5 former talents that IMPACT missed the boat on
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3. Halal Beefcake
During the GFW take over we saw Idris Abraham debut into the company (the same time Fallah Bahh did). He showed promise and was mainly utilised in the X Division, although he seemed on the greener side of the profession there was something there that made me feel he was a keeper. Sadly Impact didn’t take a chance on him and in under 1 year he was no longer a part of the company.
We saw him return a few times in the next couple of years with Joe Coleman under the team of Halal Beefcake. Each time they appeared they really impressed and I was just waiting to see Idris return to Impact full time again, this time however along side a debuting Joe Coleman. The team of Halal Beefcake has become a really good team and one that Impact could really do with, both men have great in ring ability and great charisma to them also.
Each time Impact have shown either man they have impressed, there are only so many tryout’s you can give (especially when both men each time knock it out of the park each time), so let’s bring them back and give them a proper chance to show what they can do. They really could be something valuable to the Tag team division or either man can succeed in any division that Impact offers to them.
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Andrew Everett, Jesse Godderz & Joe Hendry definitely on my list. Everett not winning the X-Division Championship at least once is just as much of a surprise (and let down) as Jeff Hardy not doing the same.
Jesse Godderz was stuck in the same boat as Eddie Edwards going solo, Billy Corgan had guys like Aron Rex & Mike Bennett leapfrogging the homegrown talent & Godderz just got lost. He even had James Storm & Bobby Lashley saying that he was main event & World Championship material.
Joe Hendry was fantastic. Been a huge fan of his prior to coming to Impact & seeing him going no further than Grado & Katarina was a disappointing use of such a charismatic megastar. He could have done with some extra moves in his arsenal though, but Sonjay Dutt busted his ass putting him over on commentary.
While I don’t loathe any of these people, the fact that none of them have done much post-Impact is very telling. Maybe THEY missed the boat.