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@tajunoor1311

Жыл бұрын

No Gimmicks needed the Chris Candido story

@tajunoor1311

Жыл бұрын

The History of the Midnight Express

@tajunoor1311

Жыл бұрын

Let me talk to ya the Eli Drake story

@ShowTymeDollarS850

Жыл бұрын

Top Rope Titans.. wrestling's best top rope finishers.. or highest flyers

@shanefoy3720

Жыл бұрын

I love brie bellas brie mode so much, oh was that looking at brie bella with the song make the song sound better lol who knows 😆 🤣

Sin Cara was used in the Scooby Doo WrestleMania Mystery more than he was used in his entire WWE career.

@drphot6050

Жыл бұрын

Haha all facts

@Gyro096

4 ай бұрын

Dude I remember watching that movie before I got into wrestling and being like damn this guys a big deal and after like a year on enjoying wrestling I was like what ever happened to that sin Cara guy

No joking, sin cara was the cover star of wwe 12 in mexico

@Paugose

Жыл бұрын

Well, the guy is the biggest Mexican star since El Santo and brought CMLL into European TV and even took titles in Japan. Too bad WWE completely ruined him by not lettin him adapt a bit to the US style in FCW, and then give him a completely different mask (Mistico's mask got holes for the eyes, not the Sin Cara mask), plus adding weird lights, all the ingredients that would lead to him not being ready for a big push.

@YogiWonKenobi78

Жыл бұрын

He is dope but he is no Mysterio-💯

@drphot6050

Жыл бұрын

He failed because he couldn't breathe through the mask lol

@presidentjayhawk9214

Жыл бұрын

Ahh that's why he sucked in the ring new Mexico had to jinx him

@cliffordjackson3

Жыл бұрын

@@Paugose FACTS.

Nothing screams Vince McMahon like giving someone the worst theme song ever and blaming the wrestler for not getting over.

It's a bit surprising you didn't mention King Mabel breaking the Undertaker's orbital bone on a botched move when talking about that failed push. Further, in Curtis Axel's defense, very few guys had the ability his father "Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig had in the ring.

@slanderman3296

Жыл бұрын

Mabel was so disgusting to me when I was a kid.........and as an adult later one

@Nix-281

Жыл бұрын

tbf it feels like if anyone getting a push gets IC title its just a dead end after title reign ends

@tommylofgren7699

Жыл бұрын

@@Nix-281 I

@paulallen7366

Жыл бұрын

His push has ended by that point. He injured taker as part of a number of hired goons for Yokozuna at 95s survivor series.

@alexbarrett6347

Жыл бұрын

@@paulallen7366 yokozunas hired goons were at Survivor series 1994 and mabel wasn't one of them

Vince dropping the ball with so many of the wrong characters throughout the years has been very disappointing to true wrestling fans.

@raze5783

Жыл бұрын

What’s a “true wrestling fan” to you? 😂😂

@GreenBeanMrClean

Жыл бұрын

True wrestling fan? 🤨🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭

@mikecuozzo9709

26 күн бұрын

​@@GreenBeanMrCleanwhy are you laughing?

Nathan Jones was the biggest one for me. They had that epic promo for weeks/months of him being this crazy ex-con who was totally unhinged. We all thought that he was gonna be a complete savage in the ring but how were we to know that he was a rookie in the game of wrasslin?

@ricardonb6375

Жыл бұрын

Jones is very tall and therefore, very uncoordinated. Even when he was pushed as a main eventer in World Wrestling All-Stars, he still looks like crap. By the way, World Wrestling All-Stars is an Australian wrestling promotion that ran from 2001 to 2003. It tried to carry the spirit of WCW, but flopped mainly because they couldn't acquire any main eventers.

@Naruto0s44

Жыл бұрын

They did the right thing with Nathan Jones because they don't want him going into WrestleMania and botching all his spots and making the match with him taker a train and Big Show look bad vince was not taking that chance

@zemox2534

Жыл бұрын

They never should have booked the match in the first place

@afd19850

Жыл бұрын

“The colossus of boggo road”

@sedrickgipson8088

Жыл бұрын

Facts

Did I just hear that Otis's push got killed because of the lockdown??!! No, we all know what happened to the Otis/Mandy angle...Vince got bored.

