A chunk of wrestling fans will at the very least have heard tales of Chuck Taylor; he’s a sensational superstar who carved out a successfully niche for himself on the independent circuit via the use of his comedic abilities. Soon though, many more lovers of wrestling may be blessed with the knowledge of Taylor as rumour runs rampant across the internet that the 29-year old may be en-route to World Wrestling Entertainment before long.

Speculation began after Chuck announced his ‘retirement tour’ just a little while after his apparent failure to secure a spot on NXT. Since then though some sites have reported that he is set to sign (often mentioned alongside Gargano and Ciampa) with the developmental brand and has deleted a lot of tweets recently, hence fans questioning whether Chuck is working us all.

If he is, and I really hope he is, then congrats to the man – he will have had us hook, line and sinker. Chuck’s latest tweets have been ones of sadness and his Reddit AMA was more emotional than many a tear-jerking film. But what of the wrestler himself? What are his qualities, highlights and how good is he?

Well, first of all, let’s focus on what he is famed for in the wrestling world, his comedy, both inside and outside the ring this dude is the bollocks – he is second to none. Taylor just gets it right and epitomises so many things that are fun about wrestling; consistently entertaining fans and making people chuckle, allowing audiences to leave a venue with a smile engraved across their faces.

Personal highlights of Chuck’s act are: making kids in the audience cry by scaring them (he loves this too; promoters, not so much), screeching/wailing whilst locked in a submission hold, yelling what his next manoeuvre is going to be and, of course, the grenade spot, which if you haven’t seen yet, you need to check out the link below – it is glorious. And lastly, who could forget his notorious chant to the man now known as Seth Rollins; ‘let’s go Chuck Taylor you’re the best wrestler in the world and in way better shape than Tyler Black!’

But Sexy Chuckie T aint solely about the laughs, he can grapple. His finisher, the Awful Waffle, (a belly-to-back suplex dropped into a piledriver) manages to look both brutal and fluid at the same time, something that not many other pros seem to have achieved. Plus, the Kentucky-born competitor packs a mean belly-to-belly/kip up combo as well as a beautiful moonsault with a ton of height that he can also pull off with a springboard start.

Should Chuck Taylor actually sign with WWE then, he certainly has more than enough in his arsenal to make it there. Is he World Heavyweight Champion material? Not to be a dick, but probably not, he could however, be a solid, entertaining, hilarious midcard mainstay just waiting to burst onto our screens. I hope so much that he smashes the big time because he’s worked incredibly hard and truly deserves at least a crack at it. And Chuck, if you’ve been working us this whole time, you win at life.

The aforementioned amazing grenade spot from PWG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlAHrHL_FCc