is JBL the greatest "out of nowhere" push of all time?

[jadillac]

Lesnar had decided to bail, Angle was injured, and HHH i guess didn't want to be on Smackdown, so JBL was a last resort.

Dude was thrown in as a last option and made it work to the point where he was a legit great heel after previously peaking as an APA character who was never a serious solo contender.

Some of these promos are masterclasses

 

[VegetasHairline]

Jinder Mahal

 

[MikelArteta]

Lesnar had decided to bail, Angle was injured, and HHH i guess didn't want to be on Smackdown, so JBL was a last resort.

Dude was thrown in as a last option and made it work to the point where he was a legit great heel after previously peaking as an APA character who was never a serious solo contender.

Some of these promos are masterclasses

Yup

 

[jadillac]

Jinder Mahal

That's actually a fair question as well.

He had ZERO success whatsoever previously. And then became a champ who drew legit heat.

At least Layfield had a decent reputation before he became JBL.

 

[Him]

Jinder Mahal

You trying troll but this might be facts. Maharaja has wins over quiet a few legends as champion not to mention that entrance had the streets talking for months.

 

[RegB]

do 2011 Daniel Bryan or 2015 Seth Rollins (I thought roman was gonna become the champ first) count..? I only watched wwe and had no idea of their indy success,, so those came outta nowhere to me..!

 

[2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat]

I FUKKING HATED JBL WHEN I WAS. A KID

 

[Silkk]

Greatest or Strongest?


Khali makes a good case for strongest with how he dominated Taker

 

[2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat]

Greatest or Strongest?


Khali makes a good case for strongest with how he dominated Taker

when khali made his debut and just walked out in that match with taker & henry

just bytched taker all thruout the ring

I was speechless and sad.

only thing that came close to that feeling is when edge cashed in his money in the bank contract against taker after taker fought henry

 

[Silkk]

when khali made his debut and just walked out in that match with taker & henry

just bytched taker all thruout the ring

I was speechless and sad.

only thing that came close to that feeling is when edge cashed in his money in the bank contract against taker after taker fought henry

And he did it for months and he fuccking SUCKED.


Khlai single hand-idly stopped me from watching SD for a while

 

[Doctor Doom]

I FUKKING HATED JBL WHEN I WAS. A KID

JBL had me crying angry tears when he was feuding with Cena/Batista and being a cheating little fukk

 

[AKM-95]

Honorable mention gotta go to Barry Horowitz..dude went from jobber to winning matches and having merch in months....one of the first pushes were I knew something was off....

 

[FTBS]

Kofi?

 

[jadillac]

Kofi?

Fair, but Kofi had been IC champ previously right? Was already considered a GOAT tag team member at that time and ND was super over

I can't even remember what JBL was doing before hos push. APA was already done as far as I remember.

 

[The Burning]

Dude ruined SD for me. I completely checked out on that show when he was the champ.