He's a face, and still gets good pops somehow
Yeah he's amazingly charismatic and over, even without any gimmick. I don't even think he needs a gimmick. He could be pushed as a "Back to Basics" type just like Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Look at the faces we have on the roster
A Mary Sue who wears colorful t-shirts and jorts
A loudmouth talk show host
A "Wild Cat"
A predator who hears voices in his head
A very AGGRESSIVE Mexican Aristocrat
A Mentally Unstable former rapper with an imaginary friend
A jolly Irish brawler.
An unstoppable juggernaut with an insatiable appetite for destruction
A dorky Long Island Guido who simultaneously boasts and laments his limited talent
A Dancing Dinosaur
An Eccentric Foreigner
The son of a rich man who likes to party with the WWE Universe.
Two Samoan Twin Brothers who do a war dance on the way to the ring
A heel who is only face because he fights other heels
Kane
Compared to all of those, Riley stands out as the Badass Normal