What He Was: A man that helped TNA gain its footing and score some credibility with the hardcore fans. Unlike some of the cast-offs from the major companies, Lynn could still go and had built up a lot of goodwill with the audience. He was a pioneer in the X-Division before TNA inexplicably lost interest in him and let him go. He appeared a few years later to battle Chris Sabin in a feud that included an embarrassing sketch where Sabin mocked him by wearing a diaper. Keep in mind Lynn was younger than other TNA employees of the time like Sting, Scott Hall, Scott Steiner and Kevin Nash. When TNA got ECW happy a few years ago he was brought in for a few appearances against Rob Van Dam. What He Should Have Been: One of the faces of the X-Division for a good decade. Lynn is perhaps one of the most under-appreciated wrestlers of the past 25 years. He was never a good promo guy, but was stellar in the ring, and carried a variety of opponents to great matches. You would hope he would have been rewarded for all his hard work, and been the measuring stick of the division. But unless you had a significant run in WCW or WWE, that just wasn't going to happen in TNA.
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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