Awesome Kong didn’t drop the ball at all. She got pregnant. That’s why her WWE career didn’t work out. The others I agree with.

@southuchiha1293

Жыл бұрын

@@lexkanyima2195 she didnt resign wdym excuse??

@ToxynCorvin8008

Жыл бұрын

She got pregnant and WWE released her because she couldn't return in the time they expected her to return.

@sedrickgipson8088

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s unfortunate

@zemox2534

Жыл бұрын

Another example of wwe acting like pricks

@drphot6050

Жыл бұрын

She could've had Nia's push but actually been better because she's an amazing pro

First to come to mind is ryback. It really seemed like he was one his way to be a huge star in his cm punk rivalry. There is so many weird decisions by wwe… Ziggler, Kennedy, big e, nakamura, Christian,ä and cesaro. Yes they are stars but could have been megastars. Big e makes no sense cause he fits vinces image. He is massive but also has charisma and skill. Its weird that they can mess upp winners of mitb and the rumble. Its pretty much a guarantee to make a star. Other that come to mind is ted dibiase, braun, Wade barret, bray wyatt, Cody ofcourse before aew.

It's a shame the troubles Kharma went through with losing her baby and all. If things had worked out I think the Women's Era would have started a lot sooner. She's a great talent and a true legend in Women's wrestling

Sin Cara was the biggest to me due to it being two people playing the role and still not being able to be more than a tag champ. I also remember having so much faith in Curtis Axel

@LoneWolf-xq4bs

Жыл бұрын

I'm really sorry for Sin Cara because he had the qualities in the ring to make it unfortunately he failed miserably

@MesiasMark

4 ай бұрын

​@@LoneWolf-xq4bs WWE failed miserably. The people under the mask were great, WWE was not.

I feel like they wanted Sin Cara to be the next Rey Mysterio but his constant botches and injuries killed his push.

@th3gr81

Жыл бұрын

What a sad life. Wanting to be Rey Mysterio is pathetic.

@Covingtonao

Жыл бұрын

Its stated

@Purplecreature36000

Жыл бұрын

@@th3gr81 he's actually really good in the ring check out his matches in Mexico (mistico myzteziz) whatever name you call him he's great i bought a replica of one of his wwe masks and I can say that thing is a pain in the ass to see out of

@VoltiumOG

Жыл бұрын

@@th3gr81 Místico never needed to imitate Mysterio lmao, inform yourself before saying some bs like you actually did.

@th3gr81

Жыл бұрын

@@Purplecreature36000 I'm not really into lucha libre, it's even sillier than pro wrestling as a whole.

Some of the reasons pushes get dropped or forgotten about are 1:The lack Charisma 2:Injury prone 3:Politics 4:Lack of skills 5:lack of fan support 6:pushed to early with no interest feuds 7:doesn’t look like a credible star or been stuck in the mid card for too long without giving a reason for fans to care 8:Lack of promo skills 9:Demons or issues 10:don’t having the IT factor 11:Booking or the boss of the company/promotion basically really doesn’t want to push u cause he doesn’t like your look or character etc

@c_f0rce

Жыл бұрын

@@lexkanyima2195 This was already covered in number 7

@dibslin2.081

Жыл бұрын

12, and most importantly, Vince McMahon being petty, incompetent and impulsive.

@jgrey7653

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's why I just stay a fan. No need to feel this is the life.

For me personally Sean O Haire is the biggest missed opportunity in Wrestling history…

@chocolatedaddy2094

Жыл бұрын

Yes Mr. Kennedy is in the discussion also

@TheShockninja

Жыл бұрын

A number of people will agree with you on that.

