What is Your Boy Stable? (Wrestling's Guilty Pleasure)

[Rosie]

Here is something that can be fun to do. For those who don't know what this term is, nor do they watch OSW Review, where this originated, here is what it is.

A "boy" in wrestling (or Cailíns for female boys) is someone who isn't exactly the best wrestler (probably stinks a bit), is not exactly the most popular, and hasn't been world champion in a major company (So for this, let's say WWF/E, WCW, NJPW, AEW) and maybe at times have a little cringe. Despite that, you like/support them more than the average & what they probably deserve.

Your stable has to have a max of six people, with the "Bottom Boy/Cailín" being your favourite.

So, to review:

CRITERIA FOR BEING A BOY:
1. Unsuccessful – No WWE/WWF, WCW/NWA, AEW or NJPW world titles.
(An NWA title reign post-WCW does not count and is still eligible, so Flair = no, R Truth = yes)
2. Unpopular – They must not be respected in general or have hope for the future.
3. Cringe – There’s a certain cringe factor. You have to be a little ashamed to admit you’re a fan.

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In one of the posts, they mention all women are eligible, but I think for this, we can say women who held the WWE Raw/SD Women's title post-Divas era (Where they gained more respect, starting main eventing Raws/SDs, and PPVs on a more regular basis) disqualifies them from being Cailíns, so the likes of the four horsewomen, Naomi, Natalya, Ronda, Asuka, are disqualified. Also, a couple of famous women who were known to be trend-setters/ahead of their time in WWF/E probably are disqualified too. So Trish, Lita, Molly Holly, Ivory, Victoria, Beth Pheonix, Melina just to name a couple. As well, let's go with the TNA/Impact Knockouts title disqualifying you since their division has always been a bit more respected, and the AEW Women's title.

Also, they have a list of former world champions who they have determined to be eligible to still be "boys" due to the quality of their run/rest of their career, and alternatively some non-Champions who are too good to be boys.

Spoiler: Exceptions

Eligible past Champions: Dolph Ziggler, Great Khali, Jack Swagger and Jinder Mahal

Non-Champions who are ineligible: Earthquake, Roddy Piper, Ted DiBiase Sr, Owen Hart, Ron Garvin, Jake Roberts, Mr Perfect/Curt Henning, Razor Ramon/Scott Hall

So, who are your guilty pleasure wrestlers you support?

Ya girl's stable:

1. BOTTOM BOY: Tyler Breeze

Underrated, great gimmick, but he sadly got pushed into "Boy" territory when he was brought to the main roster. Even with him returning to NXT and getting a NA title shot and becoming a tag champion, it is not enough to disqualify him. But I hope when he does wrestle again, he has some success!

2. Kurrgan
One of two wrestlers from my hometown area to make it to WWE, and a nice guy IRL I met. But he wasn't exactly the best in the ring, good look aside, and his greatest success in wrestling was being part of a comedy stable. Although he isn't a boy in Hollywood.

3. Rene Dupree
Despite being billed from France, he is actually Acadien from the Maritimes of Canada. His gimmick was for sure mid-card only, but I loved him.

4. Tye Dillenger/Shawn Spears

He got over thanks to his 10 chant, and on WWE's main roster was treated as a total boy. In AEW he is being treated with more respect, having a couple of bigger matches with a kickass theme song and being part of The Pinnacle, but he is probably best described as the fall guy in the group, singles star in the group who isn't a monster who can be the heavy, nor is he the leader, and therefore unlikely to challenge for world titles. So, he's a boy.

5. Curtis Axel

Spoiler: THE AXEMAN COMETH

6. Evil Uno

Did you see his "slip" in the Revolution Tag Casino Royale? Total boy, but I love him. Evil Uno is also really good at Twitter and helped raise a lot of money for charity with New Legacy.

Bonus: Mandy Rose, Rebel. Just they are not quite top six at this time.

 

[Nostradamus]

1. BOTTOM BOY: (Motherfucking) Maven
I always thought Maven was a good wrestler who, given more time and polish, would have genuinely been something great. His short time gave birth to one of the most memorable Royal Rumble moments in history. And homie had a MEAN dropkick.

2. Eugene
Arguably should have been a World Heavyweight Champion during the height of his WWE run. I genuinely believe this gimmick was portrayed well, as it could have been incredibly offensive, but from my experience in child care and volunteering with disable adults, the portrayal of this special needs character was spot-fucking-on 90% of the time. There were people that actually looked up to Eugene as a hero and symbol of hope.

3. Mordecai
Cringe character, yes, but it was an interesting and promising one. I don't think he had a fair shake and definitely was going to be a huge fucking deal. I've always been partial to characters based around religion (ironic since I'm not religious), psychology and horror. He ticked those boxes for me. Had that rivalry with The Undertaker come to fruition, I think it would have been something special. Let's forget Kevin Thorn existed.

4. Zack Ryder
He was SO OVER at one point that he had the potential to breakout as a giant star, but WWE fumbled the ball. Outside of his mid-card title reigns, he single-handedly brought in the whole social media and internet era of WWE and redefined what it took to get over in that company. Even if it was an extremely short run, I think he should have gotten a WWE Championship win. Oh well, he's the king of the deathmatch now.

5. Carlito
I consider Carlito as one of the best characters and wrestlers of the post-Attitude Era WWE. Solid in-ring, great heel, funny as shit and had a mountain of potential.

6. Elijah Burke
I just enjoyed his presence. He played his role well, he was so hate-able, was cocky to the extreme, had a decent WWECW run that should have been capped off with SOME type of title win in his WWE career. Banger theme song as well.

