>comes from Europe
>eventually ends up in WCW as a midcarder
>gets a job in WWE, mostly as a trainer for women
>years later in his 50s returns as an active wrestler
>ends up even headlining PPVs and being a regular for several years
Weird wrestling careers thread
Connor Sanchez
Robert Flores
>NFL and boxing background
>debuts in NXT by jobbing clean to Damien Sandow of all people
>eventually gets booked as something big of a deal and squashes a career jobber so hard he ends up becoming a tranny
>debuts on the main roster by winning the André Battle Royale which people back in the day thought was a serious accomplishment
>is protected, with the most protected finisher in a long time
>even wins MITB
>people think he will get pushed as a world champion
>loses the cash-in to Mahal on a random SmackDown in the most retarded way imaginable
>gets buried by Cena at SummerSlam
>sgets a consolation US title reign which nobody remembers today
>after that he is just there to fill piss break time
>gets a complete gimmick change
>shoehorned into the main event for months
>gets blamed after Seff tanks the ratings
>wins KotR and gets the king gimmick
>creatives forget he has the king gimmick so he remains King Corbin for nearly three years wtf
>loses the crown to Nakamura
>gets paired up with Moss and is actually pretty much just Constable Corbin 2.0 but in the midcard
Nathan Davis
>be English except nobody has ever thought of you as that
>bodybuilder at high school
>get spotted for your look, but instead of training with body guys you train with the Malenkos
>debut in Florida but immediately get called over to Japan to do worked-shoot matches
>return to the US to become the most over comedy worker of his generation
>vanishes for a few years
>becomes a jobber in TNA
>vanishes for a few more years
>goes to WWE to become a trainer and has now been there for 15 years, probably the longest spell anyone in the company has had aiding developmental
Joseph Perry
He just loved to fight. Gotta be the oldest guy to ever get his main push at that age.
Xavier Foster
>starts career as the wizard oz gimmick
>raped mercilessly in the summer of 92
>becomes Diesel but is haunted by what happened
>leaves for WCW going by his shoot name, still physically recovering from the sexual assault
>kills WCW and is basically drugged out or wasted all the time to distract from his disturbed past
>shows up in WWE and the Rock absolutely buries "Big Daddy Bitch", reminds him of the last time he was being pushed to the ground by a black man
>"Big Daddy bitch" becomes basically the only thing people know him as
>goes to TNA and kills that too
>still haunted to this day by that hot summer night in 92
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Christian Murphy
He even wrestled Big Daddy back in the day.
Matthew Thompson
>adopted as a child
>excels as an amateur wrestler, originally goes to college to play football for University of Minnesota
>meets Verne Gagne's son and drops out to go train with Verne
>decent wrestler with a big build at the time, just a bit generic
>breaks back in 3 places in a plane crash, is told he'll never wrestle again
>6 months later he's back in the ring
>alters his wrestling style to the more familiar style of the Nature Boy, not taking as many bumps and focusing more on grappling and chops
>gets put over by Buddy Rogers and gets the Nature Boy monicker
>beats Dusty Rhodes for the NWA Title, goes on to join the Four Horsemen and become a staple of NWA/WCW/JCP wrestling
>Jim Herd is retarded and tries forcing Ric to change his iconic style
>Ric says no and gets fired by Herd while he's the WCW Champion
>joins the WWF, wins the Royal Rumble, and becomes the WWF champion
>gets mad at Vince for hiring him, pushing him a little, then doing nothing with him and letting him flounder in the midcard (sounds familiar)
>goes back to WCW, treated like a hero and given the push he deserved
>2001; WCW is bought out by the WWF
>makes his debut, feuds with Vince McMahon before joining Triple H's four horsemen LARP stable
>leaves the stable, turns face, and wins the IC title from Carlito
>decides to end his career on a high note and put over some young talent before retiring against Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania
>except he doesn't retire because he has to pay 3 alimonies and at this point he's marrying his 4th alimony payment. Files for bankrupcty around this time
>returns to wrestle Hulk Hogan on his Australia turn
>ok great
>goes to TNA to put on some of the worst most cringe matches of his career
>puts over AJ Styles as the next Nature Boy
>has a heart attack and never wrestles again
>now goes from various companies as a husk of his former wheelin-dealin self putting over random shitters so he can pay off his alimony
William Davis
based Norman
Joseph Garcia
You forgot his CMLL run as Black Magic from 91-95. Smiley is based and one of the most versatile wrestlers on the planet, that dude can do any style.
