>>19607095We're basically in agreement then. I'm just curious to learn if anyone heard why he suddenly fell out of favor with the WWE office after his mini-push against main eventers. I don't think he ever recovered from that and his career hasn't gone anywhere since.
I remember Montez Ford getting a push just before the 2023 Elimination Chamber. It looked like he was on the verge of a singles run with a midcard title as a way to gauge fan reaction in advance of potentially pushing him even more. Then his push was halted, and he returned to being a tag-team wrestler exclusively. I didn't know why, but then an anon on /pw/ posted a plausible rumor that Montez fucked himself by trying to make the Chamber match his own personal coming out party, where he'd pitch high spot after high spot in the preparation for the match to make himself shine without showing much willingness to make anyone else look good. The other five guys in the match and the agents assigned to it were all allegedly so turned off by this that word spread until Montez's planned push was canned. Could be total headcannon, but it sounds plausible. I'm hoping a similar rumor got out to explain what happened to Buddy Murphy shortly after scoring that pinfall over Daniel Bryan.
