You are like the worst type of wrestling fan there is jfc. LMAO. Just because a guy isn't 'HUGE' doesn't mean he can't work. I can tell that you probably typed in 'Top 100 moves of Davey Richards" and formed your half-assed opinion. If you've watched Davey over his entire career you can see how far he's come and how much he's grown up. There was a time, when yes, you're right, he shouldn't be in WWE and there was a time he wasn't a leader in the locker room and didn't carry himself in a way he should. But since around early 2012, he's grown up a lot and was even on the verge of retiring. Since then he's became a leader, improved his in-ring style even more. Not everyone is the same cookie cutter WWE superstar. Davey is definitely not generic, there's not a person in the World that even comes close to him. The indy style is a lot different from WWE, but saying Davey couldn't adjust and work a WWE style is just stupid. You're talking about the best professional wrestler on the planet today not being able to work lighter than he already does? Get the hell out of here, if anything he'd be even better, having to do less. There's a reason a topic was made about Davey, there's a reason reports came out about him, it's because he is the man. And indy talent will always be better than homegrown talent. Davey would come in with about a decade of in ring experience and know how to work a crowd, which is a big problem a lot of the younger NXT guys have. You might not like him, and you don't have to, because you're right, yes he is small, but he's better than what ever they have now. If he wasn't a big deal you wouldn't be talking about him. This was probably the first time WWE had gotten me excited, when the Pitbulls debuted on NXT and to be let down like this reminds me exactly why I have no faith at all in the current product.
Believe it or not, I'm a much bigger Eddie Edwards fan and that sucks much worse for me. While Davey was in his 'asshole' stage of his career, Eddie was the biggest professional in the World and if anyone deserves to be rewarded for his work, it's Eddie. He's not quite as good in-ring as Davey but no slouch himself. Edwards isn't even that small anyways so that's why I kinda think the report not be 100% accurate, they probably didn't like Davey's size and Eddie was just kind of an innocent bystander.
You wonder why the product is so dry nowadays, it's because the guys with talent are way off of the boss's radar. It's even more true for Wrestlemania season. Instead of signing and building these guys up, they like to start and stop guys who they already have. Start them in the Summer, and then stop them to bring back old stars for this time of the year. Eddie & Davey might be better off in the indies anyways. Chances are they wouldn't be used correctly if they did sign with WWE and at least in the indies they have some competition, unlike WWE, who is in desperate need for tag teams, but you know, why sign a great tag team?
Believe it or not, I'm a much bigger Eddie Edwards fan and that sucks much worse for me. While Davey was in his 'asshole' stage of his career, Eddie was the biggest professional in the World and if anyone deserves to be rewarded for his work, it's Eddie. He's not quite as good in-ring as Davey but no slouch himself. Edwards isn't even that small anyways so that's why I kinda think the report not be 100% accurate, they probably didn't like Davey's size and Eddie was just kind of an innocent bystander.
You wonder why the product is so dry nowadays, it's because the guys with talent are way off of the boss's radar. It's even more true for Wrestlemania season. Instead of signing and building these guys up, they like to start and stop guys who they already have. Start them in the Summer, and then stop them to bring back old stars for this time of the year. Eddie & Davey might be better off in the indies anyways. Chances are they wouldn't be used correctly if they did sign with WWE and at least in the indies they have some competition, unlike WWE, who is in desperate need for tag teams, but you know, why sign a great tag team?