What exactly went wrong with Adam Rose?

[mrbananagrabber]

They rushed him. He was a crazy bounty hunter for months and months on NXT, then became Adam Rose for about two weeks before putting him on the main show.

I think he was the first real casually of the NXT crowd, where higher ups could see how insanely over he seemed to be which didn't translate to the main roster.

That, and he f***ing SUCKS.

[Indiana Miz]

Michael Cole telling everybody how fun he was and dancing along
Putting him in horrible skits
Trying to get The Bunny over more than they tried to get him over

I'm still a fan of the guy, but they really screwed up what could've been a decent lower-card face.

[A Platypus Rave]

They didn't give him any reason to be there either... he had like one match against Swagger and then he was around for like 6 months before they gave him anything else to do and that was the Bunny stuff that went on for way too damned long.

The commentary yelling about FUN! also never helps anyone. Because the WWE completely forgot the show don't tell rule to writing.

[Old Jack Burton]

The Bunny is what killed it.

I think he isn't unsalvageable.

I kind of like the idea of wrestlers getting dealt a shitty hand for a while, and then making a comeback. All Adam Rose needs is a good opponent for a hateful feud, and a few minutes on the microphone each week.

[bigjohnsons]

It' all comes down to booking

[MrBRulzOK]

The problem is the guy didn't get over at all in his first weeks on the roster.

That's a death sentence for many a debuting wrestler.

[Sephiroth]

I said at the time he should have been Summer Rae's partner for a feud with Fandango and Layla

[Milkman Norm]

How many partying European style club kids are massive wrestling/WWE fans?

[Wrestling Curmudgeon]

I can pinpoint the exactly second where everything went wrong...aaaaaand:

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Same thing that goes wrong with a lot of newbies. A hero's only as good as his villains, and Rose hasn't had any feuds worth checking out since he got called up.

Even Big E had his series with Rusev that I think opened a lot of eyes for both men.

[Big Poppa Pumpkin]

'What went right?' is a better question, and the answer is 'nothing, nothing at all'. That gimmick was a non-starter.

[Deleted]

He wasn't funny. There was no funny. Just being wacky to entertain 6 year olds is not sufficient.

"Hey look at me I'm dancing to the ring and there's a bunch of people in crazy costumes and that's it!"

[________ has left the building]

He left the Full Sail Arena.

[Essential1]

Lame Rosebud outfits like the Hotdog, Fries and The Bunny. Also the fake British accent.

[Dean-o]

He was nothing but a good entrance, but in true WWE production fashion, the same exact thing week in, week out, gets boring pretty fast. His gimmick was destined to fail. He mirrored Brodus Clay's career, only at a much faster pace.

[Crappler El 0 M]

It was a one-note gimmick. It was doomed from the start. It was over initially (in NXT) because of the entrance. People got used to the entrance.

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HAHAHA MAGGLE! LOOK THEY ARE HAVING FUN MAGGLE I LOVE IT!!! LOOK THE BUNNYS TWERKING HAHAHA MAGGLE I LOVE IT!

[FAR5222]

Nothing went wrong. This gimmick doesn't click with Raw viewers.

[PsychoGoatee]

Him as the crazy scary cult leader of the Rosebuds is solid gold, they need to run with that a lot more. Those videos on WWE.com a while back were great. Granted he's still not very imposing in the ring, but that's a unique villain character.

[Dub H]

Evil Party Dark Adam Rose was really good.