THE Drew McIntyre's prospects

Angron

Drew isn't a name I really imagined would be there, especially with his run of late.

rovert

Denny M wrote: »

Drew isn't a name I really imagined would be there, especially with his run of late.

Drew has improved immensely if you watch Superstars

gnfnrhead

rovert wrote: »

Drew has improved immensely if you watch Superstars

I dont think he is talking about his ability, more so the fact that he always seems to be losing. Was the list supposed to be in kayfabe, or reality? If kayfabe, it makes very little sense having him there but if it's reality, fair enough.

Machismo Fan

rovert wrote: »

Drew has improved immensely if you watch Superstars

And he hasn't improved, he's always been fantastic. The most criminally underused guy on the WWE roster.

gnfnrhead

Machismo Fan wrote: »

And he hasn't improved, he's always been fantastic. The most criminally underused guy on the WWE roster.

I fully expected him to have been world champion by now. How they screwed up so badly with him is beyond me. I wouldnt even buy him as a midcard champion now. He needs a lot of work to look like a challenger again. That move to Raw more or less killed his career which is bizarre as he was supposidly one of Triple H's favourites during his time on Smackdown.

GTR63

Machismo Fan wrote: »

And he hasn't improved, he's always been fantastic. The most criminally underused guy on the WWE roster.

Great Music too. He's one guy I wouldn't mind tna signing if he left wwe.

Rjd2

By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor


Several TNA names have appeared in recent reports based on WWE's interest in signing the wrestlers once their TNA contracts expire. The following is a break down of reported names and WWE's actual interest (some or none), according to sources.

-- Beer Money (James Storm & Robert Roode): Last year, WWE had interest in the wrestlers as a tag team, but not as individuals. It would be interesting to see if WWE has re-scouted them as individuals following their TNA split and current singles runs.

-- Rob Van Dam: WWE has interest in bringing back RVD, who was a "free agent" when he decided to sign with TNA in March 2010.

-- Matt Morgan: WWE showed interest in Morgan in 2011, but Morgan noted in a Facebook Chat last year that he opted to "stay loyal" to TNA after being in contact with WWE.

-- Bully Ray: WWE has shown interest in Ray, who has dropped weight and done some of the best work of his career over the past 6-9 months.

-- Ink, Inc.: WWE may have interest in bringing back Shannon Moore, but Jesse Neal is viewed as a developmental prospect, at best.

-- Samoa Joe: WWE does not have interest in Joe. Joe was offered a WWE developmental contract in the early 2000s, but turned it down.

-- The Pope. WWE had interest in Pope D'Angelo Dinero last year when his career appeared to be on the rise, but Pope, who wrestled on the ECW brand as Elijah Burke, has not helped his cause by becoming lost in the shuffle in TNA.

-- Angelina Love. WWE currently does not have interest in Love, who has heat in the WWE women's locker room, according to sources. Love's TNA contract runs through the end of the year.

http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TNA_News_1/article_56628.shtml

Angron

gnfnrhead wrote: »

I dont think he is talking about his ability, more so the fact that he always seems to be losing.

Yeah, that was my point. He's always been talented, but he's been given nothing but losses on SD of late. Unless they are doing a MVP style recovery, I dunno what they are aiming for with him.

DM_7

Considering Drew was never really on Raw it wouldn't take much to build him up at all. If he was on tv losing every week for the last year it would be tougher. Thats one of the reasons I don't get his current storyline, he could easily have been brought back to smackdown and say he was held back on Raw as people were afraid of him and so on.

gnfnrhead

Im wondering if he pissed off someone, or if they have just gotten bored and decided to see what happens when you lose a lot of matches for seemingly no reason.

jaykhunter

That's the problem when you hire someone in their early 20s, shove them on TV and expect them to wrestle & cut promos like they were in their 30s.

waltersobchak

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Im wondering if he pissed off someone, or if they have just gotten bored and decided to see what happens when you lose a lot of matches for seemingly no reason.

Think his Ex-Wife landed him in the "WWE Doghouse"(as those dirtsheet rags call it)

rovert

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Im wondering if he pissed off someone, or if they have just gotten bored and decided to see what happens when you lose a lot of matches for seemingly no reason.

His big fight with his ex-wife was the eve or weekend of Linda's election bid

waltersobchak wrote: »

Think his Ex-Wife landed him in the "WWE Doghouse"(as those dirtsheet rags call it)

Not this again

CMpunked

waltersobchak wrote: »

(as those dirtsheet rags call it)

Easy there walt...

rovert

"Being in the doghouse" is a colloquial term and whether if WWE has one Drew is unqualified proof as was Melina for chunks of her career especially after her twitter documented New Years Eve 2010/11 fight/brief break up with JoMo. WWE does want their Superstars to provide escapism not public domestic disputes ESPECIALLY post Benoit.

waltersobchak

Im not talking about The Observer Rovert, im talking about those shady internet sites that make up rumours about people being "In the Doghouse" to get cheap hits to their sites, although Drew is clearly legimately in the Doghouse for the said action of his wife..#DiscussionOver

rovert

waltersobchak wrote: »

Im not talking about The Observer Rovert, im talking about those shady internet sites that make up rumours about people being "In the Doghouse" to get cheap hits to their sites, although Drew is clearly legimately in the Doghouse for the said action of his wife..#DiscussionOver

