Fired Talent of 2008; Discuss

i don't know everyone in the list but names that stand out to me are bobby lashley, trevor murdoch, big daddy v, lance cade, shannon moore, lance cade, super crazy, chuck palumbo, paul london, elijah burke, snitsky, and armando estrada. now bobby lashley is a great talent in my opinion. great wrestling skills plus he has a good following. he could have made it big alongside the present roster of superstars. i think he could have gone toe to toe against the likes of batista, triple h, cena, and orton. the guy is talented and it was really bad ot see him go. i heard that he joined booker t's promotion but also read that he's into mma so i hope he becomes successful in his new endeavor. same thing for big daddy v. the guy was successful in ecw and the brand is sorely lacking talent and big daddy v can roll with the big name superstars in the wwe so i'm disappointed he was let go. same comment for elijah burke, armando estrada, snitsky, and chuck palumbo. these guys needed some push from wwe creative and too bad they didn't get it. shannon moore, super crazy, and paul london would have been good wrestlers to matcvh up against the likes of mysterio, punk, and evan borne. again another batch of wrestlers that didn't get the needed push. i remember moore came in ecw the same time as punk and they had a feud before but nothing really came out of it. hope to see them back in the roster soon. as for cade and murdoch, i was surprised to see the team split up. i think they are one of the remaining good tag teams in the wwe and the wwe is sorely lacking good tag teams right now so i was a disappointed to see the two go on separate ways. i really think the wwe should develop newer tag teams and legit ones at that and not just put two single wrestler and make them wrestler as a tag team. well, those are my thoughts. cheers!!!

Bobby Lashley is currently into MMA. He won his debut some two weeks ago in a small MMA event. He won in 41 seconds against another MMA fighter also making his debut. Lashley asked for his release and it was not the WWE's thinking to let one of their personally groomed stars to walk just like that. Balls Mahoney? Key talent? The guy has been used as enhancement talent for the most part. Not a loss. Torrie Wilson and Ashley Massaro. They've posed for Playboy and have not improved in the ring, where else would they go? Look where Christy Hemme is now. Braden Walker. He's not in shape and was so flabby. Chris Harris obviously was not the "Wildcat" that he was in TNA. Kenny Dykstra has attitude problems and was buried because of his prima donna disposition. Lance Cade has some personal issues which was why he was released out of nowhere despite being heavily involved in the HBK-Y2J feud. The only big losses for me would be Paul London, Elijah Burke, and Armando Estrada. Paul London could have flourished during the aforementioned HBK-Jericho feud as another former student of Shawn Michaels who sides with him to counter Lance Cade. It also helps that he has the wrestling skill already. Elijah Burke was part of the new breed, where did that go now? And Armandooooooooooooooo Estrrraaada should've never left Umaga's side as his spokesperson. Come to think of it, WHERE IS UUUUUUUUMAGA?

Bobby Lashley-don't really care. Balls Mahoney-He was basically a jobber, though he did make ECW feel more like ECW. I actually liked his storyline with Kelly Kelly. He probably wouldn't have been much more than a jobber for the rest of his WWE career. Dave Taylor-don't care that much. Torrie Wilson-she's smoking hot. I guess her back couldn't take much more abuse, so she's moved on from wrestling. Trevor Murdoch-I liked his new gimmick and was waiting for him to debut on Smackdown. Never happened. Ashley Massaro-don't really care. She has too many outside issues from what I've read. Braden Walker-no big loss. The funniest thing to come out of this is "The definitive Braden Walker" DVD that's on youtube. Big Daddy V-Well, I heard he got pneumonia and WWE wanted him to lose weight. Now I hear he's going to make some movies. So, I guess he's doing alright. I wouldn't mind seeing him come back to WWE. Domino-never should have been released. His new gimmick that was shot down by creative could've been huge. I hated that he got turned into a jobber. He's charismatic, has good promo skills and is good in the ring. James Curtis-Probably a lot of untapped potential here, but who knows. He wasn't give a huge chance in WWE. Nunzio-Well, he was destined to be a jobber for life in WWE. He's ok. Shannon Moore-pretty much the same as Nunzio. Lance Cade-He apparently had a seizure and thus got released. He had potential. Super Crazy-same as Nunzio and Shannon Moore. Cherry-shouldn't have been released. Colin Delaney-don't really care. Highlanders-One less tag team in WWE's sea of tag teams. _ WWE probably dropped the ball on them, but Rory didn't help himself by going to a TNA taping. Stevie Richards-He was great as the leader of RTC. If WWE would be more like it was back then, I'd love to see a RTC return. Chuck Palumbo-shouldn't have been fired. He played a good psycho heel on Smackdown and could've been a big star. Paul London-He's talented in the ring, but didn't show a lot of charisma. Elijah Burke-shouldn't have been released. He's obviously talented in the ring and is a good talker. I don't understand why he got taken off TV in the first place. Kenny Dykstra-I liked him and he looked to have potential. He looks like Owen Hart. If it's true he had attitude problems, then WWE was justified in their reasons for releasing him. Lena Yada-indifferent. Armando Estrada-I thought I heard that he requested his release. He was definitely talented. Snitsky-He was better when he had a long beard and said "It wasn't my fault." In a way it's surprising, considering how much Vince likes big men.

that is how it is when you don't have competition. Since WCW sold out I have not follow up WWE so I don't know what to say. I miss WCW because over there was more better than McMahon WWF. At least to me. Happy New Year

i think those superstars were already rejects in wwe, they didn't have any future so wwe didn't want to hold them. i think it was a good decision from wwe.

I think the WWE has their reasons for the things they do, even though they may not make much sense to us. I will tell you the one release that really got to me and that was Elijah Burke, his talent was endless and if they had used him correctly he could have done big things for the company.

A lot of those people left the wwe like torrie wilson bobby and bobby lashley. But im pissed that they released guys like armando estrada since I always wished he would go back being umagas manager or manage someone else since he was great at that. And they shouldnt have released lance cade since he could of been great or guys like kenny dykstra or Ekija burke they shouldnt of released either.

There were some names you mentioned that will be missed they were quite talented and were beginning to gain popularity with the WWE fans. I think it's a waste.