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They never really gave him a chance. ... Colt Cobana all over again.
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They never really gave him a chance. ... Colt Cobana all over again.
He was there for 18 months and didn't do jack. He never looked after his body, he's always thin and flabby with no muscle. They took him off all NXT programming in the summer to get in better shape and he came back looking the same. If he can't get into decent shape at home, he's never going to do it when he's on the road. You can be the greatest wrestler & greatest talker in the business (Hero is neither of these) but when you come out for your inaugural match and you have a body like a melted candle, no one is going to take you seriously. Antonio Cesaro got called up a lot sooner because he looks like a beast even though English is his 2nd language and Hero is a better wrestler than him. Roman Reigns can't hold a candle to the other two in The Shield in wrestling ability. But he looks cool as fuck and oozes charisma. He will be the Batista of the group and go the furthest out of them. This may have changed, but a couple of weeks back, he was the only one in the group who had never been pinned.
It's interesting to see Hero compared to Barry Windham because he's another wrestler who never bothered to look after his body and post 1991 when he wasn't even in his prime yet, he was done.
WWE's loss is Indy wrestling's gain. Shame though, I've been waiting for him to make his debut on TV, I really think he could've gone places. Maybe not the best talker or wrestler, but he's very, very good at both, and his style is very believable. Maybe he'll be back one day
Chris Hero was always one of my favourites in the indies, I always thought he'd make it in WWE because he's sort of a jack of all trades and good at it. I see Ross' point about never being in shape because that was his problem even in the indes to a point where he wore full body attire because he was quite flabby and out of shape. He still is awesome and I love that roaring elbow from The Young Knockout Kid.
I think it would be a good move on TNA's part to sign him. They could use someone like him.
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WWE released NXT star Kassius Ohno, aka Chris Hero, who has worked in main event level positions for Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling NOAH, CHIKARA, IWA Mid-South and CZW, among other promotions all over the world, PWInsider.com has confirmed.
According to multiple sources, Ohno was released by WWE officials while waiting to begin training Friday morning at the Performance Center.
Ohno had just returned to WWE NXT after being held off of TV for some time. What will turn out to be his final appearance, a loss to The Wyatt Family's Luke Harper, aired this past Wednesday on NXT. He had been signed to WWE developmental in 2012.
Ohno, a Dayton, Ohio native, broke into the business in 1998 and was trained by a slew of excellent trainers, including Les Thatcher and Dory Funk Jr.
Similar to the career path that Daniel Bryan took, he traveled the world, most notable Germany, England and Australia, learning all sorts of different styles and adding them to his in-ring repertoire. I've always likened him to a young Barry Windham because of his tall frame and working ability.
Like a lot of other independent stars of the early 2000s, Hero made his name with a lot of travel, not just internationally but all over the United States, driving with a crew that included Antonio Cesaro (then Claudio Castagnoli) and the late Larry Sweeney, among others, and worked pretty much everywhere. He clicked in just about every major independent promotion of the era.
Hero originally built his name in Ian Rotten's IWA Mid-South, where he ended up having a great feud with CM Punk (as recounted on Punk's Best in the World DVD documentary) as well as a long run in CHIKARA, where he was a top name there as well as one half of the Kings of Wrestling tag team with Cesaro.
He soon made his way to CZW, where he worked as a top heel there and began working regularly for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla in California as well.
The one promotion Hero wasn't getting booked for was Ring of Honor, which was considered the top independent promotion in the landscape, so when he showed up as a mystery opponent representing CZW against then-ROH champion Bryan Danielson (aka Daniel Bryan), it was a huge, legitimate shock for that audience and helped kick off a CZW vs. ROH feud that drew great numbers for ROH as well as an audience that was as legitimately split down the middle as a New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys game.
Hero morphed into a regular member of the ROH roster, capturing their Tag belts with Cesaro, who he held a number of other tag straps with. He began training and wrestling for Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan and did well there, including having the mate Mitsuharu Misawa "gift him" the roaring elbow, which Hero used even in WWE as a finish.
When Hero was signed in 2012, it seemed like just a matter of time before he joined Punk, Bryan and others on the main roster, but for some reason - whether it be politics or mistakes made, he never made it to the main roster. I don't even believe he was sent on the road for dark matches, which boggled my mind. His work in the ring was good. He had obviously, based on his last TV appearances, worked on his physique. He had a decent speaking ability and his charisma always sort of reminded me a quiet version of a young Mick Foley. As a heel, he portrayed a great d***. He knew all sorts of different styles and honestly, should have been training the talents he was instead training with in the Performance Center. All the elements were there, except, apparently, WWE didn't see it, so he begins a new chapter in his career, returning to the independents.
http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=81449