Guest Trivia247 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 From Steveswrestling.com Reported by Steve Fox on 02.17.2005 WWE has signed independent wrestlers Danny Inferno, Mike Mondo, Mike Taylor, Joey Matthews, John Roselli and Steve Lewington to developmental contracts. Multiple sources are reporting that Frankie Kazarian could be the next guy to receive a developmental contract with WWE. WWE contacted several cruiserweight wrestlers over the past few weeks and Kazarian is believed to be one of them. If this is all true given that steveswrestling get their info from other sources obviously, it would appear that they are making an effort to rebuild the cruiserweight division.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 If this is all true given that steveswrestling get their info from other sources obviously, it would appear that they are making an effort to rebuild the cruiserweight division.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo Effect 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 Danny Inferno? Holy shit. I'm shocked he's still around. Don't get your hopes up. Inferno is a generic ligt heavyweight who works a heavyweight style prior to entering the developmental system. Just imagine him afterwards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 Heindreich and Snitsky need people to squash before the big match at WM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 WWE contacted several cruiserweight wrestlers over the past few weeks and Kazarian is believed to be one of them. ::crosses fingers that Jamie Knoble is on that list:: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BUTT 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 Is Mike Mondo the guy who played the role of Snitsky's brother in the indies? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Trivia247 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 Danny Inferno? Holy shit. I'm shocked he's still around. Don't get your hopes up. Inferno is a generic ligt heavyweight who works a heavyweight style prior to entering the developmental system. Just imagine him afterwards. there was a quote joey styles did in ECW when Mikey Whipwreck took on Stormin Norman in 1995.. "even Mikey needs someone to squash." So who knows maybe Danny is the guy that Akio will be "Allowed" to dominate Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Arnold_OldSchool Report post Posted February 17, 2005 I thought Joey Matthews and Christian York had developmental contracts a few years ago? And what ever became of Ace Darling? When did he retire? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iliketurtles 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 Uh...all 5 of these guys have been on the OVW roster for like...weeks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pochorenella 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 I thought Joey Matthews and Christian York had developmental contracts a few years ago? They did. They were let go around the time of the Invasion, IIRC, along with Spanky and Bryan Danielson (American Dragon). Some of them came back, it seems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zack Malibu 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 Try years (in Mondo's case). Matthews has been there a while too. To his credit though, not all OVW talent is signed talent. Matthews went down on his own accord when his g/f Alexis Laree got signed, IIRC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Trivia247 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 One of these little curiosities. Are all OVW wrestlers signed to the WWE as development wrestlers? Or only those few are Development and the rest just indi's? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zack Malibu 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 Not all OVW wrestlers are developmental talent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeDirt 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 These guys have all been on the OVW website for a long time. It should be noted that the only Tough Enough guys left in developmental are Puder, Nick Mitchell, Ryan Reeves, and Marty Wright. I guess Rodimer is done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fro 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 One of these little curiosities. Are all OVW wrestlers signed to the WWE as development wrestlers? Or only those few are Development and the rest just indi's? OVW Wrestlers are under either a contract with OVW (which usually states they can't wrestle for other promotions without permission) or are WWE developmental guys. The only guy who is a true Cruiserweight is Mike Mondo... none of these guys besides him are CW size although they're not hosses either (which is good). MIKE MONDO Awesome wrestler, but he's not much under 5' tall. Snitsky was brought in as his brother "Mean Gene" Mondo and generally ripped Mike Mondo's current look. I would imagine he'd be a manager (he's managing Blaster Lasheley along with Bolin right now) or be a designated comedy jobber ala Crash Holly. DANNY INFERNO Would be a heavyweight. Quite a bit bigger than Nova. Decent... would be good in a tag team. I'm pretty sure this isn't the Inferno Kid... he seems like he's about 6'2"-6'3". MIKE TAYLOR Stealing a lot of WWE moves right now, but he's had a couple decent matches. Too early to tell how good he is. He's sort of built a bit, probably around 5'10"-6' ish JOEY MATTHEWS Very awesome.... great on the mic. Excellent signing. I'm going to be pissed if they don't keep he, Nitro, and Melina together because they're GOLD. That unit would instantly be the top tag team in the company. JOHN ROSELLI In tag team matches with a "gay" gimmick with Antonio Thomas as the Heartbreakesr. Has potential and I've heard from a couple people he was pretty good before OVW. STEVE LEWINGTON I like what I've seen from him so far and he's gotten quite over with the Louisville crowd. Cuts a decent promo too, but the sample size here is limited. All these guys have been in OVW for a few months at least. Inferno, Mondo, Matthews for at least a year so I have pretty good opinions on them. Lewington/Roselli/Taylor only recently popped up on TV. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ronnie755 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 They also signed another OVW worker who goes by the name of Mac Johnson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fro 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2005 They also signed another OVW worker who goes by the name of Mac Johnson. I like Mac Johnson too. He plays the Southern Tag Team Babyface real well. He's probably about 6'ish and was pretty lanky when he debutted last year, but he's been on the juice pretty hard. He's a "high flyer" by OVW standards, which isn't staying much. He's still a bit green but is improving at a good clip. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo Effect 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2005 I thought Joey Matthews and Christian York had developmental contracts a few years ago? And what ever became of Ace Darling? When did he retire? Poor York and Matthews have always gotten screwed. They were signed to WCW for about six months, and then got released. They went to ECW, it closed. Sign to WWE, released. Go to XPW, and just when York seems to be on the verge of a push, it closes. Ace works the occasionally tiny NJ indy every so often. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2005 So much for Matthews and Sydal's much hyped ROH tag team run. Not the names I'd hope to see, but good for Joey. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JebusNassedar Report post Posted February 20, 2005 NOOOOO!!! I cannot escape Kazarian. Daaaah... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HollywoodSpikeJenkins 0 Report post Posted February 22, 2005 I've trained with Mondo and Matthews. They've tought me so much and even though they have been signed for awhile now...this is awesome news. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mosaicv2 Report post Posted February 22, 2005 Why not bring more "cruiserweights", so they can get SQUASH BY THE HOSSES!! OH MY!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
