It may have taken Eric Embry ten years to really get into a position of prominence, but once he did he certainly made the most of it.  Embry toiled around in multiple promotions competing in lighter weight divisions, but a couple years after he returned to Texas he would become the booker there.  World Class wasn’t the promotion it used to be, but he did create entertaining television with the deplete roster he had.  Embry would later be a top heel in the USWA and had he not suffered a career ending car accident in 1992 he would have likely continued as a top heel in regional promotions until the end of the 1990’s.

Is it probable that most wrestling fans would have no idea who Jose Lothario was had he not trained Shawn Michaels and managed him during his first WWE World Championship Run?  We admit we are in that group and largely missed the hybrid of American and Mexican wrestling that he developed in Texas.  Lothario may never have been a main event combatant but he was a decent mid card wrestler and aided many in looking good in the ring through his various tag teams.  His work with the WWE might look in his favor one day.

We actually have no problem admitting that we liked the “Berzerker” character.  John Nord had a lot of success in the AWA where he was essentially a disciple of the late Bruiser Brody, but it was as a demented Viking in the WWE that Nord would achieve his biggest fame.  He was big and athletic and delivered a series of moves that few could emulate.  Although he was a good mid card heel, he could have been more in the WWE.

(Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton)

A lot of people saw the Fantastics as knock offs of other pretty boy tag teams and gimmick wise that wasn’t too far off.  With that said Tommy Rogers and Bobby Fulton were one hell of a tag team and collectively put on great matches with other tandems of their day.  They were stars of the NWA, and made fans quickly forget about the Rock and Roll Express.  They were never given the World Tag Team Titles, but they were a team that could have carried it.  Coincidently, they would both receive a taste of WWE experience but it would be a decade past their great run and only as bit players in the Light Heavyweight Division.  If only they competed for Vince in their prime together.