Bushy. Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 That's a good one. Kaval? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Kaval? Definitely one of the people who I was thinking of when I was talking about the early iteration of NXT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeM Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Papa Shango. Looking at how well the Boogeyman got over when he did, and the cult following Shango has today - I think he'd have been very entertaining in the mid 2000s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Papa Shango. Looking at how well the Boogeyman got over when he did, and the cult following Shango has today - I think he'd have been very entertaining in the mid 2000s. No way that Shango would have been more popular than Godfather, though...so that seems like a strange statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeM Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Papa Shango. Looking at how well the Boogeyman got over when he did, and the cult following Shango has today - I think he'd have been very entertaining in the mid 2000s. No way that Shango would have been more popular than Godfather, though...so that seems like a strange statement. In these terms I'm talking about the gimmick. Obviously Godfather was mega over and in exactly the right era. Might have missed the point a bit, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Nova Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 CM Punk in the original ECW would have been unreal. Id even say Brock Lesnar in ECW woulda been sick too. Imagine him and Rhyno *censored*ing destroying each other under extreme rules for the title? Two brick shithouses going at, probably some epic stuff. Current Aj Styles in the SD Ruthless Agression era would have been some epic stuff with matches against Angle, Benoit, Eddie among others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3J Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Cesaro, Brock, Swagger, Lesnar, Big E, and the Wyatts would have done well during Hulkamania/Warriormania. Punk, Legend Killer Randy, Lesnar, and Big E would have done well during AE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Cesaro, Brock, Swagger, Lesnar, Big E, and the Wyatts would have done well during Hulkamania/Warriormania. What about The Beast Incarnate or The Next Big Thing? Even the 1 in 21-1 would've done great then. Also don't ever say Warriormania again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackalicious Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 I don't think Big E would do well in the Hulkamania Era, because you know. Goldberg. He shouldn't be in this Era. Randy Savage, any Era without Hogan he would of been bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchbox Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Heel CM Punk in the territory days would have been so good he would have actually gotten murdered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maskedmaniac Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 CM Punk probably would do great in today's era seeing how many chants he gets from the crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3J Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 I don't think Big E would do well in the Hulkamania Era, because you know. Goldberg. He shouldn't be in this Era. Randy Savage, any Era without Hogan he would of been bigger. Big E is big, has agility, charisma, and a spot move. He'd do well tbh, especially because of his charisma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowley Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 I think Tom Magee would be a huge deal in this day and age. I agree about Steve Blackman too. What's Magee's best match that is online? I'm guessing something from All Japan? No clue. They're hard to find and most people would be quick to say that they all suck. I disagree though. Watch Tom Magee vs. Tim Horner on youtube. When his matches were built around flashy technical wrestling, he was decent. People shit on him for his comically bad striking, but that was his only major flaw. He could have easily improved on that anyway. Now that I think about it, Tom Magee probably would have been amazing in World of Sport. There's a famous story about how he had some incredible match with Bret Hart that convinced everyone he was the next Hulk Hogan. Dave Meltzer said that it was the only good match he ever had, thanks to Bret. Unfortunately I don't think this match is available to watch anywhere. I'd love to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Comfort Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Tom Magee was as green the day he left the business as the day he had his first televised match. He didn't have the drive to improve his craft. He was highly athletic, but couldn't sell. Battlekat would have worked out anytime in wrestling after the early 90s. He was basically RVD before RVD. Not surprisingly, he was a big influence on RVD. There's not a lot of current wrestlers I can see at earlier times. Ambrose and Wyatt would have been interesting in ECW. Burchill and Brent Albright might have fared better in today's wrestling. The same goes for indy stars like London, Bourne, Goldman, Kazarian, and Kaval. Bill Carr was in developmental years ago and I think could succeed in today's WWE. Big E would have been better off in the mid to late 00s. Rowan, Harper, and Strowman would have been fodder for 80s Hogan. The Revival would have been great in the 80s against teams like the Fantastics or the R and R Express. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tha Row Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Bram and LAX would've been good in ECW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 I disagree though. Watch Tom Magee vs. Tim Horner on youtube. When his matches were built around flashy technical wrestling, he was decent. People shit on him for his comically bad striking, but that was his only major flaw. He could have easily improved on that anyway. Now that I think about it, Tom Magee probably would have been amazing in World of Sport. There's a famous story about how he had some incredible match with Bret Hart that convinced everyone he was the next Hulk Hogan. Dave Meltzer said that it was the only good match he ever had, thanks to Bret. Unfortunately I don't think this match is available to watch anywhere. I'd love to see it. Just watched Magee vs Horner and yeah dude looked green as goose shit but he did do some impressive stuff. He apparently had a TV match vs Taue in AJPW as well as a tag match vs Tsuruta and Misawa but I think only the tag match is avaible online. Might check it out, the dude's story has always interested me, tbh. And yeah, I'd heard that Bret Hart match story apparently if you work for WWE you can ask them for tapes of everything they've got on their archive except for the Owen Hart tape and that Bret vs Magee match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango kid Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Ultimo,dragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPC Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Hacksaw Jim Duggan... that 2x4 he loved to carry around would've been a great go-to weapon in a Hardcore match. He did win the WCW hardcore title a few times. Would have done well in the Golden Era: John Cena Mike Awesome Ezeiel Jackson Mojo Rawley Zack Ryder Would have done well In the Attitude Era: Dean Ambrose Ricky Steamboat Bray Wyatt & Luke Harper Damien Sandow Dashing/Undashing Cody Rhodes Randy Savage Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase CM Punk Batista Kelly Kelly LayCool Would have done well in the Ruthless Aggression Era: AJ Styles Seth Rollins CM Punk Roddy Piper Mr Perfect Scott Hall Sasha Banks Charlotte Sting Bam Bam Bigalow Daniel Bryan Tazz Jake the Snake Roberts Randy Savage Sasha Banks Would have done better in Todays WWE Rhyno Kane Rob Van Dam Shane Douglas Charlie Haas Shelton Benjaman MVP Lance Storm Steve Blackman Ken Shamrock Perry Saturn Dean Malenko Chris Benoit Gail Kim Molly Holly Madusa Daffney Torrie Wilson Melina AJ Lee Terri Runnels Eve Torres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango kid Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Really kane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepia Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Really kane As opposed to only slightly Kane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPC Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Well I should probably take Kane off because its not like he didn't have the opportunities offered to him. I heard he preferred putting people over so I doubt that would change in any other era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushy. Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Magee looks like Omega. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Than Light Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 If Dean Ambrose was in the Attitude Era, he would be even more of a parody of what he is and would be Stone Cold's whipping boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Paul Posted March 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 IMO Ken Shamrock was in the right era, but just very underused. I wonder how prime D'Lo Brown would do in this era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEF Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 I can only imagine what Adam Rose would've been like in the Attitude Era... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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