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Post by jason88cubs on Feb 11, 2024 14:56:52 GMT -5
What are some examples of wrestlers either leaving a promotion or getting signed at precisely the right time, right as a promotion either got white hot or the wheels fell off?
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Feb 11, 2024 15:07:56 GMT -5
Jericho to WWF was the right time
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Post by hitmancmedge on Feb 11, 2024 16:21:50 GMT -5
Jarrett had both
WwF to WCW absolute right time
WCW to WWF absolute right time
WWF back to WCW absolutely a terrible decision
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Post by JimRiga on Feb 11, 2024 16:22:16 GMT -5
Jericho to WWF was the right time Ha! Saw the thread title and opened it to say the same thing! |
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Post by voicesinmyhead on Feb 11, 2024 16:24:13 GMT -5
Hogan to WCW
Big Show to WWF
The Radicalz to WWF
Jade to WWE
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Post by ClassicFan2 on Feb 11, 2024 16:46:06 GMT -5
tully/arn, road warriors, flair, sid, & luger all came over to wwf at the right time for each of them back in the day imo
steamboat goin to nwa was perfect time for him as well
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Post by TheNinthCloud on Feb 11, 2024 17:16:09 GMT -5
All the guys who jumped to WCW and locked up fat guaranteed contracts.
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Post by TKO Propagandist on Feb 11, 2024 18:09:27 GMT -5
D'Lo Brown should have jumped to WCW with Russo instead of signing a new deal. Vince would have made him a pushed star.
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Post by TKO Propagandist on Feb 11, 2024 18:10:04 GMT -5
Bret went at the completely wrong time. Had he of waited 4 months Shawn would have been gone.
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Post by MKSavage on Feb 11, 2024 18:15:57 GMT -5
Bret went at the completely wrong time. Had he of waited 4 months Shawn would have been gone. Yeah, Bret comes to mind for worst timing. He could have jumped ship to WCW in the summer of 1996 right as WCW was taking off, but he stays with the WWF at some of their lowest moments. Then, in late 1997, as the WWF was starting to pick up and get better, he jumps to WCW (though, he has always maintained that he didn't want to go, but Vince was pulling out of his contract). He goes to WCW as they were hitting their peak, but right after Starrcade 97, everything started going wrong at WCW. Had he and Vince been able to come to an agreement in late 1997, he could have been there for WWF's big rise, and he could have been a top veteran to work with new, younger stars, but instead, he was going to WCW at the worst possible time. |
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Post by MKSavage on Feb 11, 2024 18:19:51 GMT -5
The Big Boss Man comes to mind for best jumps: he jumps from NWA/JCP before the WCW sell. Goes to the WWF at a hot time and gets into a feud with Hogan and Macho Man right away. Then, as the WWF is going down in terms of business, he jumps to WCW in 1993 when they were starting to rise at the time and gets put in feuds with some of their biggest heel stars, Rude and Vader. He was also there for WCW's biggest boom period of the NWO. Then, as he was getting used less and less, he jumps ship back to the WWF as Vince's swat guard when the WWF was starting to take over the ratings war. And he gets put in to big feuds with Austin and Taker. Not bad.
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Post by The Brain on Feb 11, 2024 18:30:50 GMT -5
Hogan jumping from AWA to WWF to start the Rock N Wrestling era is the first that comes to mind for me.Def right time there
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Post by The Brain on Feb 11, 2024 18:35:10 GMT -5
A wrong time,I'll throw out Mike Awesome jumping to WCW in 00 Not only was the company on its death bead but he was given this...  |
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Feb 11, 2024 18:39:18 GMT -5
Jericho to WWF was the right time Ha! Saw the thread title and opened it to say the same thing! Good stuff brother |
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Post by LA Times on Feb 11, 2024 18:42:56 GMT -5
Lex Luger WWF to WCW
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Feb 12, 2024 4:50:06 GMT -5
A wrong time,I'll throw out Mike Awesome jumping to WCW in 00 Not only was the company on its death bead but he was given this... I heard he decided to go because WCW offered him more money than the WWF did. Shame, really. Who knows what he could have done with the hardcore title. |
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Feb 12, 2024 17:01:39 GMT -5
A wrong time,I'll throw out Mike Awesome jumping to WCW in 00 Not only was the company on its death bead but he was given this...
Which is kind of ironic in a funny way, because Lance Storm jumped to WCW from ECW just a month later and ends up holding 3 title belts at one time in WCW, and Awesome who is a former ECW World Champion gets no titles and a horrible run.
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Feb 12, 2024 17:04:50 GMT -5
Angle to TNA was the right time
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Post by JokerFC on Feb 13, 2024 13:42:53 GMT -5
Lot of good ones mentioned here...here's some wrong times & one right time
Taz to WWF was the wrong time because when Vince got the Radicalz he forgot about him.
Scott Steiner to WWE was the wrong time. He was beat up badly & should have joined in 2001 when he could have made a difference.
Public Enemy to WWF in 99. Underestimated the climate in the locker room to guys jumping from WCW. Jericho experienced it too but played ball better than PE.
Waltman to WWF in 98. Perfect timing as momentum had swung & he had a spot waiting for him
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Feb 13, 2024 16:19:18 GMT -5
Lot of good ones mentioned here...here's some wrong times & one right time Taz to WWF was the wrong time because when Vince got the Radicalz he forgot about him. Scott Steiner to WWE was the wrong time. He was beat up badly & should have joined in 2001 when he could have made a difference. Public Enemy to WWF in 99. Underestimated the climate in the locker room to guys jumping from WCW. Jericho experienced it too but played ball better than PE. Waltman to WWF in 98. Perfect timing as momentum had swung & he had a spot waiting for him X Pac in 98 was epic stuff |
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