Major Star Adviced WWE To Sign Henry O. Godwinn

[OMEN]

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

As reported earlier, WWE signed Henry O. Godwinn to a contract last week. This transaction is mildly controversial because several months back, Godwinn had a tryout match before an OVW taping and the reports on his ring work were terrible. Then again, he hadn't regularly wrestled in about eight years. John Laurinaitis decided against keeping him around in OVW and DSW, even though it was major WWE star's recommendation to use him. That star was Triple H.

Henry Godwinn and Triple H are good friends. Had it not been for Triple H, Godwinn probably wouldn't have gotten all these tryout matches in the first place, let alone a WWE contract. Godwinn's son passed away last year, he needed a job, and he missed wrestling - so after Triple H told all that to some WWE officials, Godwinn got a second chance to show his stuff.

Godwinn had three tryout matches two weeks ago, and the reports stated that he looked old and wrestled poorly in all three matches. Internally, some people believed that the Godwinn vs. Bull Buchanan match before the 9/5 Smackdown tapings was one of the worst dark matches in quite some time. Despite the lackluster reviews for Godwinn's in-ring work, Triple H managed to secure a job for him anyways. Godwinn will more than likely be a part of the Smackdown brand.

[AFC1986]

i know triple has backstage power due to who his father-in-law is but this is ridiculous. just because they are good friends, it doesn't mean he should get a contract if he wrestles badly in tryouts

[Shell]

It's no surprise if HHH said he wanted Barney to wrestle then they would let him

[scorpionf]

What a surprise... It's not what you know, it's who you know.

I know HHH is married to Steph and all, but this is just ridiculous... If his tryout matches stunk, what makes them think the fans will take to him?

[Will]

Lets be realistic. Sure HHH uses his power for evil sometimes, but Vince hires big guys, who suck in the ring, all of the time and he has shown that he is interested in resigning the entire roster from the cartoon era, so maybe HHH was just trying to help someone else get their piece of the pie and it was exactly what Mcmahon wanted at the same time.