lot of the nxt dudes that left that little bubble got exposed.

 

[Mʀ2ᴋDᴇᴇᴢ]

Had to google who the Good Brothers were

Some of yall had me confused as shyt


Thought yall meant the Indian brehs or Bashams from back in day

 

[Mʀ2ᴋDᴇᴇᴢ]

Kerry von Erich WWF run

 

[R=G]

Wade barrett predates nxt & he was given plenty of opportunities throughout his tenure.

A lot of the nxt dudes that left that little bubble got exposed.

Nxt started with Wade Barrett and Daniel Bryan...it just became a weekly show in the aftermath of the female season.

 

[EarlyEarly]

Bo Dallas or Curtis Axel?

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Sin cara was absolutely terrible. Dude was botching like crazy & didn't translate at all with the audience.

Lord tensei was garbage & another one that got a huge push & didn't translate well with the audience.

Like 90% of the nxt stars that make the jump didn't translate well to the main roster. It's a different animal being on the road than it is being in that studio in Orlando.

Nxt stars are the equivalent of NY basketball prospects. Overhyped.

Wade barrett predates nxt & he was given plenty of opportunities throughout his tenure.

A lot of the nxt dudes that left that little bubble got exposed.

Injuries is what killed Barrett. He was a really good talker and more than serviceable in the ring, but every time he was given the ball, he’d get injured.

Had they simply made Tensai’s return as A-Train or Albert, I think he would’ve fared better. The problem was under the Tensai gimmick, they never tried to explain anything other than “he was in Japan previously”. With no reasonable explanation, there was no way that gimmick would work with a crowd that was still very familiar with his previous gimmicks.

 

[Coco Brown]

Wade barrett predates nxt & he was given plenty of opportunities throughout his tenure.

A lot of the nxt dudes that left that little bubble got exposed.

True but a lot of the folks that struggled got trash booking. Especially the tag teams.

It's one thing for someone to fail on the roster b/c they can't get the audience to buy in (i.e. No Way Jose) but it's a whole other situation when people are riding the wave and WWE squanders it (i.e. Elias, Rusev, or Shinsuke). To me the latter isn't going bust b/c you can't put that on the performer. They did their job (sometimes, as in Rusev's case, multiple times), it was the company that didn't hold up their end of the deal.

 

[Mike the Executioner]

Paige.

 

[R=G]

Paige.

Nope..got very over and is only out via injury.

 

[Mike the Executioner]

Nope..got very over and is only out via injury.

She was the first NXT call-up that had all this buzz and momentum, but her time on the main roster wasn't a reflection of that. Not many memorable moments or matches, was injured half the time, and was spinning her wheels after her first year. I know she was forced into retirement, but when you compare her three years to what the Horsewomen or Asuka have done, it's like she wasn't even there.

@TheGreatShowtime knows.

 

[g-ice]

The only answers imo are Sin Cara, Tensai, O 'Haire, Staziak, and Palumbo.

Why I'm seeing Nakamura on here is beside me? I get it he didn't pan out in the main event scene but he has been a solid fixture in the mid card/tag team scene with numerous titles.

Basically the equivalent of a Marvin William's career. Didn't become the superstar that he was meant to be but wound up with a solid pro career overall.