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The problem with the shorty g gimmick was chad gable is 5’8. Yes he is short by wwe standards but he is actually of average height. That being said he would be in the ring taller than his opponent at times, but he is called shorty g.

If Eva Marie was in WWE in the 00s or 10s she would've had a mega push and multiple title runs

Wasn't Corbin's situation the other way around? I could've sworn it was that he spoke against a WWE doctor downplaying the severity of concussions..

Always feel Gable should have had way more recognition. He is talented and can have good match with anyone

I think (if I recall correctly) the Corbin situation was the exact opposite of what you said. Reportedly Corbin had verbal disagreement with a WWE doctor (not Nowinski) during a meeting/presentation because Corbin felt that the WWE was maybe downplaying the risks of concussions and CTE. And at the meeting/presentation Corbin reportedly mentioned the NFL concussion lawsuit (which Corbin was a part of as a former NFL player). And that is what may have ended Corbin’s push. If the reports of this event are true, I would imagine (though it’s just a guess on my part) that Corbin mentioning the NFL concussion lawsuit was what specifically caused the de-push (more so than the verbal disagreement or any heel work he was doing on Twitter). Either way, it wasn’t because Corbin was downplaying the risks. Although this was years ago, so I could be misremembering some things. But I am 95% sure Corbin was speaking out because he was so concerned (and rightfully so) about the risks of concussions and CTE.

You are 100 percent wrong about Baron Corbin, and I'm not even sure where you got the information regarding Nowinski. He didn't disagree with Nowinski about the severity of concussions. He disagreed with WWE doctor Joseph Maroon who was downplaying the severity of concussions. Corbin himself is part of a concussion-related lawsuit against the NFL.

I love Humberto and Chad Gable. They're both so underrated!

I think Veer has a killer look ! If you could put Jacob Fatu or Umagas work rate into him then youd have something !

Buddy Murphy is Australian not Austrian 😂😂 He is such a missed opportunity though, great look, great in the ring and proved on 205 he had charisma with the right character

Another push that ended abruptly that comes to mind is actually two pushes. Bart Gunn and “Dr. Death” Steve Williams. With Dr. Death being set up as a threat to stone cold at the time and the wonderful creativity of Vince Russo came the “brawl for all” with the winner getting a shot at the championship. Everyone thought Dr. Death was going to win it but he was knocked out by Bart Gunn, the eventual winner of the brawl for all. Bart never got his shot at the title because no one thought he was going to win it and instead he was put into a boxing match against Butterbean who knocked out Gunn in 35sec

I think Veer got depushed because they wanted him to be a wildman, but he did interviews like he was Randy Orton.

Shad Gaspard was supposed to get a push after betraying JTG, but apparently he called Stephanie McMahon "babygirl" and she really didn't like it.

They really need a list of the types of characters they need. Eva Marie could have worked if WWE didn't try to put her in a wrestling ring.

Let’s see: - Veer needs so much more polishing. - Humberto and Buddy are both firm midcard performers. They can put on great matches but don’t have much of anything that allows them to stand out. - Corbin’s biggest problem is how mid he is. He’s big but not “Woah” big, he can have solid matches but not great ones, and his promos are just OK I guess. Putting JBL with him might help him finally break out but I dunno. - Shorty G was absolutely a momentum killing gimmick and I can’t believe he’s bounced back from it. I thought he was gonna get future endeavored but Alpha Academy eventually became a redemption act for him. - think Billy Gunn was the Attitude Era version of what I said Corbin was. He was very average, especially for Attitude Era standards on the mic. Put him up against a real Star like Rock and Austin and it exposes it. His Mr. Ass gimmick didn’t help. - Another part of Mero’s issues were injuries causing him to change styles. He was able to do some impressive high flying for a guy his size at the time, better demonstrated in WCW when he was Johnny B. Badd, but IIRC ACL injuries caused him to become more of a generic brawler throughout most of his WWF tenure so he didn’t have much else to help him standout from other guys on the roster. - Scott Steiner’s WWE run was kinda sad TBH. - Johnson really was his own worst enemy. A victim of his own early success who also tried to do stuff in the ring he really should have eased up on and maybe save for bigger matches. - Eva Marie was just wrong timing. If she were signed a decade earlier she probably would have developed into one of the company’s bigger women’s stars but because the Women’s Revolution was just around the corner she didn’t really have a fair chance though that’s partially WWE’s fault as well for putting her on TV kinda quickly.

