When WWE needed them in the 90s, they should specifically sign these wrestlers.
In the 1990s, professional wrestling changed drastically. With the incredible prosperity of the 1980s, WWE’s popularity began to weaken in the mid-1990s, as rival WCW began a ratings war on Monday night, as well as digging talent from the struggling WWE. Because they used local players like The Rock and former WCW players like Steve Austin and Mick Foley, this fierce competition will eventually lead to the kid-friendly WWE being renamed to have a strong A lineup of more avant-garde promotions for older audiences.
Related: The 10 best WWE superstars per year in the 1990s. However, WWE may be looking for other wrestlers who might be of great benefit to the company in the 1990s, so let’s see who else they can stand out from the competition of WCW, But there is also ECW.
As part of the invasion storyline, Rob Van Dam notoriously appeared on WWE TV, but surprisingly, RVD was not hired by the company until 2001—just in time for another invasion storyline. Although many ECW geniuses are not mainstream friendly players, or are not considered particularly good wrestlers outside of the hardcore genre, RVD has everything-a beautiful appearance, a lot of charm, and an equal amount of high-risk moves and The preference for chair violence. "Mr. Monday night" is a huge boon for the attitude age.
Although Diamond Dallas Page will eventually transfer to WWE after the bankruptcy of his hometown of WCW, he is still a few years away from retirement, and WWE seems to be most interested in burying most of the WCW talent it has acquired. Therefore, the cooperation between DDP and WWE has some very regrettable moments. If WWE tried to snap up him a few years ago, considering that character was very important during that period, they might get an outstanding performer who performed well in the Attitude Age.
WWE and the light heavyweight department tried their own version of the WCW heavyweight department, bringing in international talents and a bunch of random luchadores. But it can be said that WWE has never had a star who can dominate this department. That star may be Rey Mysterio Jr.
Related: Rey Mysterio's 5 best games in WWE (and 5 in WCW). Although his size may be more serious than when he finally appeared in the 2000s, the young Rey was able to play and few people could do it. The actions have been seen before-even later.
Perry Saturn's performance in WWE is not considered particularly good, but if they signed him with Eliminators label team partner John Kronus, then the company could have been in 1997 Saturn at its peak in 2016. They are not as cartoonish as The Dudley Boyz (and therefore friendly to WWE), but Saturn and Krous are one of the best duos in ECW if they were in the 90s. They are tough and agile, and they will do a good job against the rivals of the new era desperadoes or the doomsday legion.
In addition to a short and memorable run in WCW, his Whiplash finishing moves inspired Steve Austin's Stone Cold Stunner, Mikey Whipwreck is almost the savior of ECW. Because of his unconventional appearance and ability/willingness to do some very crazy things, he is very suitable for ECW, but this does not mean that he is not suitable for WWE, especially in the age of attitude. In Vince McMahon's company, it is not difficult to see that Whipwreck has done a very good job as a loser.
From 1993 to 1994, Scott Levy worked for WWE in various capacities (wrestler, manager, commentator) while also under the rich kid stunt of Johnny Polo Work. It was not until he left WWE that he created his iconic character Raven and became one of the coolest characters in the mid to late 1990s.
Related: 10 things fans should know about Raven right now. Imagine whether WWE signed Raven after his reinvention. His sloppy cult leader image fits the attitude age so well that he could have become a "higher power."
The Monday Night Fight was the most dramatic period of non-kayfabe competition between the two wrestling companies, but in the end WCW ruined its victory against WWE due to some mistakes. However, imagine what a coup would be if WWE lured Goldberg, one of WCW's greatest stars. He is very suitable for Attitude Era WWE because most games are short.
Like his Filthy Animals label partner Rey Mysterio earlier on this list, Billy Kidman, who won multiple lightweight titles, eventually entered WWE in the 2000s. But he was at his best when he worked in the heavyweight division of WCW in the 1990s, and could have been another important member of the light heavyweight division. WWE fans were unlikely to see Shooting Star Press in the 90s, but if they did, they would be surprised.
In the course of the 1990s, WWE could have bid for Sting multiple times, which makes sense. After the Ultimate Warrior collapsed and burned and Hulkamania packed up and participated in the competition, WWE could have invested a lot of money in WCW's top baby face to get Sting over. Or, after he was reinvented as a volunteer police officer inspired by the crow, WWE may invest more cash on The Stinger to really stick it to Eric Bischoff and Ted Turner. Sting eventually entered WWE, but it was too late and his performance was not outstanding.
Stinger's performance in WWE was not as popular as many fans had hoped. Let's review Sting's WWE competition in 2014-2016!
Danny Djeljosevic is a writer living in San Diego, California. His last name is easier to pronounce than it seems.