Would Eric Young be one of my personal top 10 choices to join WWE? No. But would he have one of the highest chances of succeeding in Vinces company? Id say yes. Fans know that McMahon loves all kinds of awful humor. After all, Santino was able to make a small fortune playing a bad comedy character for years. With The Milan Miracle perhaps calling it a career, the company could use a new comedy figure. Eric Young could be that guy. For years, Young was TNAs biggest punchline. He portrayed a superhero, was involved in an odd-ball and homophobic pairing with Orlando Jordan, and he married ODB in his underpants. Sure, he was funny only about 1 in every 5 attempts, but thats more than double the success rate of Santino (too soon?)! Young is actually a decent wrestler (lets just forget that he was ever TNA Champ), and he also has his own reality show which WWE could surely promote better than TNA ever did for him. If Young were to join WWE as a comedy act, hopefully he wouldnt have to wear a sock on his hand or be birthed by a 90-year-old woman. Is that too much to ask for?
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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