@RepublicofNvidiaGamers

Жыл бұрын

@@chocolatedaddy2094 at least kennedy had a great run in TNA man…

@chocolatedaddy2094

Жыл бұрын

@@RepublicofNvidiaGamers true and Money in the Bank but the TNA title doesn't hold much weight lol

@RepublicofNvidiaGamers

Жыл бұрын

@@chocolatedaddy2094 i understand that but unlike the others on this list, he had everything looks, physique, ring skills and promo skills absolutely everything to make a mega star out of. Kennedy had the goods too and at least he had an awesome run in TNA.

The worst was what the WWE did with DDP, DDP was over big time, he could have been a huge player in WWE but they just squashed him right out the gate..smh, its no wonder why Sting didn't want to go there after that..

@kaleb62patriot

Жыл бұрын

Could have had WWE peoples champ versus WCW peoples champ in rock versus ddp

@IndicaEuphora

Жыл бұрын

Then when Sting finally decided to cross over he jobs to Triple H at wrestlemania..

@Naruto0s44

Жыл бұрын

WWE really hates WCW because that was the company that almost put them out of business so anybody that's from WCW they're going to bury right from the gate except for the cruiserweights

@universe-ie2mk

Жыл бұрын

He saw how rock acted like he didnt know who booker t was in rock's first smackdown after he came back for the invasion. Thats what motivated sting to not sign. Out his own mouth

@marlowstanfield6815

Жыл бұрын

@@IndicaEuphora Facts! I wish Sting never came for that bs. It should have been Sting vs Taker anyway..

I feel Otis wasn’t a huge flop. Idk he’s a hilarious character and a really good underdog.

Big Cass would have been a great edge and Christian protégé. He kind of looks like them too so there's some good banter that could be had about that.

@drphot6050

Жыл бұрын

He'll always be Test Lite to me!

@superstarthomas

Жыл бұрын

@@drphot6050 Yea I thought as him more like Test.

I wish Otis and Chad Gable get a push , they're both just amazing and compliment each other as a team.

To say Kia Stephens was a missed opportunity is a huge understatement.

Should've had Ricochet portray Sin Cara..

@OMGITZQUEZZO187

Жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t make sense

Do "Squared Circles: Wrestling's Greatest Arenas" or "Title Gold: Wrestling's Greatest Championship Belts" for the next video down the line

I knew Sin Cara and King Mabel would be in this list. I also knew that Kharma would be in the list as well. Thanks for the new video, Andy ❤

@alexandertroy9621

Жыл бұрын

How??? Did you see the thumbnail or sum'n? Spooky!

@k-lee481

Жыл бұрын

@@alexandertroy9621 Yeah, I kinda did. Also I watched Sin Cara wrestle when I was younger and wanted him to be the next Rey Mysterio of WWE.

@djpegao

Жыл бұрын

@@k-lee481 and that's one of the main problems Sin Cara had, WWE is still looking for the next Eddie Guerrero or Rey Mysterio 2.0 which will always cast a HUGE shadow to whichever Latino superstar tries to make it, immediately gets compared to either one and when he doesn't make it to the same level it's immediately trew away.

Wwe wants to be mediocore. They hate when wrestlers get themselves over because vince didnt get them over. Remember how over the internet champion zach ryder was and how he got buried by kane. Getting thrown off stages in a wheelchair. Or how he won the IC title at mania only to drop it to the miz the next night? What a joke.

@allencollins5666

Жыл бұрын

It's The Wrestlers Jobs To Get Themselves Over. Vince Don't Like That. 💯

Some of these are usually the result of either coming in either a little too late or Early, like Tatanka, they were pushing around the same time of yokozuna and he was slated to get the IC belt but from my understanding he didn't because Michaels was batching to McMahon that he didn't want to lose it to him

Rob Conway may have had a poor push in wwe, he did find better success in NWA, when he won the NWA World championship. Like many others, Rob found greater success outside WWE.

