Sorry Tensai, you may be the next to go. Don't take it too hard, you had a much longer run than most have in this crazy world of wrestling. At 41 years old, Tensai's best days are behind him, and his best days weren't even all that good to begin with (not counting his run in Japan that is). First of all, why is he even called Tensai anymore? He doesn't do the whole Japanese gimmick these days. Second of all, now that he's no longer in Tons of Funk, he really has nothing to do. Sure, he could start growing out his back hair again, but that didn't really work out that well the last time. At this point in his career, you can't imagine that he would be high on WWE's list of characters to repackage. He's been playing a comedy act for too long that wasn't all that funny, and then he would lose to every opponent who is smaller than him. Unlike others on this list (like Tatsu and JTG), Tensai is too big to make his opponents look impressive while doing a job. And lastly, when the Funkadactyls dump you from their act, maybe it's time to take up a new sport.
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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