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05-18-2006, 09:11 AM
05/17/2006 - Tazz may be a part of the ECW brand. Some serious discussion has taken place in regards to removing him from Smackdown to do color commentary with Joey Styles. Also, an idea has been tossed around for him to leave announcing all together and play a "badass MMA trainer" on television. Basically, he would endorse a new wrestler or group of wrestlers with a shootfighter aura that could be the next generation stars of ECW. And perhaps he could be a color commentator and play a MMA trainer at the same time. These are simply ideas that have been tossed around, and nothing is final at the moment.
The number one candidate to do the next generation shootfighter gimmick would be John Carelli out of Ohio Valley Wrestling. Carelli is doing a Fedor gimmick as Boris Alexiev in OVW. Although, Carelli is not under WWE contract at the moment, and there is no movement to sign him. Paul Heyman seems to be the only person who sees something in him.
source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
The number one candidate to do the next generation shootfighter gimmick would be John Carelli out of Ohio Valley Wrestling. Carelli is doing a Fedor gimmick as Boris Alexiev in OVW. Although, Carelli is not under WWE contract at the moment, and there is no movement to sign him. Paul Heyman seems to be the only person who sees something in him.
source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter