>>19811725Only Oba passes the airport test.
Bouncy will be a Dolph or Sami. Maybe a Kofi pity push eventually. He's got more to him than Hobbs or Trick but he's too much of a lanklet, has likeable charisma but hasn't got head turning presence, and his greatest strengths are cool flips and wild sells- which make you popular with regular fans but a TikTok clip for casuals, not a headliner.
Trick is an entrance/chant merchant. Take that away and he's a midcard lifer- MVP, Shelton, Cesaro, Rusev etc. He might get a title because TKO cater to The Culture (and because Jey Uso got one) but he's not got It.
Hobbs will probably get a WHC but he'll never main event mania or hold the real WWE title, he'll get the push because size and because loud internet fans have a fetish for him (and TKO/HHH will listen to loud internet fans on this to keep corporate brownie points).
Oba has the most presence by far, solid enough worker, his big handicap is promos. If he gets a Heyman to protect him like Brock & Roman until he gets good he could be an actual top guy, but if they megapush him before he's shown personality & charisma it'll be another Roman (dips business until they get lucky or mindbreak fans into acceptance) at best but without the shelf life, because he'll have some of the Cena issue of turning off part of the audience - specifically Saudis, Chinese, and cynical or conservative Americans/Europeans. He has the potential so the temptation to rocket strap him is obvious but they've not learned from history if they do, and their record profits are reliant on Netflix (which requires regular viewership, can't provoke backlash) and on overseas governments especially the Saudis still giving them money for a product they think will bring tourism & good publicity or sell well domestically. The business model they're building needs good global views and great overseas attendance, latter is hard if you over push a guy that risks DEI vibes at a time of anti-globalisation.
