Wrestler who should have retired young

[Epic Reine]

I'm gonna have to go with Sean Waltman/X-Pac. He's in his early 30's now and is still competing. I honestly think he should have retired back in 2001 when he got injured before returning to join the nWo. His first wave of TNA work was awful though I haven't seen his recent work there.

 

So who do you think?

[snuffbox]

Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Verne Gagne, Pedro Morales, etc

[Dangerous A]

Dynamite Kid. At least he might've still been able to walk.

[Guest J0bber]

Hogan, Scotty "Roid Me Up" Steiner, Flair, Andre, Verne Gagne, and British Bulldog come to mind.

 

HHH should also retire or change his character direction because his current cerebral assasin gimmick is about 1,000,000 years old in TV years.

[Carnival]

Kevin Nash

[Dobbs 3K]

The Road Warriors (had done everything they could after their second WWF run, and maybe Hawk would still be alive today...you'd think they would've had enough money saved up to be comfortable without wrestling).

 

Scott Steiner (probably Rick too).

 

Kevin Nash (should've retired at least when WCW folded, if not earlier, and moved into a commentator role, or something similar).

 

Scott Hall (see Kevin Nash...you gotta wonder how much longer he has if he keeps up living to his reputation).

 

Randy Savage (definitely should've called it quits after about 1998).

 

Jeff Jarrett (because he sucks and no one wants to see him anyway).

 

I didn't mention Ric Flair or Hogan because, while they are not the performers they used to be, they both seem relatively healthy and seem to be big draws, despite their ages.

[Prophet of Mike Zagurski]

Lex Luger (I remember his post 2000 run in WCW. "shudders")

Buff Bagwell (He should probably of retired after his neck was broken.)

Warrior (WCW run. "shudders")

[Guest jm29195]

Randy Savage (definitely should've called it quits after about 1998).

 

 

I don't think he should have come back after his GAB 98 lay off, he had cemented his legend as one of the only hard working 'legends' in WCW with his exceptional 97-98 comeback and was a total roided up wreck when he came back in 99.....

 

Scott Steiner (probably Rick too).

 

 

I'd imagine Scott's pretty happy with his main event WCW run but he definetly should've called it quits post WCW if he realised his leg injury was insurmountable....

 

 

What about Dusty..........a total wreck with nothing to contribute to the business post 1990 but somehow he was still being allowed to book himself in TNA main events as late as 2004....

[BUTT]

This is off-topic, but Invader3K, the "IWC" was pretty firmly anti-WCW and anti-Russo in late 1999. In fact, they were pretty much always anti-WCW up until they closed. And they couldn't defend WCW by saying they had cruiserweight matches during that time, because Russo ruined that division.

[Corey_Lazarus]

Waltman's first TNA run sucked? Hmmmm...guess I'm imagining those back-to-back *** matches with AJ...

[The Mandarin]

John Heidenreich

[CanadianGuitarist]

I'm fuckin sick of Hogan making a 'one more match' comeback every week.

[Masked Man of Mystery]

Bret Hart might not have had the run of rotten luck he's had since his retirement had he retired earlier. The argument could also be ame for Owen, although there was no way of knowing that would happen(unless you believe Piper's theory about Russo). I don't know, as much as I enjoy watching them wrestle, Benoit, Angle, and everyone with a broken neck should retire, for their own sake. For soem reason I think Booker should retire too, I don't know why, his ring work doesn't bother me.

[Masked Man of Mystery]

How in the name of God did I forget the man in my signature, Hayabusa had no regard for his body whatsoever, really, going back, it's no suprise he paralyzed himself

Edited July 12, 2005 by Masked Man of Mystery

[MrRant]

These aren't examples of retiring "young",

[Guest Ransome]

I'm gonna have to go with Sean Waltman/X-Pac. He's in his early 30's now and is still competing. I honestly think he should have retired back in 2001 when he got injured before returning to join the nWo. His first wave of TNA work was awful though I haven't seen his recent work there.

 

So who do you think?

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When I saw the topic title, X-pac was the first wrestler to come to mind for me also. If he'd retired early, say in 1997, at the very least his reputation in the eyes of fans might be salvaged; around the time of his Jerry Lynn feud in the early 90s he was a smark darling, whereas now he'll likely only be remembered for 'X-pac heat' and screwing a shemale.

[Dobbs 3K]

The little conversation in my signature is more in reference to how people took Meltzer to task about his comments on Russo more than anything. If you were on forums like this during that time period, lots of people were making excuses for Russo. It was just a big pet peeve of mine, as Russo's booking was indeed retarded. Also, while Russo had basically ruined the cruiserweight division, people would still talk about guys like Rey Misterio, Kidman, and 3 Count as if they meant anything at that point in WCW.

 

This is off-topic, but Invader3K, the "IWC" was pretty firmly anti-WCW and anti-Russo in late 1999.  In fact, they were pretty much always anti-WCW up until they closed.  And they couldn't defend WCW by saying they had cruiserweight matches during that time, because Russo ruined that division.

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