But they arent dirtsheets



Not matter what a drugged up Matt Hardy in a hotel room tells you

waltersobchak

rovert wrote: »

But they arent dirtsheets



Not matter what a drugged up Matt Hardy in a hotel room tells you

Honestly you've lost me here, is this some past argument you've gotten in with other posters or something??? Because i dont know what beating a dead horse has to do with Drew being in the doghouse because of Tiffany

rovert

waltersobchak wrote: »

Honestly you've lost me here, is this some past argument you've gotten in with other posters or something??? Because i dont know what beating a dead horse has to do with Drew being in the doghouse because of Tiffany

Myself and Jayk traded fisticuffs in the It Begins thread over the genuine misuse IMO of the term dirtsheet to describe cut and paste sites which less than faithfully take stories from the more established (pay) sites.

waltersobchak

rovert wrote: »

Myself and Jayk traded fisticuffs in the It Begins thread over the genuine misuse IMO of the term dirtsheet to describe cut and paste sites which less than faithfully take stories from the more established (pay) sites.

Thats fair enough... Another issue for another day!

rovert

waltersobchak wrote: »

Thats fair enough... Another issue for another day!

That's for sure :P

Charisteas

waltersobchak wrote: »

Think his Ex-Wife landed him in the "WWE Doghouse"(as those dirtsheet rags call it)

gimmick

Split from the news thread.

Walter/rovert, please stop arguing about semantics.

rovert

We did and it isnt semantics

DM_7

I really enjoyed Drews previous smackdown run so looked back on some matches and I loved the way he would use the ring, catching people in the apron or stomp a guys head into the ring steps. His matches were pretty good so its a shame things went bad for a while.

I also think his finisher is really well done. So hopefully he gets a chance to use it some time soon!

rovert

On Smackdown his upper body seemed really deleloped I guess he is taking his losing streak as a serious push/chance

CMpunked

So drew lost a match which means he "could be" fired?
What a weak ass storyline. Heres hoping he is fired and then hired by John Laryngitis and given some sort of story on raw.

DEFTLEFTHAND

They'll hold on to him for sure, he's already payed his penance for his domestic. Great talent and still only in his 20s, Drew will be a star in time.

Handsome Bob

I find the guy to be awfully cringeworthy on the mic but his aggression in the ring and how he holds himself in general within it is quite impressive. A good prospect but that's all at this stage.

JP Liz V1

Drew should join Vickie's stable

CoolHat

I personally believe Drew is a good wrestler with a great look.

I think what hurt Drew is that when he debuted the fans werent reacting well to him & the backstage polictics that followed to that.

Then the whole thing with his ex-wife and the polictics/backbiting that followed from that too.

TheBantam

How old is he?

gnfnrhead

TheBantam wrote: »

How old is he?

26 I believe.

takamichinoku

What's the deal with Roode's entrance video, it says "OFF THE CHAIN" and has Roode running down vertically through it, with the first o being the C?

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Edit: Eh, I think Drew has potential to be okay, he needs to find the right character though and I think that'll prove to be tricky.

CMpunked

takamichinoku wrote: »

What's the deal with Roode's entrance video, it says "OFF THE CHAIN" and has Roode running down vertically through it, with the first o being the C?

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Ha. Wrong thread dude.
But the C and O disappear and two chain links take their place, showing O O I suppose.

WoundedRhino

I liked Drew on Smackdown over the past couple of years, he's a terrible actor no doubt, but he looks great and has a good gimmick, and I liked his work in the ring. His character came to life there, the way he was super-aggressive and would use the whole ring as a weapon. He got completely lost on Raw though so glad to see him back on Smackdown where he can have a chance to shine again. I really hope they don't turn him though, I saw him play the face at a Smackdown house show last year and it was painful.

Diabhal Beag

He doesn't really have a look at all. Funny looking face and a ponytail. Only on a handful of occasions have I been impressed by his work in WWE and that's disappointing when you see how great he was in IWW.

Handsome Bob

We noted last week here on the website that WWE SmackDown star Drew McIntyre will be getting a new “arrogant playboy” gimmick. At a weekend WWE SmackDown live event in Honduras, Drew started the new gimmick and was acting sexual and flirting with male fans in the crowd. Before the match, he was seen blowing kisses at some of the males.

It should also be noted that McIntyre stopped the match at one point to comb his hair.

McIntyre wound up losing the match to Ezekiel Jackson.

http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/2692/backstage-update-drew-mcintyres-gay-gimmick

lolwut

Angron

Oh poor Drew.

deisedude

I thought WWE were going somewhere with him losing the whole time storyline. Unless he has become a sex addict to distract himself from losing the whole time :pac:

Diabhal Beag

If you're a Scottish man with a ponytail you deserve every bit of bad luck you get.

mrstpatsfc

interesting to note that this whole new playboy gimmick isnt necesarily "new".

When Drew competed in IWW back in 2005/06 he came to the ring with a steel briefcase containing hair and beauty products. WWE ought to credit IWW right there!

gimmick

If done right, this could be very benficial for Drew. It is really easy to get heel heat by acting gay.

Or else, it could end up like