Lets Talk About Seth Rollins Mic Skills

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Ever since he returned from injury, dude has been consistently good and sometimes great on the mic. It's one of those things that seems like it's been going under the radar here. There's a lot more emotion in his voice, confidence, he doesn't sound so robotic anymore, and most importantly he's actually saying stuff with more substance than just saying things to fill up time. At the way he's progressing, I seriously think he's going to be one of the best talkers in the company within a year or two. He really has come a long way from a guy who struggled to put together a sentence with the most nasally of nasally voices.

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He's come a long way for, "Um, uh... Justice... We always, um, saw justice as, uh, a metaphor."

There's hope for Kalisto and his good lucha thing yet.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

I've mentioned that in the Raw threads. He's had his moments before but he's turned into a consistently good promo since coming back. He's already one of the better talkers in the company.

[Dave the Dave]

I'm glad to see it too. If I'm listening to 20 minute soliloquies from him they better be good.

[Bang Bang Bart]

Say what you will, but I kinda like Seth's whole "mention something current for cheap heat" deal right now.

[wisdomwizard]

Both his and Finn's promos were some of the highest points of tonight's RAW. Can't wait to see their match.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

He did a better promo than Balor tonight. He just straight told it like it was and said why he was going to win and why he was better, and Balor tried to re-enact Unsolved Mysteries, told Irish Demon Stories, and had a really shitty Demon Effect at the end of it... Seth made the Balor look both Whack, and Ass.

[Manute Bol]

As a high school English teacher, I have to commend Rollins' promo tonight. A beginning, middle, and end complete with a passionate closing paragraph that summed up all his main points and left people wanting more.

It seemed like even Seth recognized that his promo was gold as he was finishing.

[Some Guy]

The key is his magical laugh

[AFN: Judge Shred]

Since he hasn't had to be a chickenshit and stopped being the Authority lackey, he has been so much more comfortable and smoother.

[Urethra Franklin]

I think a big part of it, too, is just general comfortability. He's getting the chance to cut long promos regularly and it's just getting easier for him.

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You mean Rambo Apocalypse' mic skills.

[sfvega]

As a fan of him, I really love the development he's shown since The Shield debuted. Which was less than 4 years ago. People forget how much so many of the guys who are considered very good to great talkers developed over the years. Like someone like Edge who came up in 96 and was protected by a mouthpiece, then was a wildly different guy in 2000 when E&C took off, then a wildly different guy in 05/06 when he REALLY took off on his own. Guys like Edge, Foley, Austin, etc progress so much getting to and being in the WWE. Between time and the WWE's ability to improve guys on the mic, it's hard to write very many guys off. If guys have the ability, they'll more than likely get it out of them.

[King (Super) Dragunov]

*Fakey-sounding-Seth-Rollins-laugh-that-totally-sounds-fake*

[Captain & Diet]

If he'd just quit that stupid "evil" laugh.

[Dave the Dave]

Aug 9, 2016 1:11:40 GMT -5 Captain & Diet said:

If he'd just quit that stupid "evil" laugh.

He must be a big Buff Bagwell fan.

[Bear Skin Rug]

I have other favorites, but I have to admit that Rollins is probably the most complete performer they have. They really bungled by not going with returning Mega Face Rollins vs. Gone To The Dark Side Reigns

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

He's not having to do cheap heat, and that's a good thing. They're allowing him to dangle over the edge of being a babyface while still remaining a heel, and you can see the freedom in the delivery. I'm no Seth fan but his promos are on point.

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Aug 9, 2016 2:18:13 GMT -5 Bear Skin Rug said:

I have other favorites, but I have to admit that Rollins is probably the most complete performer they have. They really bungled by not going with returning Mega Face Rollins vs. Gone To The Dark Side Reigns

I think face Seth is the way to go, but I'm glad they didn't do this, since I'd prefer there to be an actual storyline reason for Seth turning face rather than "well I got injured, but I came back, and you all hate this other guy way more than me." Remember, Seth is the dude who quite literally threatened to murder Edge a year and a half ago, in addition to being an incompetent coward for pretty much his whole title run.

[This Player Hating Mothman]

I wouldn't be surprised to learn that he found time during his recovery to get some lessons on how to speak more naturally, and it's really paying off. Seth Rollins is a guy who is all upside and only getting better.