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Old 07-18-2022, 12:34 AM   #10478
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Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect View Post
It’s more applicable in other cases, but AEW really need to stop going after WWE developmental flakes. They’re also apparently using Parker Bourdreau? If someone has got the look and/or pedigree to be someone and WWE just cut them, chances are there was something they didn’t get. We’ve seen it with Cesar Benoni, Marina Shafir and a few others. I know the fun narrative is WWE = evil stinky morons who don’t know what they’re doing, but you need to stop loving the smell of your own farts as a promotion.

I don’t know anything about this Donovan guy, but he was REALLY valuable, I doubt he would be a free agent. He might be sitting at home eating lumps or whatever, but if AEW gets access to a WWE developmental act, chances is they couldn’t really cut it at a developmental level.
Being 100% fair, Cesar got a raw deal anyway. He was there during that phase of WWE "future planning" that consisted of "hiring a bunch of various hispanic guys because we're going to start a big marketing push into South America!" that never happened (sort-of like hiring a bunch of Indian and Middle Eastern guys and then trying to rehab years of shit booking for Jinder Mahal inside of three weeks so he can be a top heel in India). Then they just kinda didn't do shit with half of them even in developmental. And he was in that half.

Marina was just ass, but got the rub because of the Horsewomen thing (note: someone tried to "correct" me before - I'm referring to the MMA Horsewomen of Ronda Rousey, Shayna Baezler, Marina Shafir, and Jessamyn Duke, not the wrestling Horsewomen of Charlotte, Bayley, Sasha, and Becky Lynch). You'd think more than 25% of that group would "get it" at at least a passable level, but in the end, the only jewel from that turd has always been Shayna. Rousey was "the name draw", but Baezler has nearly flawlessly transitioned to a pro wrestler from jump. If only WWE'd stop having her do bullshit like throw her in random nowhere tag teams or bite necks with comedic amounts of fake blood...
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