Im enjoying Billy Gunn now more than ever ! The whole "scissor me daddy ass" thing while em....questionable is OVER as hell ! And i love his AEW work and his sons are gonna be great !

Veer has been teased on NXT recently and I just saw him perform Friday night in an NXT Live! dark show with his tag partner against the Creed Brothers, gotta say, Brutus was REALLY putting them over, but Creed Brothers won of course! Decent enough match over-all!~ so yes, Veer is indeed working on his ring/crowd-skills as of making this video!

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Gable is the same height as AJ Styles. Btw Buddy Murphy is Australian ,not Austrian.

Veer's storyline was so simple. All they had to do was put him with Jinder Mahal and have him help Jinder get one of the major championships again so we could have another Maharaja run. Let this happen for a long time and get other Indian talents to help Jinder form his own Indian super faction that could actually be a legitimate threat for the bloodline and the Judgement day.

I know its not his fault but Baron Corbins hair loss really took much away from the cool Lone Wolf character.. It could still work somehow, maybe grow a bigger beard but without the hair its kinda difficult, I'd still love to see this character return..

I’ve said this since the beginning. Chad Gable is Kurt Angle II. But he needs the push. BAD

I’ve met Marc Mero when he came to speak at my school about bullying. Nicest guy ever, former boxer, and has a heartbreaking but motivating story. Incredible person and he does great work as a speaker now

No doubt there have been many faded pushes...but honestly the whole situation with Veer Mahaan was just ridiculous... after months of promo packages...it all just died🤔🤔...as always keep up the great work brother 👌🏻💯

I'll watch this in full at a later time but Tazz comes to mind if he's not in here.

WWE pushed Scott Steiner into that feud with Triple H too soon. He hadn't wrestled in awhile after the close of WCW and was still dealing with a foot injury. We all know why it happened though. Vince once again wanted to show that WCW wrestlers were inferior to his WWE guys.

You said Buddy Murphy was Austrian. Probs an error while recording, but he's Australian, not Austrian

It baffles me that Vince McMahon can be so stubborn with pushing certain guys and give up so easily on others.

I would have added Lex Luger to this list. From title contender to second rate tag team.

Man just said veer is a giant 6'3 lmao

Ahmed was twice scheduled to win the WWF title. Both times he got injured the week prior to the match.

All it takes to get over is being an indy wrestler? How has Colt Cabana done in non Indy companies? When did Frickin Veer Mahan become this generation's Andre The Giant? How did he set The World On Fire when he was with Shanky and Jinder Mahal? They didn't have anything planned for him,the Will be Returning spots tickled someone. Just like everyone ever released was going to be the biggest star ever. Hulk Hogan in 1986 type mega star.

If Scott Steiner was brought back to the WWE with his brother Rick back in 2003, he would have accomplished a lot. The Steiner Brothers was one of the prettiest tag teams in the 90s of WWF. In WCW, They were the best tag team ever, Also in Japan, Mexico, and Europe. Scott could have slowly emerged into the single competition if he worked back in the tag team division for a while. Too bad Vince McMahon did think of that.

I do hope one day Corbin can get a good push again. He's safe and pretty good in the ring, has a great moveset, knows how to get heat from the fans, and has improved since when he first started. He just needs a good gimmick. I think if they did the Lone Wolf character again now that he's improved, it would really do good for him. He's a decent wrestler that has potential, but just given pretty bad gimmicks. I hope what he's doing with JBL now helps him out.

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Since when is 6'3" considered a giant? lol. I don't think we get into giant territory until 6'6" and taller. 6'3" is usually normal size for a wrestler. Hell, that's just an inch taller Steve Austin... Is 6'3" considered a giant in today's landscape because most wrestlers today are really small?

Wasn't the Corbin thing because he thought the risks were higher, not overblown?

To me, Baron Corbin is the best storyteller WWE has had in many years. Since his main roster debut, he has been given nothing but terrible and loser gimmicks and storyline and yet he managed to turn every single one of them into numerous successful angles.

Buddy Murphy, Chad Gable, Cesaro and Shelton Benjaming are the 4 which could have and should have been WM main eventers!

16:31 For those who didn't know, the two guys standing guard were Matt and Jeff Hardy.

Hold up, 6'3" is a giant, someone comparative to the Big Show and Kane?

