5 Wrestlers In Vince McMahon's Doghouse Right Now
Who's in deep shiznit?
2019 is a strange year, and we're only in March. Remember that time Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, Ricochet and Aleister Black turned up on RAW lol?
It feels like a bygone era already.
Ciampa's major neck issues caught up to him (helpfully accelerated by a profoundly unnecessary pair of main roster appearances). Gargano lasted less time than Nikki Cross. And just when he was starting to like the dark! Ricochet and Black meanwhile, having encountered a rammed singles scene that tends to happen six weeks ahead of WrestleMania, instead formed the tag team Air Goth for reasons that still aren't clear. To illustrate the pervading insanity this year, think of the last WWE talent you'd expect sent to Vince McMahon's notorious doghouse. The very last guy.
JBL? Nope; a quick payout later, and he found himself commentating at the Rumble again.
John Cena? He prefers to spend his time in Hollywood these days, but no matter. He gave everything while he was there.
Earlier this year, the Undertaker - the Undertaker! - pissed Vince off by daring to make money outside of WWE's empire. It's not as Vince offered him a spot in the XFL, but then again, 'Taker does take a knee, and that won't do. Things appear to have been smoothed out now, as a rumoured 'Mania appearance beckons.
This is assuredly not the case for this man...
5. EC3
Of course EC3 has backstage heat. He's not gonna have onscreen heat, is he? He lives backstage on a permanent basis. WWE might as well have him put up the lighting rigs at this point, just to get their money's worth.
But why?
What has he done to piss off management? The guy is handsome, he's jacked, and he can talk. Baron Corbin can talk, but WWE makes him cover up his physique with a server's uniform, so what's the story? This is Vince. He's hardly blowing a gasket because EC3 can't pull off a V-Trigger.
There must be a story here. WrestlingNews.co reported this month that Vince "isn't too high" on EC3 "right now".
Did he fail a secret Wellness Policy test, or something? That's not an inference we've arrived at by looking at his physique, or anything, please understand, it's simply something to rule out. Did EC3 fail to impress in his two bland RAW matches, and again, we must point out the words "Baron" and "Corbin"? Jinder Mahal still gets booked on the show, and so a basic in-ring game can't be the source of EC3's woes, under RAW's Chinlocks - ???? - Profit principle.
He seemed very personable as Derrick Bateman, and worked tirelessly to reinvent himself as EC3 in Impact, from which we can infer that his attitude can't be the problem. Is it his finish Vince doesn't like?
What is his finish?