Nathaniel James
>kind of an autist
>obsessed with X-Files and criminals as a teen
>earns a degree in criminology
>instead of becoming a police investigator he becomes a pro wrestler
>young hoss fights with Sheamus at IWW
>goes to America
>Vince immediately wants to push him to the moon
>doesn't work out
>becomes a jobber
>even jobs to El Torito
>leaves
>starts roiding
>gains momentum in TNA
>wins every meaningful belt in the British indie wrestling scene
>comes back to the WWE
>looks and booked like a literal demigod
>the only heel who actually gets booked like a serious threat
>best tweener in years
>wins the Rumble
>about to win the WWE championship in the main event of WrestleMania against Brock Lesnar to become the first ever British-born WWE champion
>subhuman chinese """people""" release their nigger virus onto the world
>his 'Mania moment gets ruined
>still wins the belt and makes Wade Barrett work himself into a seethe
>carries Raw for almost a year
>eventually gets turned into le smilin' babyfacerino
>loses the belt and gets booked like face Roman, always getting screwed the last second
>has to carry shitters like Lashley, Mahal, and Big E
>stuck in SmackDown midcard at the moment
Drew sure had a wild ride in the past few years
Caleb Campbell
>ends up bending the knee to a homosexual for money
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Asher Taylor
drew is a shitter too
Anthony Rogers
>son of the Bulldog
>big
>can go in the ring
>unremarkable midcarder wherever he goes
Granted, he's still only in his 30's and with how several other careers are turning out nowadays it wouldn't surprise me if he got his big break within a few years
Colton Foster
He has no choice now that he's going to be on his 5th alimony.
Eli Lee
well he had the choice of using his brain for decision making instead of using his dick
Brandon Cox
t. Lashley/Mahal/Big E
Benjamin Russell
Says a lot when New Japan would rather keep the Tongan shitters than him.
John Baker
If you'd have told me 2 Cold Scorpio would be going for the RoH title in 2022 I'd have called you retarded but we're on roads less traveled now
Cameron Stewart
>comes from Europe
Irish are not European. They're fucking niggers.
Joseph Collins
>started out as a flippyshit cruiserweight
>wasn’t going anywhere
>decides to shoot on some Mexican with an important name and kicked out of ajpw
>njpw doesn’t want him
>also blows out his knees and can’t wrestle anymore (or so he thinks)
>down on his luck, tries to scam people for a while
>goes with terry funk to the us to get his life together
>finds out that people get really excited for matches that get crazy and go outside the ring
>goes back to japan and makes his own promotion to have similar matches and push the envelope to maximize media attention
>starts off by having a proto mma match against some karate guy and gets legitimately beat up because he didn’t want to expose the business, a tradition he would continue throughout the years
>gets some traction but its not enough
>finds some rejects from other promotions and gaijins, starts making them due ridiculous stuff like barbed wire matches, then started adding explosions to them
>starts gaining a big following, books himself as the top face and cuts promos while crying after his blood filled matches which make his fans love him more
>his celebrity status starts making him delusional and jumps in a river with open cuts and the pollution nearly kills him
>sends his protege to mexico under the guise of training but in reality he was a threat to him and was taking all his women
>eventually he comes back and you put him over as the new ace and scar his whole body in one match
>retire
>his company goes down the drain
>come back out of retirement as a heel to salvage the company
>gets kicked out
>your protege becomes a vegetable
>the poor sap that took your company who used to just be the ring announcer now drowning in debt
>he kills himself
>keep coming in and out of retirement to carny people to this day with zero remorse
>still got to do cool things like be in a movie, government job and fuck unlimited women
>if you want to hear more that’s gonna be an extra 20 grand
Jason Hernandez
it's always weird to me that macho man was a pro baseball player before becoming a wrestler
Jaxon Hill
I never understood why he just doesn't work backstage as a producer or road agent? Or he'll even a trainer.
Adam Johnson
Danielson's is a million miles long
Jayden Jones
Because of his ego and he is constantly fucked up on alcohol and cocaine and Lord knows what else.