@babymaharaja7638

Жыл бұрын

WWE should bring him back as a trainer

@WrestlingFan574

Жыл бұрын

Too bad NWA was floundering at the time and it wasn't in the spot it is now. If no one knew about NWA's New Japan invasion, his title reign would have flown under the radar

There was absolutely nothing wrong with Hunico as Sin Cara

@anttvinenko490

Жыл бұрын

Hunico were rlly underrated af. Cool entrance, unique stuff

@DonDeLem

Жыл бұрын

I liked him, but I was more amazed by Mistico's moveset. I felt like he was more of a high flyer while Hunico mixed in some power moves.

@raze5783

Жыл бұрын

Hunico honestly wasn’t as agile and flashy as Mistico was. Hunico was better off wrestling without the mask.

@thelonewolf70x7

Жыл бұрын

@Nero The Chosen I think he actually BROKE his finger, but whatever...

Dude, that is totally me in the one pic from when Mabel won KOTR. I initially had seats in the nosebleeds but attendance was so bad a PR guy came up to where I was and gave us all seats down by the throne. Little did I know then I was literally feet away from the Hardys being they were opening the door that year.

I know it took far longer to unravel than most on this list but I’m surprised the Great Khali didn’t make the cut

@djpegao

Жыл бұрын

He was over AF on India and his Punjabi playboy gimmick gave him a little bit of popularity with the crowds.

Loved Otis. Could have had a really fun run with MITB booked correctly

@bugsquashinghero891

Жыл бұрын

No one wanted to see otis with the money in the bank

@TheICEDoutking

Жыл бұрын

@@bugsquashinghero891 maybe not as a face but it could’ve worked if he was a heel. Like Mark Henry type of heel

If given Kharma the Push...She would still be Running the Women's Division..She would be the Roman Reigns of the Women's Division....

It's sad Big Caz could've been a Kevin Nash upgrade.. but was just another Test at best.. who was also wasted

Great video, Andy. I have a recommendation. This video helped with the idea. Since you did one on wrestlers dropping the ball with their push, how about doing one of WWE dropping the ball on the wrestlers. I know there's probably a lot, but maybe do the 10 most damaging that had a lot of potential (Bray Wyatt/The Wyatt Family, Nexus, etc.) I don't know if you've already done this, but if not, there's an idea.

@alexandertroy9621

Жыл бұрын

Carrion Cross came immediately to mind.

@Austin-dl9dh

Жыл бұрын

@@alexandertroy9621 Yep. I'd have him on that list too.

So many times unfortunately there have been big unsuccessful pushes...but with even alot of traction behind them doesn't always work out...as always great topic to cover man 🔥🔥👌🏻

In the WWF Mr Prefect was Ric Flair bodyguard yet they didn't do that with Crutis Axel and Charlotte Flair

As a kid, Mabel was literally the one guy I was scared for any of my guys to wrestle as 1. I still thought wrestling was real 2. Did you see what he did to undertakers face? 3. He looked like the scariest person to be locked in a prison cell with for sure. Much like Yokozuna who I still think Mabel was creepier looking than....they are so big and scary they dont have to work as hard as less is more. Big CAS is likely one of the more depresssing country songs as he initially had it all....the most over tag team, the hottest girl and a big singles push ahead and we el..poor guy lost all of it

What about Shinsuke's music? I don't even know why that wasn't mentioned since every fan in the arena sings along with it. From the day he made his debut until now. To the point that Shinsuke had to change it lol. His music is probably the best in WWE tbh.

if you want to see a textbook example of a wrestler carrying his opponent. go watch backlash daniel bryan vs big cass. bryan literally lead cass around the ring to set up spots. cass looked clueless.

As far as i remember, Big Cass also had alcohol issues, which, if true, should have been mentioned as well.

@raze5783

Жыл бұрын

I would’ve developed alcohol issues too if I got dumped by Carmella.

@kenshigo3833

Жыл бұрын

@@raze5783 True that. She is so annoying and i can´t understand why she is relevant.

@tomwigal8856

Жыл бұрын

Yes culminating the ECW arena when he went into I believe a seizure and almost died they briefly mentioned his Impact Wrestling run the best part of that it's where he wrestled back at the ECW Arena and even address the crowd before the match

Wwe fucked up on Kong. They treated her like shit when she lost her baby.

