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Why did Derrick Bateman fail?

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#1 ·
Well?
 
#14 ·
That long TNA promo where he's sitting on a chair backstage kinda said it. People in WWE thought he couldn't wrestle. It couldn't have been his personality, because those NXT segments with Bryan were usually pretty hilarious.

I'm sure ring work wasn't the only thing that got him cut. He probably made someone important mad one day and never recovered.
 
#22 · (Edited)
I think they just got frustrated with his persistent injuries and perhaps the fact he was a little green in the ring as well as the fact they couldn't figure out what to do with him creatively.
He's no Kurt Angle when it comes to wrestling ability but he seems at least adequate to me and because he's so charismatic and good on the mic you can overlook the fact he's not the worlds best mat technician.

He got lucky with TNA, right place right time and they came up with a character that really works for him, same with Bram. This is why I'd be happy to see more of the guys who've been cut from NXT appear in TNA, guys like Ziggler's brother, Vader's son and Lincoln Broderick maybe.
 
#29 ·
This is exactly it to a T. They didn't see anything special enough in the guy to keep him around when he was so injury prone. There were better prospects that were going to advance past him and getting released was a blessing for him. He'd probably still be jobbing in NXT if he stayed.
 
#26 ·
Massive mistake releasing him, they kept Joe Hennig and Johnny Curtis yet released him, he's way superior and the best heel along with Seth Rollins around currently, check out EC3's Hulk Hogan Brotha parody, hilarious, the guy is mega talented, did the video himself.
 
#27 ·
According to his "new game" promo he was buried backstage.

I think that he simply wasn't ready yet.

He's not phenomenal now, for that matter. Overhyped. That being said, he's on par with someone like Sheamus, in terms of talent.

And clearly he wants to be back in the WWE. His whole "new game" promo was a "LOOK WWE THIS IS WHAT I CAN ACTUALLY DO".

But if there's room for losers like Hideo Itami then EC3 deserves a shot, at least.
 
#31 ·
Poor booking.

>Derrick Bateman wins NXT competition

>Losers of the competition in Darren Young and Titus O Neil are now Tag Team Champions.

...sigh, NOPE!
 
#33 ·
injury prone and not very good in-ring

anyway its not like wwe don't have lots of cocky heels on their roster, how exactly would ec3 stand out in wwe when someone like miz is playing the same gimmick (or at least was when he was wwe champion)

and its not like ec3 is a big draw. impact viewership has fallen about 10% since the belt was put on him and ticket sales for bfg in a small venue have been very poor so far given they had to discount them deeply first day and ec3 has been advertised in mainevent..
 
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