Simon Miller on why these 10 wrestlers need to jump ship!
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00:00So I hate that I need to talk about the thing that I need to talk about, but as I do need
00:04to talk about it, we're going to talk about it, and here's a quick lesson.
00:07Because yes, hello, I am Frinkled and Frinklehoop, the wrestling teacher, and I have my teaching
00:11stick right here.
00:12Don't you tell me it's not a stick.
00:13It is.
00:14Because look, here is your number one lesson.
00:16When it comes to YouTube videos, specifically wrestling YouTube videos, the whole point
00:21is fun.
00:22That's it.
00:23We're trying to have fun.
00:24We're trying to have a conversation.
00:25We are just massive nerds.
00:27Don't make me come at you with a stick.
00:28Right, good.
00:29Wrestling is just not always about clickbait.
00:31Oh, it's called clickbait.
00:33We're just trying to have a good time.
00:34I mean, have we all forgotten fantasy booking?
00:37It's half the reason we're fans for as long as we are.
00:40So now we've ironed that out, here's 10 wrestlers that should jump ship right now.
00:44Why?
00:45Here's why.
00:46So let's not stand on ceremony, Mr. Wayne, and let's go in at number 10, Brian Cage.
00:56Now the good news if you're a Cage fan is that it does seem that Ring of Honor is about
01:00to start up again properly, and he's going to be a pivotal part of that.
01:03And everything he did with Team Taz a few years ago I thought was pretty good.
01:07And also, if you go and watch his impact work or any of his indie matches, you will say
01:11to yourself, oh wow, Brian can go.
01:14I mean, seeing a man that big fly around is just fascinating, but do you want to know
01:18the main reason I'd like to see him go from AEW to WWE in this instance?
01:23It's because Vince McMahon loves muscles.
01:26Be a Hulk Hogan, a John Cena, a Batista or a Nathan Jones, I wanted to throw one name
01:30in there where it's like, well he didn't do much of anything, but he was massive.
01:35Mr. McMahon just loves people that go to the gym, and when you look at the wrestling scene
01:40right now, few people look bigger than Brian Cage.
01:43So this is mostly pure intrigue from me, but I think there's a universe out there where
01:47Brian Cage does go to WWE, and Vince McMahon enjoys his flexing so much he makes him WWE
01:54champion.
01:55And yes, I mean it, because once again, he knows what he's doing inside the squared circle,
01:58and all you've got to do is Brock Lesnar him, give him some kind of manager or some kind
02:03of mouthpiece, and I actually think you'd connect all the dots.
02:06So of course it's cool if he stays in AEW, but I got this thing in my tum-tum called
02:11an intrigue gland, sometimes it goes off.
02:14Number nine is not as silly though, Sasha Banks.
02:17So depending on what reports you want to believe, Sasha Banks is either under a WWE deal right
02:21now or she's not.
02:22But regardless of what the truth of the situation is, when you go back to a few months ago when
02:26she did walk out with Naomi, it's not the first time it's happened, and I think we can
02:31safely say that WWE and The Boss don't really see eye to eye.
02:35And there's nothing wrong with that either, because it is just a job at the end of the
02:38day and that stuff happens, but much like Cesaro who joined All Elite Wrestling recently,
02:43I think the one thing Sasha Banks needs right now is freedom.
02:48Freedom to do the character the way that she wants, freedom to have the matches that she
02:51wants, and just damn freedom said that word too much.
02:54And I don't mind that WWE has its playbook, but it just kind of feels to me like she's
02:58never going to usurp a Charlotte Flair, she's never going to usurp a Becky Lynch, which
03:03is kind of crazy to me, like both of those two people are absolutely stars, but when
03:07it comes to Sasha Banks, I think she ticks every damn box, and yet during her WWE career
03:13which has been great, it always kind of feels like she's been held back.
03:17Everything else we're just at a crossroads, so if she does go back to WWE, will it just
03:22go bad again?
03:23Sometimes you just need something fresh, sometimes you just need to do something new, and that's
03:27where I think we are right now.
03:28And who knows what happens after that, maybe she returns to WWE, and do not forget, somebody
03:33will be the first person to do that, they go WWE, AEW, WWE, or AEW, WWE, AEW, and yes
03:42that individual could absolutely be Cody Rhodes, but that's a different video for a different
03:47day.
03:488.
03:49MJF
03:50This is purely selfish too, but man would it absolutely rock.
03:54Now I think from a legal angle there's no way this can even happen, but can you imagine
03:58if the last thing we saw Maxwell Jacob Friedman do in an AEW ring was go I hate to hear it,
04:02I don't want to be anymore, and then he just turns up on Raw like he thinks he's flipping
04:08Lex Luger in the mid-90s.