How did you get the Corbin story so wrong? Fightful and others reported that Corbin spoke out against a doctor (Joseph Maroon) that was saying concussions weren't a big deal. The doctor wasn't even Chris Nowinski so I'm not sure how his name got dragged into this.

7:54 Indy wrestlers are so great at getting over, huh? Maybe in the 2000s and 2010s. But let's be honest Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia aren't gonna be like CM Punk or Samoa Joe.

I would have killed to see Gable have a competitive match with Lars Sullivan. The only good thing about the squash was that it brought back the Chad Gable we know and love today.

R-Truth multiple reigns as 24/7 champion also was not acknowledged and he was also de pushed back to square one. WhatsApp with that? R-Truth is a veteran in the WWE. He deserves to be acknowledged as a multiple-time champion just like The Nature Boy Ric Flair, not to mention future WWE Hall of Fame material.

So you forgot that Eva Marie returned then with Doudrop?

Chad Gable is definitely better as a heel In terms of character Babyface Gable never did anything for me But since Alpha Academy and his shooosh!!! And thhhank youuuuu!!! catchphrases got over He’s been one of the most entertaining things in WWE

16:31 That one made me laugh.

So wrestle with Andy what does de pushed mean I still don't get it

I don't know what list you would put this on, but the absolute humiliation of Mike and Maria Kanellis (misspelled horrendously) should get some sort of mention, if it hasn't already.

Did we really say Veer is less of an Andre in the ring and more of a Great Khali? 🤣🤣

Jeff Hardy, Cesaro, and Austin Theory come to mind

So, Veer is a 6ft 3 giant like Andre...? Murphy is Austrian?

Eva Marie was actually supposed to wrestle at SummerSlam 2016, and become the first SmackDown Women's Champion at Backlash the following month but she got suspended two days before SummerSlam. That's why her push got cancelled.

Veer is a giant at 6'3? For real? Lol

Even The Rock would be impressed with how over Billy Gunn has gotten in 2022. They put Steiner in a world title feud too quickly. He hadn’t wrestled in awhile and he was dealing with injuries. Letting him get his week wet for awhile and THEN maybe having him feud with Triple H would have been better imo. A super athlete and also genuinely charismatic guy like Chad Gable being reduced to “Shorty G” was 🤦‍♂️ Eva Marie’s problem is that while her gimmick can work for a bit, it also has a short shelf life.

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I was there live the night Ahmed Johnson joined the Nation of Domination. I looked at my friend and said "Well this should last 1 or 2 weeks at most."

The irony being height is a disadvantage in real wrestling. Someone with long limbs or gangly has a lot more to grab and their center is higher making it easier to knock them off balance. There are some advantages but as a successful tall wrestler I can confidently say being short and compact muscle is a definite advantage. Someone like Gable or Steiner would be a nightmare matchup for a guy like me (and 99.9999% of the world for that matter.)

Billy Gunn was always underrated and my favorite DX member. But during 1999...him being at the top was not in the stars. WWE just didn't put him in the right storylines.

The Little Richard riff, Johnny B. Badd, in WCW was by far Marc Mero's best act.

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That match between murphy and black is one of my faves of all time

Didn’t it take like 6 months for Veer to debut on Raw but he finally came 😂

Ahmed Johnson went to WCW after disaster in WWE... And that turned out to be even bigger disaster. His run as Big T in Harlem Heat 2000 was one of the worst ideas ever. Luckely, the idea was dropped after just a couple of weeks and Johnson, along with most of Harlem Heat 2000, were gone from WCW.

Can't wait for Veer Mahan to start coming again.

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How about Ezekiel? He was actually getting over to before HHH brought back Elias

I think that Ricochet should’ve been on the list too considering that he, Braun Strowman and Liv Morgan are good examples of being de-pushed…

6'3 is big? I'm 6'2 and I was always told I was too small for pro wrestling In the 90s

My high school guidance counselor last name was Mero so whenever I hear Marc Mero I think of him

Comparing mahaan at 6foot 3 to guys over 7 foot sounds dumb af

Guess eva Marie didn't putout for Vince and Johnny. They killed her ouch quick and she wasn't any worse than all the other women of that era. None of em could work

I'm glad Veer Went back to nxt. His main roster run was confusing 🤦‍♂️

You mentioned Veer being 6'3 and as the next big man like Big Show or Kane? 6'3 would make him shorter than the Rock and HHH. Definitely not a giant lol

In regards to Corbin, I feel like WWE had and may still have a legitimate old school heel in him and yet they have made him look so foolish. I don’t get why WWE do this? Why not just take someone off tv to punish them, why make them look stupid so that when they actually want to push them they have no chance because of the stupidness that came before the push. 🤷‍♂️ WWE make my logic hurt, they are the only entertainment company that make their talent look stupid for no reason.

