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Post by Cassa Nova Kid on Apr 17, 2020 1:04:58 GMT -5
I feel like wwe had a chance to use the real life friendships of John Morrison , Miz , Dolph Ziggler, & Zack Ryder to make a super fun faction. Running around doing shenanigans, drive people nuts yet winning championships. I would have loved to see this and they finally brought Morrison Back and now Zack is gone. Super disappointed, anyways any one else feel this?
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Post by hbkjason on Apr 17, 2020 2:56:44 GMT -5
I always liked Zack Ryder and felt the way the WWE handled him was really strange. He worked his ass off to get himself over with the audience, I remember fans chanting his name during a CM Punk promo. Then it was like they grudgingly gave him a push, but it was the worst push ever! I do not see how they ever thought the storylines they gave him were going to take him to the next level.
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Post by Patrick Bateman (original) on Apr 17, 2020 3:10:44 GMT -5
Super talented. Look forward to seeing what is coming down the road for him. I hope there is a Major squad with him, Brian, Gallows, Heath, Anderson. An nWo type storyline, but comedic (not straight across like the bWo). But bros having fun, and kicking ass.
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Post by tylerbreezee on Apr 17, 2020 5:33:32 GMT -5
I see him getting hired back. Apparently WWE is hoping to bring everyone back over the summer
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Post by shenmue on Apr 17, 2020 7:30:00 GMT -5
The Kane and Eva Torres storyline killed him,and i think that is what they wanted.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2020 8:06:04 GMT -5
I see him getting hired back. Apparently WWE is hoping to bring everyone back over the summer Why? So they could do nothing with him again? |
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Post by tylerbreezee on Apr 17, 2020 8:45:15 GMT -5
I see him getting hired back. Apparently WWE is hoping to bring everyone back over the summer Why? So they could do nothing with him again? He’d most likely do the same no matter where else he goes, NJPW, AEW, TNA, ROH and that’s if they’d even take him which I really don’t think they would. |
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Post by LA Times on Apr 17, 2020 8:50:43 GMT -5
Why? So they could do nothing with him again? He’d most likely do the same no matter where else he goes, NJPW, AEW, TNA, ROH and that’s if they’d even take him which I really don’t think they would. AEW should sign Ryder and Hawkins to put over talent and plug their toyline |
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Post by greenjack1992 on Apr 17, 2020 9:31:19 GMT -5
Vince never wanted Zack Ryder to succeed, so what we would call a missed opportunity wouldn't have even registered as a possibility to him.
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Apr 17, 2020 10:07:31 GMT -5
They did miss any opportunity to get him that mega push but let’s not just pretend like he was some jobber. He’s been multi time tag champ, ic champ,US title. He’s had a long solid career in wwe
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Post by K5 on Apr 17, 2020 10:31:07 GMT -5
The Kane and Eva Torres storyline killed him,and i think that is what they wanted. never mind that stage bump in the wheelchair he took. looked like a dangerous and painful bump. |
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Post by marino13 on Apr 17, 2020 10:37:13 GMT -5
They missed the boat when he was out popping The Rock.
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Post by rowdy1971 on Apr 17, 2020 10:46:39 GMT -5
Zack Ryder is like pancakes, they are good and you enjoy them in the beginning, but towards the end, you're just sick of them.
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Post by @brit_figs on Apr 17, 2020 11:15:11 GMT -5
i feel like they will want to hire him back
but im pretty sure now he's not blinded by the WWE lights, he'll flourish elsewhere
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Post by kinnikuman on Apr 17, 2020 11:45:36 GMT -5
WWE is the only place cartoon characters work.
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Post by BASTARDKING on Apr 17, 2020 12:30:43 GMT -5
Dude got to work 14 years of his life at his dream job. Im sure he made some decent cheddar in that time. Wouldn’t call it a missed opportunity, hes super talented but if it werent him in that jobber to the stars with a consolation push thrown in there every now and then spot, it would’ve gone to somebody else just as talented and underrated. I’d say he had a great run. It could’ve been better, but for what it was, dude was with the same company for 14 years. Most workers don’t even make it there and if they do, they’re not keeping their job for as long as he did. My hat is off to him for making the most of what they gave him and I’m looking forward to seeing how he does in this new chapter of his career
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Post by Yambag Jones on Apr 17, 2020 12:33:04 GMT -5
He was told he wouldn't be pushed and he needed to get himself over.
He was ahead of his time in this industry and got himself over big time.
The company resented him for it and buried him on Raw.
Zach Ryder is/was/always will be too good for WWE.
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Post by Tomoblivion on Apr 17, 2020 12:43:38 GMT -5
Missed opportunity?  no! The guy was jobber fodder, should have been released a while ago. Far too many talented wrestlers have gone before that clown. That's the real sad thing. |
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Post by Yambag Jones on Apr 17, 2020 13:02:29 GMT -5
Vince never wanted Zack Ryder to succeed, so what we would call a missed opportunity wouldn't have even registered as a possibility to him. People don't remember how crazy it was when he won that first US title. Everyone knew the people in back couldn't stand him, it felt like a miracle happened. |
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Apr 17, 2020 13:26:12 GMT -5
The problem with a lot of those guys like Ryder, Hawkins, and others is that they were just too damn comfortable working for the WWE and collecting a pay check.
If Ryder, Hawkins, Miz, Morrison and Ziggler walked into Vince's office and said, "Listen Vince, we want to be a group on TV, we know we can make you and the WWE and each other money, give us the shot, we demand it!" then Vince would have stopped, and listened.
Back in the 90s, HBK, Bret, Austin, all of them would go into Vince's office and tell him things. Braun Strowman heard of that and did the same thing a few months ago and now he's being pushed as the Universal Champion. After having the Tag and IC Titles in the last few months.
The guys like Ryder, Hawkins, Slater, and them only have themselves to blame. Vince loves it when wrestlers come in and show passion. Those guys were just content being where they were at and making money.
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