Over the years in Professional Wrestling, there have been many Wrestling & Creative Talents that have in some people's mind had so much potential & promise but have either been "Wasted" or not reached what they could've so easily have done. This thread is to discuss which people in people's opinion didn't reach "Full" potential & to discuss what they could've achieved.
Here are my 3 choices. Again don't be all like "WTF Is That" & "Those choices are rubbish", these are my honest opinions & ones I believe in. Feel free to come up with your opinions...
1. Mr Perfect / Curt Henning
One of the most gifted Technical wrestler's of his generation, His ring skill was near "Perfect" & he could also back it up with natural charisma. He also for one time had an amazing gimmick that at the time wasn't too far fetched but at the same time worked. It's a mystery how this man never became World Champion in any organization he was in. Probably the best Non-Champion to ever grace a ring...
2. Mike Awesome
Mike Awesome was the first of his kind, no man his size had ever done the things he was capable of doing in-&-outside the ring. So much was expected of him when he made the move from ECW to WCW but that's where things started going down hill from there on. He was made to look like a joke in WCW with the ridiculous gimmicks & such in a time where they needed fresh, younger guys who could go in the ring. He was never given a chance in the WWE either, which was due to Backstage Politics allegedly. If given the chance at the right time, I could've seen Awesome become a much bigger thing than he ever was. It's a shame to see a wrestler with so much calibre & potential just go down hill, to the day of his death...RIP.
3. Rob Van Dam
Now I know some of you will be, "Huh, why the hell did you chose RVD", well my basis is that although he might've been a World champion in the end, I still see him as having "Underachieved" during his career. Yet again, this was due to no fault of his own but because he was held back when he got to the highest level. His 2-year TV Title reign in the late 90's in ECW still hails as one of the most memorable & prestigious title reigns in the past decade or so. He was "One Of A Kind" in the ring & could also back it up on the stick tremendously well. What bugs me is, during most if not all his WWE period he wasn't given a serious push to headline his show & be the top guy on it. He was subjected to say "Radical & Gnarly" as his only vocabulary arsenal on the mic & every time they got stuck on pushing him to the Main Event, they just gave him the IC Title again as a prop & then gave somebody else the push instead. He had the talent to be headlining Raw/SmackDown every month & be the top guy of the brand. Maybe it's because he was part of "The Enemy" during his ECW days, but him just being one of the last remaining people from the WCW/ECW Alliance days shows that he had plenty of Potential!
Here are my 3 choices. Again don't be all like "WTF Is That" & "Those choices are rubbish", these are my honest opinions & ones I believe in. Feel free to come up with your opinions...
1. Mr Perfect / Curt Henning
One of the most gifted Technical wrestler's of his generation, His ring skill was near "Perfect" & he could also back it up with natural charisma. He also for one time had an amazing gimmick that at the time wasn't too far fetched but at the same time worked. It's a mystery how this man never became World Champion in any organization he was in. Probably the best Non-Champion to ever grace a ring...
2. Mike Awesome
Mike Awesome was the first of his kind, no man his size had ever done the things he was capable of doing in-&-outside the ring. So much was expected of him when he made the move from ECW to WCW but that's where things started going down hill from there on. He was made to look like a joke in WCW with the ridiculous gimmicks & such in a time where they needed fresh, younger guys who could go in the ring. He was never given a chance in the WWE either, which was due to Backstage Politics allegedly. If given the chance at the right time, I could've seen Awesome become a much bigger thing than he ever was. It's a shame to see a wrestler with so much calibre & potential just go down hill, to the day of his death...RIP.
3. Rob Van Dam
Now I know some of you will be, "Huh, why the hell did you chose RVD", well my basis is that although he might've been a World champion in the end, I still see him as having "Underachieved" during his career. Yet again, this was due to no fault of his own but because he was held back when he got to the highest level. His 2-year TV Title reign in the late 90's in ECW still hails as one of the most memorable & prestigious title reigns in the past decade or so. He was "One Of A Kind" in the ring & could also back it up on the stick tremendously well. What bugs me is, during most if not all his WWE period he wasn't given a serious push to headline his show & be the top guy on it. He was subjected to say "Radical & Gnarly" as his only vocabulary arsenal on the mic & every time they got stuck on pushing him to the Main Event, they just gave him the IC Title again as a prop & then gave somebody else the push instead. He had the talent to be headlining Raw/SmackDown every month & be the top guy of the brand. Maybe it's because he was part of "The Enemy" during his ECW days, but him just being one of the last remaining people from the WCW/ECW Alliance days shows that he had plenty of Potential!