Repackaging "the wild man" into "Marvelous Marc" was just a dumb idea

Veer, Jinder etc are good to expand business in India. But they are not good as top or mid card stars. Baron Corbin - is not utilized otherwise dude has lot of potential Chad - he deserved atleast top mid card position but company ruined him Eva marie - She's beautiful but looks alone not helping her out. She should try of

How can you tell someone is from the USA without knowing he is from the USA? When it's 2023 and they still confuse Austria 🇦🇹 with Australia 🇦🇺 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

I honestly think Eva could’ve worked but she didn’t need to be a face she worked a lot better as a heel and her having a bigger person being her bodyguard that she just put into her matches so she didn’t have to wrestle was good she was getting better in the ring and on the mic the only thing that killed her was the storylines and the fact that she was in the ring way to much she was getting better in the ring but that doesn’t mean she was good they should’ve given her more time. Also I think a person you missed was Lacy Evans great heel good in ring worker friendly behind the scenes ( Eva is to I’m pretty sure ) she could’ve been a top star too if she wasn’t rushed to the top and given the stupid feud with Charlotte ( not ric turning on her honestly Charlotte deserved that for what she had done to him just the whole thing of Lacy romancing him ) but still she was great.

Billy Gunn needed to initially feud and beat HHH, a coming into his own, the King of the Ring wasn’t a fluke sort of thing. Then feud with Rock and others. But I think no matter what Rock had said, fans just were not going to take Billy seriously with only that king of the ring win.

6`3 is considered small for a heavyweight boxer now.

To be fair to Veer Mahaan, every big man that comes to the world of pro wrestling will always be compared to Andre The Giant.

Ahmed Johnson has the saddest de push I have ever heard why would you assasinate his character like that.

Mero was done dirty. Dude had charisma and an awesome wrestling style. They just failed to market him right and too often booked him to be overshadowed by what was essentially his valet. Don't get me wrong, Sable was awesome but it should have catapulted them both instead of burying him to push her. A wife beating gimmick was not only in bad taste but bad business too.

Gable is awesome no doubt about that

Steiner also was not healed from a foot injury. Amazing he wad scheduled to win the world title at mania 19. But that never came to be

Veer was pretty good but he never had long matches worth the fight. I would love to see him as an enforcer in the bloodline if Jay uso don't get right with Sammy lol

It's funny that anyone in WWE backstage have thought of Veer Mahan as good idea. The vignettes and everything could only be read as: WE WISH YOU BEST IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVOURS

Gable on every week working with the top talent

Gable is so good man.

I surprised Seth didn't tell Vince to keep Humberto's push going. Seth said he respected Humberto in an online interview.

Billy Gunn was never realistically going to make it as a singles main eventer due to his asthma, but for the love of sanity there is no way any up-and-coming main event heel should be paired with The Rock right from the start. Having that as the first feud post winning KOTR was guaranteed to end his push even if he didn't have the health issue.

What destroyed Buddy Murphy's push was the fact he left WWE favorite Alexa Bliss for WWE exile Billie Kay in real life. That was his punishment from both Bliss and WWE.

Seen a video say M.Mero had a guaranteed contract. When at the time S.Austin and M.Foley didn't have one at that time.

"Putting his foot in his mouth by heeling on a fan on twitter" So you mean he got in trouble for....doing his job?

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They are slowly losing the years Gable has to be a fairly big star . Its a shame . Thats WWEs biggest problem is building stars for the future . Yeah i know .....Im a genius and the first one to recognize this problem lol ! But its just frustrating . If EVERYBODY else sees the SAME problem , why do they refuse to fix it ?

They gotta let Corbin bring back the lone wolf gimmick

Idk how anyone else is gonna feel about this but I think they should’ve made Eva Marie a member of Team Bella instead of Alicia Fox in 2015 No offense, but I believe from a character perspective, Eva fit in with The Bellas more than Alicia Fox did It would also give Team Bella a newbie from NXT as part of the group like how PCB had Becky and Charlotte and Team BAD had Sasha