Exactly How Good Was Taz?
Taz was destined to do all of this.
He may not have appeared the most obvious choice to call WrestleManias as he drowned in WWE's political waters, nor put forth the persona of the funniest f*cker in the industry when he was a subhuman maniac with no boots and a painted face, but young Peter Senerchia was leaving ads in wrestling magazines looking for more people to shoot the sh*t about it with.
In that respect, his story isn't different from yours, mine or anybody that's taken a passing interest in pro wrestling at some point in their lives. Why, then, has Taz' journey within the industry been one of the stranger ones?
AEW-era him is, fittingly, Elite Tier Taz. An awesome broadcaster that can scare folk witless with threats (even if they're going to be carried out by other people) who also knows his way around some hilarious patter with his colleagues as long as they stay on his good side.
But at various times across multiple companies, there were questions asked if bookers and bosses were really getting the best of the 'Human Suplex Machine'. At times, he was a man with evidently so much to offer that powerful people seemingly didn't know how to get the best out of him.
Paul Heyman was the first...
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