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Post by SCCB Was Told To Do Steroids on Jan 3, 2015 1:09:54 GMT -5
Ryback cuts this soul-draining promo that was so bad, they had to fill it with B Roll. He botched his lines three times. He spent ten minutes getting to his tag line. His push may culminate with the U.S. Belt.
Cesaro cuts a promo with only one botch (admittedly, it was a lame "pipebomb") and gets rewarded by jobbing to #BNB.
As The Joker says, "It's a funny world we live in."
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Post by xCompackx on Jan 3, 2015 1:21:02 GMT -5
I'll just say that I'd rather hear botches on the mic than have someone sound like they're reading from a script and get all of the lines perfect. As for Cesaro jobbing, that's WWE for you.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2015 1:30:33 GMT -5
Ryback's promo touched me more. Even though he botched, the guy's promo did the job, it pulled you in and it made you get a better feel for his character. Ryback's promo felt more real to me. Cesaro's was thrown off when he botched regardless what he said before. It didn't pull me in, it didn't make me think "wow this guy's amazing" or anything like that. It made me think "Well, good job I guess, let's see what happens."
Two different kinds of promos.
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Post by Nic Nemeth on Jan 3, 2015 1:38:50 GMT -5
Ryback was actually him being him.
Cesaro was just trying to get heel heat.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2015 1:44:30 GMT -5
Ryback didn't botch anything. Stumbling over one word slightly during a long promo isn't a botch. Saying there are 4 ropes, or threatening to bring your best pipebon, that's a botch.
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Post by molson5 on Jan 3, 2015 1:53:49 GMT -5
Cesaro didn't lose to Bad News Barrett because he botched.
I think Ryback's the more compelling character right now and he should be higher up in the pecking order than Cesaro. I like Cesaro as a tough heel midcard out - like Greg Valentine in the 80s, but I just don't see him connecting in a major storyline.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2015 2:39:01 GMT -5
I like the idea that Cesaro jobbing was an impromptu snap decision because he was f***ing up too much.
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Post by BigWill on Jan 3, 2015 3:01:07 GMT -5
Ryback's promo being bad is news to me.
I thought it was pretty well received around here, considering we just had a thread praising it.
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Post by xCompackx on Jan 3, 2015 3:19:26 GMT -5
Ryback didn't botch anything. Stumbling over one word slightly during a long promo isn't a botch. Saying there are 4 ropes, or threatening to bring your best pipebon, that's a botch. Poor Cesaro seemingly knew right after he said it that he f***ed that up. At least he tried to play it off. |
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Post by lavelleuk on Jan 3, 2015 6:35:45 GMT -5
I thought Rybacks promo was great, really surprised me. on the other hand I didn't enjoy Cesaro's at all, felt like they told him to go out and be Punk, including sat cross legged in the corner of the ring. Rybacks seemed legit and him being him, Cesaro's came across as him trying to play a role he was ordered to play, that he wasn't really comfortable with.
However, I would take both promo's, and Luke Harpers, over the constant silence I have been used to over the last 10+ years from none upper card wrestlers!
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jan 3, 2015 6:40:09 GMT -5
Cesaro's current character suits him about as much as the ice-cold killer routine suited Miz. Sometimes you just need to let guys be themselves to thrive.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 3, 2015 6:47:37 GMT -5
Cesaro's current character suits him about as much as the ice-cold killer routine suited Miz. Sometimes you just need to let guys be themselves to thrive. I think I'm starting to see that a bit in this tag team with Kidd. He seems to be a lot more loose and not as uptight playing off of Kidd's douchebaggery as he was in singles for the last few months. |
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Post by Capt Lunatic on Jan 3, 2015 8:22:03 GMT -5
I turned on RAW at the very start of Cesaro's promo. Him in the corner with the towel I thought "What about Raven?"
Then he started talking about how 2014 should have been his year. The fans that were briefly chanting "WHAT" shut up and people were actually getting behind what he was saying. I thought "This is interesting"
Then he got to the "I don't care about any of you" part and I thought "Oh, it's just a heel cutting a heel promo." BNB's music hit and I knew it was so long Cesaro.
Didn't see Ryback's promo so I can't comment.
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Post by blake6905 on Jan 3, 2015 11:12:21 GMT -5
Cesaro was gonna lose to BNB in 3 minutes regardless what he said. That's why the whole thing is stupid
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2015 11:51:28 GMT -5
Ryback's promo being bad is news to me. I thought it was pretty well received around here, considering we just had a thread praising it. Some people either missed the point, or thought that Ryback was trying to be fake about this... or could care less for him. If you listened to his interview on Talk is Jericho, this is pretty much what he said there. Cesaro's on the other hand, sounded like a scripted promo that he screwed up, and when you screw up something that was written for you (considering that they view him too Swiss to do anything on his own), you probably aren't gonna get any mic time for a long while. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2015 13:15:28 GMT -5
It would have come off really weird if Cesaro had delivered the promo flawlessly, then lost the same way (which he would have).
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