Who am I? Challenge Game

[PEN15v2]

Jarrett?

[BK-097]

Yep, that didn’t take long. Was hoping the reference to NWA would be a red herring and I wasn't thinking about TNA (sigh)

1992 WWF and USWA began co-promotion at a WWF house show

Jarrett lasted 90 seconds in his first PPV (1994 RR) and his match was bumped due to time constraints at WM X

[PEN15v2]

1 - One of the few people who was able to shed what was once claimed to be a terrible failure of a gimmick. Twice.
2 - My accomplishments before becoming a pro wrestler were often used to boost my pro career
3 - I have very unique mic skills and experience

[Powder]

Bob Holly?

He was a real race car driver, and overcame the Spark Plug gimmick, and was in the New Midnight Express where he overcame the Bombastic Bob gimmick.

[PEN15v2]

But missing #3, so no.

[Powder]

Ken Kennedy/Anderson?

[PEN15v2]

no

[Powder]

Santino?

[PEN15v2]

Also no

[BK-097]

I have a couple people in mind, and will start with Kevin Nash

[PEN15v2]

Also no. I can see why you'd think his skills are unique, but the mic skills I'm talking about here are uniquerer.

[Powder]

George The Animal Steele?

He had some gimmicks prior to the Animal based on him being a legit teacher, but he definitely had a unique talking style as the Animal.

[PEN15v2]

I wouldn't say his mic work was skilled.

[meandi]

Eh... could be Raven. He shed Scotty Flamingo and Johnny Polo. He’s got “unique” mic skills as far as he speaks in ambiguous poetry and odd metaphors as opposed to the normal “I’m just gonna beat you up because... reasons”. I’ve got no idea how clue #2 applies to him, though.

[PEN15v2]

Not who I had in mind.

Instead of an extra clue, let me add to a current one. And I had to use very precise words that you might want to pay attention to in clue 2.

1 - One of the few people who was able to shed what was once claimed to be a terrible failure of a gimmick. Twice. Both are sport adjacent gimmicks.
2 - My accomplishments before becoming a pro wrestler have often been used to boost my pro career
3 - I have very unique mic skills and out of ring mic experience