04:09I mean it would just be one of those moments that you remembered forever, and I am 99%
04:14sure that WWE and AEW are never going to work together in an official capacity, and the
04:19only reason I don't say 100% is because you never say never, but that means any narratives
04:23that we do get have to come out from situations like this.
04:27I've already mentioned Cody and why his jump was so big, and if Friedman did the same,
04:32again especially given the story right now, I think I'd literally die.
04:36And again, do I honestly think this is what's going to occur?
04:39No I don't.
04:40In a million years, I've just got my fantasy booker hat on again, and man it would be glorious.
04:45Moving on to someone who actually deserves to be on TV more though, Dolph Ziggler.
04:50Now the issue with this one is that straight away a corner of the internet is shouting
04:53no more WWE guys, and there really isn't a bigger WWE guy than Dolph Ziggler right now,
04:59because he debuted in September 2005, which means he has now been with the company 17
05:06years, and that is terrifying.
05:09And sure he too got his moments, especially when he cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase
05:12on Alberto Del Rio, but really, I think a lot of us thought that one day he was going
05:17to have that big extended run, but it never happened.
05:21And it looked like it could happen at Survivor Series 2014, but it didn't, so that's as far
05:26as we can go with that one, and really the biggest problem Dolphy Boy Blue had was that
05:31he was too good.
05:32And I know that sounds absolutely ridiculous, it's like when a sports commentator goes oh
05:35well he hit it too well, and you're like what the flub are you talking about?
05:39But WWE soon realised, oh wow, we can give Ziggles anything, and he knocks it out of
05:43the park, so they quite literally gave him everything.
05:46He is 41 years old as of me talking, so we've still got a good few years left in him, and
05:51I would just love to see him be treated as a tippy top star at one point during his career,
05:56because I truly think he would smash it.
05:59And there's the opposite to this as well, because sometimes you need to see the writing
06:02on the wall.
06:036.
06:04Dominik Dijakovic
06:05The current day T-Bar reminded us of his talent recently when he was in that last chance Money
06:10in the Bank battle royal, and if you do find yourself tuning into main event, you'll probably
06:15look at Dom and go, yes, that's pretty good.
06:18Ever since he was thrown into Retribution though, which I think we can now say was not
06:21a good idea, he hasn't done much of anything.
06:25I mean, he had that tag team with Mace for a while, when they were all like oh man we're
06:29animals for the jungle.
06:33So these days he usually turns up, loses and then goes home again, but if you go watch
06:37his stuff in NXT or on the indie scene, once again this guy's got talent.
06:41I just can't see a world now where WWE is actually going to give him an opportunity,
06:45and I'm not even saying he has to go to AEW.
06:49If you put him in somewhere like New Japan that loves really tall dudes, I think he'd
06:53smash it.
06:54He could even be a world champion in somewhere like Impact, and even if he just returned
06:57to the greater wrestling world in general, the plus point to this would once again be
07:02people going, oh man, that T-Bar can go.
07:05And if he is going to stay, we really need to get rid of the T-Bar name, because it just
07:08conjures up bad memories.
07:10And if you take Battle Raws out of the equation, he hasn't been on a proper WWE program since
07:16February when he lost to Omos, and before that it was December when he lost to Finn
07:22Balor.
07:24This is when I think it's time to jump.
07:26This is the same for his constant dark match opponent, Mustafa Ali.
07:29There's not much to say about this one, because you know the deal.
07:32Mustafa wanted to leave WWE, he tweeted this, but for some reason they said no.
07:38Eventually they did get back on the same page.
07:40He had that short feud with Theory, and then once again he was back to doing a whole lot
07:46of nothing.
07:47Who knows what's going on behind the scenes, but Ali is just so good, and given that he
07:51is 36 years old at the moment, he is basically in his wrestling prime, so somebody should
07:56be putting him on television every single week.
07:58So I just want somebody to give him a proper shot, and look maybe we do give him the ball
08:02and he drops it, but at least then I would know, although also I highly doubt it.
08:07And once again, I'm not saying he has to go to All Elite Wrestling, there are so many
08:11options, I mean can you imagine him in New Japan in that junior division?
08:15He'd smash it.
08:16And I would genuinely go out of my way to see him wherever he did decide to call home.
08:20I'd just go onto his social media and watch these training montages he puts up.
08:25I really don't understand it.
08:27So it's stupid, as is my next suggestion, which is going to get a crazy reaction in
08:33at 4, AJ Styles.
08:35So look, I'm being a nerd again, but given that Styles will retire sooner rather than
08:39later, I just want to see these matches before he goes.
08:42I want to see Styles vs Omega, I want to see Styles vs Hangman, I want to see Styles vs
08:46Adam Cole, I want to see Styles vs Orange Cassidy, I want to see Styles vs Darby Allin.
