>>10460218Triple H never pushed him properly
The debut was solid but could have been way more, he showed up in NXT as his usual happy stoner/retard persona, make everyone think he's a happy to be there babyface, and then in his debut match he heemed Chris Hero/Ohno in 6 seconds with a knee. But they made too wrestley by having it be a sneaky upset squash instead of 0-60, Ohno should have sold like he was dead and been carried about by the EMT's as Riddle continued to be his retarded happy self. Pretty much an exact copy of this, don't even pin him, just hit the knee and have the ref call it on stoppage.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O2JP_GkSPQgHe should have immediately been moved into the upper main event scene, getting a streak of jobbers and other guys, shifting from his current pro wrestling style to insane shooter on a dime, killed Velveteen Dream for the NA title and held that with only a handful of competitive matches before running that Adam Cole unification match they gave to Keith Lee but way earlier.
But instead they focused too much on making him a "workrate performer" and eating losses to make him look like everyone else. He could have been a Ken Shamrock/Steve Blackmab but with an actual working ability to sell him as the scariest motherfucker on the roster, but instead he's just another indie style NXT guy
