Tyler Black/WWE Rumors and More

It has been very recently rumored that ROH World Champion Tyler Black has signed some sort of contract with WWE. No details are available, so as of now, I am treating this as pure speculation.

In fact, this video gives a bit of contradictory evidence. This is Tyler Black addressing his fans and critics from a recent addition of ROH on HDNet. ROH posted this video on their Facebook page after the news on Black/WWE broke. So either they're trying to kill an untrue rumor, or their trying to play down the truth.

Either way, check out the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bImFCwvSN0

Here's my thoughts on the whole deal. I'm not sure that Tyler Black signing with WWE would work out. While they have showed in recent months that they are willing to push people that would not normally get a push in the WWE (for instance: Evan Borne), I'm not sure if Black would work out. Black is an amazing in-ring competitor. Of that there is no doubt. However, I doubt that Black is sharp enough on the microphone to make it in corporate wrestling...or at least in WWE. Though that argument could be contradicted by anyone citing Miz's recent and ongoing push. Miz sucks on the mic too...maybe even literally, but that's his business and his business alone. My point is, I hate hearing him cut a promo. He sucks at it...but he kisses Vince McMahon's ass mercilessly. So maybe if Black can lower himself to that level, he might make it out of FCW and onto the big roster for a short-lived push.

I also don't want anyone to think that I have a low opinion of Tyler Black, or that I doubt his ability to evolve and improve. Since I first saw Tyler Black back in 2003 in IWA Mid South, he has grown in leaps and bounds. He has become a more complete wrestler, and he has certainly gained experience and added competence on the mic, but I'm not sure he's got enough experience at this point to go corporate. At least he stopped doing the "I Hate My Parents" dance. If you've been a follower of the indies in the last decade, and in particular, a follower of Tyler, you might actually get that reference, but maybe I'm dating myself on that one.

The bottom line is, I hope he doesn't go corporate. I want to see ROH succeed, and I want them to do it with Tyler Black on their roster. Although with the ever-developing events leading up to the premiere of the Wilpon Group's wrestling product in October, who knows what could happen. Many people are writing the Wilpon product off before it has even been seen. I am not willing to do so, at least not yet.

I'll have a more detailed post with all the details I have heard up to this point on the Wilpon product in the near future. I'm also hoping to start a sort of Guest Booker column. If things go as planned (and who the hell knows if they will), this feature will appear once per week on this blog. Think of it as fantasy wrestling of sorts. My collaborator and I will be picking a roster of names to be included in our fictional promotion, and then showing you how we would book those people. Feel free to send in any comments or suggestions via the comment links on this page.

Okay, guess that's all for now. Hope to be back soon.