08:50Hell, I want to see Styles vs CM Punk.
08:53Now again, do I actually think this is going to go down?
08:55No I don't, because AJ is making all the money in the world right now, and is a big time
09:00player in WWE, but a boy can dream.
09:04Number 3 is a bit more specific and maybe out of nowhere, but I think in at number 3,
09:09Avedon should go to WWE.
09:10Because here's the thing, of all the companies doing the round, WWE is the one who quite
09:15likes the spooky dookie.
09:17I mean, we had it with Kane, we had it with The Undertaker, we had it with Bray Wyatt,
09:20and if you believe the rumour mill, The Judgment Day are apparently about to get a little bit
09:25supernatural.
09:26So they love it, and despite all that, when it comes to our female wrestlers, I can't
09:30think of many who have been given such an opportunity.
09:32Like Luna did it back in the day, I really wouldn't call that a good example, and you
09:37did have it with Nikki Cross when she was Insanity, but as soon as they got called up
09:41to the main roster, foop, we cut their legs off.
09:43So let's go get Avedon and push this as hard as we can.
09:47And I'm not talking Boogeyman either, I don't want to turn up and go oh man I'll eat a bunch
09:51of worms.
09:52I think we should present her as terrifyingly as possible, because I've seen her on Dark
09:57and Dark Elevation etc, and every time I'm a bit, oh man, I want to run into her down
10:03Dark Alley.
10:04I just think it might be hard to crack in AEW now, because the only place you could
10:07put her was the House of Black, but they went out there and got Julia Hart.
10:11And you just know if she did go to WWE, she'd be shooting fire, she'd be shooting lightning,
10:16and probably chokesamming somebody through her parents' graves, because no matter how
10:20many years pass, you can never pretend that didn't happen, because it absolutely did.
10:26And do you know who else I'd go nuts for if they turned up on Raw or Smackdown?
10:30Number two, Ricky Starks.
10:32And let me caveat this by saying that I don't care if Ricky turns up in GTZ, which is a
10:36promotion I just made up, it makes no difference to me, and he is smashing it in AEW.
10:41And I tell you this, one day he's going to go babyface and become the world champion.
10:45But much like Cody who felt like he may get bigger opportunities if he did go across the
10:49pond, I think it may be the same for Starks.
10:52And I know your instant reaction is, Simon, he's not big enough for Vince McMahon, but
10:57there's always an exception to this rule, and if you put a microphone in his hands,
11:01he's going to deliver every time.
11:03So I really do think this could be an AJ Styles situation from 2017, where slowly and surely
11:08he just gets given more and more and more, until he's a pivotal part of the company.
11:13I mean, there's just so much potential with Ricky, which is why I feel if he does go out
11:17there and stir the pot, and gets himself one of these moments, it may actually benefit
11:22him, because coming out the other side, he's going to feel like a bigger star.
11:26So it could really raise his stock and allow him to get to the next level, because really
11:29in AEW, the only thing holding him back is because they have a massive roster, and as
11:34ever, I'm cool with that, but there's always a negative side.
11:37I also just get a kick out of seeing a wrestler in a brand new environment, especially one
11:41I'm familiar with, but not familiar with them in it, because it really does feel like Christmas
11:46and Hanukkah come together, so that's the main reason I want it.
11:50I'm being a geek again, but it's my video and I'll geek out as much as I want.
11:54Which is not the same for number one, because somebody get me Orange Cassidy on my WWE TV.
12:01And why?
12:02Because when he did sign for AEW, everybody melted down as if if you're in professional
12:06wrestling these days, you can't have a gimmick, so if he did get signed by WWE, and he had
12:11a run there, he could walk around and say, well, the two biggest promotions in North
12:17America hired me, so I must have done something right.
12:19I mean, honestly, make him WWE Champion for all I care, because it would be tremendous,
12:24and don't pretend you don't want to see Orange Cassidy versus Roman Reigns, because you absolutely
12:30do.
12:31I mean, even if it's because of that bad part of your brain that's filled with fear, you'd
12:33still like to see it, and I've said it now, and I'm hoping because I have said it, we
12:37can manifest it into existence, because honestly, it would probably be the best day of my life.
12:43I do want to end this video by saying no matter who I've mentioned in this list, the most
12:46important thing is that said person is happy.
12:49Because really, we should want all wrestlers to be in good spirits no matter where they
12:52ply their trade, WWE, AEW, Impact, New Japan, because I tell you, sometimes we forget about
12:58the human side of sports entertainment, which is why I am bringing it back.
13:03Now please do leave a comment below and let us know who would you like to jump ship and
13:06where should they go.
13:07You can make anything up.
13:08They could go to WWE to some UK promotion.
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