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ENZO AS A MANAGER, JIM KETTNER, LITTLE GUIDO, SQUASH MATCHES AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2016-09-10 10:00:00

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Why did Jim Kettner leave the ECWA?  What is he doing now? Could you give any kind of biography about Kettner and possibly explain why he was so successful as a booker?

Kettner had decided to retire from wrestling.  He was close to retirement from his full-time job and zoning changes within the State of Delaware made it near impossible for Kettner to run ECWA without losing money in the venue he regularly used.  So, he opted to sell the company off.  As a booker, he was very old school in the way he laid out his matches and stories.   If you enjoy the Cruiserweight Classic, a lot of the origins of that sort of presentation of wrestling came from Kettner's ECWA Super 8.

Discussion between friends was brought up, Vince is high on Cass for obvious reasons. What do you think the odds would be of making Enzo more of just a mouth piece for Cass? Obviously an injury would persuade the possibility, but what about a healthy Enzo just in a manager role?

It's quite possible that could be the long-term direction here.  Enzo is an important piece of Cass' act.  I don't think splitting them up, event down the line, would help them.

How much longer are Braun and Nia going to do squash matches?  We get it, they're beasts.

As long as WWE wants them to.  The idea is to build them as attractions.  It's actually smart to save their "competitive" bouts for the WWE Network.

With wrestlers like Nakamura, Itami, Ibushi, Asuka not being super strong with English, will they really be given a fair chance on the main roster? Will a manager/interpreter be a requirement?

We will have to see.  The good news is that while in the past, being from an international background usually relegated a talent to a certain cliched role, the increased importance of the physicality of the performances in the matches means that talents who don't speak perfect english can still be spotlighted.  With the names you mentioned, you have to take each of them as a unique asset.    Nakamura, for example has a pretty cool, eclectic charisma that can be universally loved.    I enjoy all four of the talents you mentioned and don't see any of them being used in a way similar to say TAKA Michinoku 20 years ago.

Where is Little Guido these days?

Guido is still working the independents and working full-time as a court officer in New York State.

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