 

[Kross Rhodes]

With the latest DSOTR coming out soon I want to be the first to reiterate Chris Kanyon as being on my boy stable. Always has been.

Test is also on my boy stable. Man had the look and athleticism for such a large beefy boy. Surprises me Vince didn't push him higher.

It makes me pretty sad too that Vince essentially fired Kanyon for being gay. And not only that, had him appear as Boy George to get beaten.

 

[Alexa]

Oh well, he's the king of the deathmatch now.

He wishes.

 

[Rosie]

He wishes.

GCW heat magnet

 

[Kross Rhodes]

3. Cringe – There’s a certain cringe factor. You have to be a little ashamed to admit you’re a fan.

I didn't read this part. I don't think I'm ashamed of anyone I like.

 

[Rosie]

I didn't read this part. I don't think I'm ashamed of anyone I like.

Test is one of the boys of the OSW guys, he's allowed. Just after a while he fell to the point where he wasn't going to be world champ. Like if a non-fan but at least knows some bigger names would go to you say "Hey, what's your favourite wrestler?" and you'd say Test or even Chris Kanyon, they will go "Who?"

The rules seem complex, but they are light and this is a bit for fun!

 

[Alexa]

GCW heat magnet

Because he was the product of everything that is hated.

 

[TOP GUY TIME]

Bottom Boy: Lince Dorado

2) Alicia Fox

3) The Jackyl (Just Jackyl, not Don Callis)

4) Hirooki Goti

5) Lance Storm

6) Bo Dallas

 

[Alexa]

1: Hirooki Goto
2: Yoshi-Hashi
3: Taichi
4: Jungle Kyona (Yeah, she is a girl, but screw the rules)
5: Pom Harajuku (See above)
6: Fukigen Death (Spirit Animal)

 

[Sky]

God damn, any Knockouts Title reign disqualifies you? Guess I've got to throw out my Velvet Sky Cailín idea

1. BOTTOM BOY - Reno
The least memorable Natural Born Thriller and the only man I've ever seen that had an Anti-Look (that ponytail). Sticking up for him because no one else will.

2. Ashley Massaro
It's shameful that one would have to be ashamed of sticking up for Ashley. Sure, she had terrible match after terrible match, but she actually wanted to learn to wrestle and WWE just didn't bother training her. She tried really hard, and for that I thank her.

3. Jesse Neal
There was a time when this short but kinda bulky ex-Navy guy with a ridiculous hairdo was being hailed as the future of TNA, and I certainly believed them. Shame he got buried and then got paid so little he was on food stamps.

4. "The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero
The greatest TNA star never to be their World Champion. His WWECW stuff was also very cool, but I'm talking his 2009/2010 run where he got HOT. Then his push got killed because Holy Shit, We Have RVD.

5. Mahabali Shera
Because I like reminding people that Ring Ka King was a real thing that happened and wasn't a collective fever dream. The last of that show's new Indian talent who still sees TV anywhere (thanks Saurav, you NXT-spoiling moron). Bad in-ring, don't care.

6. Kayden Carter
Everyone cares about her tag team partner, That Girl Off Ninja Warrior Who Does All The Flips, but when they've teamed I've always liked Kayden's look and style better. I actually think she's got a brighter future than Kacy, but no one else seems to.

 

[TOP GUY TIME]

1: Hirooki Goto
2: Yoshi-Hashi
3: Taichi
4: Jungle Kyona (Yeah, she is a girl, but screw the rules)
5: Pom Harajuku (See above)
6: Fukigen Death (Spirit Animal)

i forgot about Goto

 

[Rosie]

God damn, any Knockouts Title reign disqualifies you? Guess I've got to throw out my Velvet Sky Cailín idea

1. BOTTOM BOY - Reno
The least memorable Natural Born Thriller and the only man I've ever seen that had an Anti-Look (that ponytail). Sticking up for him because no one else will.

2. Ashley Massaro
It's shameful that one would have to be ashamed of sticking up for Ashley. Sure, she had terrible match after terrible match, but she actually wanted to learn to wrestle and WWE just didn't bother training her. She tried really hard, and for that I thank her.

3. Jesse Neal
There was a time when this short but kinda bulky ex-Navy guy with a ridiculous hairdo was being hailed as the future of TNA, and I certainly believed them. Shame he got buried and then got paid so little he was on food stamps.

4. "The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero
The greatest TNA star never to be their World Champion. His WWECW stuff was also very cool, but I'm talking his 2009/2010 run where he got HOT. Then his push got killed because Holy Shit, We Have RVD.

5. Mahabali Shera
Because I like reminding people that Ring Ka King was a real thing that happened and wasn't a collective fever dream. The last of that show's new Indian talent who still sees TV anywhere (thanks Saurav, you NXT-spoiling moron). Bad in-ring, don't care.

6. Kayden Carter
Everyone cares about her tag team partner, That Girl Off Ninja Warrior Who Does All The Flips, but when they've teamed I've always liked Kayden's look and style better. I actually think she's got a brighter future than Kacy, but no one else seems to.

Nice group, although Velvet is on the bubble of quality, can be debated to joining. For now, she is an honourary Cailin.

 

[Alexa]

i forgot about Goto

Ironic, lol. And yeah, Goto is always on my list.

 

[TeaDrinkingLimey]

Test is one of the boys of the OSW guys, he's allowed. Just after a while he fell to the point where he wasn't going to be world champ. Like if a non-fan but at least knows some bigger names would go to you say "Hey, what's your favourite wrestler?" and you'd say Test or even Chris Kanyon, they will go "Who?"

The rules seem complex, but they are light and this is a bit for fun!

We both know that Jay wears his Test t-shirt to bed every night.