@drphot6050

Жыл бұрын

I was highly disappointed at that

man I really thought sin cara would be one of the biggest stars in a few years after his debut

The biggest good thing about Rob Conway was he was a submission expertise mercenary for hire in Juggalo Championshit Wrestling and held both the NWA Tag and World Heavyweight belts simultaneously in NJPW

Ezequiel Jackson was never member of Nexus. He was, however, member of The Corre, along with Wade Barrett, Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel, being the only member of the group that was not in Nexus previously.

Watching Big Cass wrestle at the Royal Rumble told us all we needed to know. Dude was horrendous.

@smac919

Жыл бұрын

His match in AEW against Wardlow was pretty good, though thats the only time Ive seen him before.

@fcaioki7949

Жыл бұрын

@@smac919 I’ll check that out

LOL. at 9:53 "It's not like the company didn't try with him" Vince didn't try with him Vince had Cena bury his group(The Nexus). Then after that it was all down hill for Curt.

Can u imagine Vladimir Vs NXT Walter.. ?

There’s so much awesome Kong being put in a lot of blogs all of a sudden out of nowhere 😂😂😂 so random

Another ball drop was Val venis because he could have been WWF Champion had they pushed him more and he was getting over with the crowd with his gimmick and he was in high-profile matches but the parents television Council put the kibosh on his career/gimmick because he did the right to censor gimmick to make fun of them and he didn't recover after that and gain so much weight and now he's a crazy person who's smokes and sells cannabis

Sin Cara would've become the next Rey Mysterio.

@djpegao

Жыл бұрын

And that's one of the major problems he had. WWE is still trying to make Rey Mysterio or Eddie Guerrero 2.0 instead of allowing the wrestler to be himself

WWE gave up on Sin Cara for no reason at all. It was such a small mistake, that not many people even noticed it originally.

Dude ur on a roll with these videos. Nothing but hits

Dropping the ball on Lex Luger

Keep the videos coming Andy bro

Karma will always be one of my biggest what ifs 😫

Cool review. My favorite was Vladimir and Mable

You talking down on the X factor theme song? I still jam to it! Cmon now 😭

Anyone who doesn't like Rob Conway's theme can go ahead and kiss my ass! I LOVE it! I have it on my Spotify playlist and never skip past it. People who don't like it are just wrong.

Rob's failed push is the most hysterical. He had the look, physique, and the arrogance to be a top heel, but that song....THAT SONG. A rehash of Luger's Narcissist theme would've been far better, granted the parallels would've been too noticeable since Luger also failed.

@babymaharaja7638

Жыл бұрын

bruce prichard gave him that music on purpose to sabotage his career is my theory

Nathan Jones definitely had the look. Dude is a walking monster.

@zemox2534

Жыл бұрын

Having the look isn't enough. You need the skills to back it up and Jones did not have the skills

@traemobg

Жыл бұрын

@@zemox2534 that’s why I said he had the look. I didn’t say he had skills.

Why didn’t they put Cass with Heyman? Might have worked, might not but would have helped.

Great video. One small correction. Ezekiel Jackson is Guyanese not Guyanan.

The names I would have thought to make the list are Damian Sandow, LA Knight and EC3.

I've always felt that there was a plan for Otis to cash in Money in the Bank before Roman came back.

I really wanted to see Nathan Jones succeed in this business. That dude had a 10/10 look for a wrestler. He was the next Sid Vicious imo. Sadly, the wrestling business just wasn't for him and he left. He's one of those wrestlers that I wished had a longer career.

If they would’ve left the mask on ricochet as Prince Puma WWE would have had their next Rey Mysterio type guy

Some of those clips with Rob Conway, he looks like Buff Bagwell. Just needs the Top hat.

Great video, thanks!!

Could you please do a video reviewing WWE back in 2011? What was going on behind the scenes? Such as WWE RAW goes on strike and the CM Punk controversy.

I had a lot of wrestling figures as a kid, and the only one I didn't actually know who it was, was Rob Conway. I mean, I knew the name cause of the package he came in, but I didn't at all know what he did in the ring.

The Curtis Axel push annoyed tf out of me when it happened. He had absolutely no charisma in the ring and Paul Heyman just kept having to yell about how he was Mr Perfects son

It's remarkable just how often you get things wrong, nothing that major, but still, hunico was playing himself before he got the role as sin cara, and once the original sin cara left, hunico just kept going as sin cara, + Vince McMahon wasn't instantly mad at mable, nash complained to Vince and told him to fire him, these are not hard sources to back up man

@ArthurKillingsworthJr

Жыл бұрын

Seriously I said the same thing

Im sad about Axel. The B team had such a fun gimmick and great theme song that was changed in like a month, then after they lost the tag titles the were never seen again no matter how over they actually were...

Nathan Jones aka "Turd Syphilis"... That always gives me a little pop.

Hm, really good topic to cover, Andy. I liked Kozlov as a kid, thought he was a great bad guy and a nice theme.

Chris Masters deserves a mention also. You could make a 3hour video on this subject alone.

Ezekiel Jackson looks like Apollo Crews....Lol

Parallel universe booking video would be an interesting idea

I Like your work so much ♥️♥️♥️♥️ So Amazing Video👌👌👌👌

Morris Edu was the FIFA 8 cover star in USA.

They seriously thought that Rob Conway was ever going to be a main eventer wow.

ahhh Sin Cara. 2 men, both failed, i had high hopes :/

@LoneWolf-xq4bs

Жыл бұрын

Mistico was a great high-flyer in mexico too bad he failed miserably in wwe

@MesiasMark

4 ай бұрын

​@@LoneWolf-xq4bs WWE failed miserably. How hard is it to understand that it was WWE choice because they make the bookings.

Vladimir Kozlov had such a cool look

Mabel’s push got stopped as well due to the kliq as well.

Rob conway shld have been huge. Great body great music and awesome mic skills.

@babymaharaja7638

Жыл бұрын

music was terrible and mic skills were average but I agree, he was underrated

When i saw sin cara i automatically imagined him rey mysterio ver2 But i expected too much

Honestly I liked ECW on Syfy. And I liked Big Daddy V as the champion. If they kept Punk on ECW. Let Ezekiel, Christian, and punk, the brood actual get an couple years I believe we still have that brand.

Please do video on kyle o riley Bobby fish Jungle boy Darby allin

Am I the only one that loved Rob Conway back in the day?

@alexandertroy9621

Жыл бұрын

Nope

@terminalpower.

Жыл бұрын

@@alexandertroy9621 Conmen assemble!

@baseupp12

Жыл бұрын

La Resistance was an underrated team

I wouldn't skip over how over Karma was in TNA. Truly a woman monster heel.

I think you should have done this by decades. There were tons and tons. Most of who you mentioned i have never even heard of.

Enzo and Cass worked out because they were real life childhood best friends, unlike so many tag teams who are usually forced to team up.

Eskekel Jackson did ok in lucha Underground

Uh.. what happened to the video during the talk of Awesome Kong/Karma?

Man.. do u know how many failed pushes there were.. this video should have a part 1 thru forever..

@allencollins5666

Жыл бұрын

Far More Beyond Than WCW Could Never Dream Of.

Sin Car original is a great wrestler. He just wasn't use to the WWE style.

Apollo Crews and Ezekiel Jackson tag team would be sick

@chocolatedaddy2094

Жыл бұрын

Or put Apollo with Theory or Ezekiel the younger brother of Elias smh it's biracial tag teams also😂😂😂

Sin cara could have been good if they took their time with him before sending to the roster

@LoneWolf-xq4bs

Жыл бұрын

Agree

8:44 wow

Idek why they were trying to replace Rey Mysterio in the first place! That man is irreplaceable!!!

I loved awesome Kong. Was waiting for her comeback ☹️

@tomwigal8856

Жыл бұрын

She retired following a match in Nwa witch saw her get help for her greatest rival and closest friend in wrestling Gail Kim I know retirements in wrestling don't always last