Lawler: You need to talk every week to get over

[Mr. Socko's Brother]

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His best days as a commentator may be behind him, but Lawler's absolutely right about this.

...I'm a firm believer that if a guy doesn't get the opportunity to talk every week that there's only a certain point he is going to get to. A guy has to be given the opportunity to talk one way or the other and that's going to make or break a guy. I feel like [The Shield] will be able to do that, but I think we need to hear more from them to get to the next level...

I wanted to post this because I've read posts from people saying that if this guy or that guy doesn't get over in WWE, that they deserve 100% of the blame.

I felt that was wrong, that you can be incredibly talented on the mic, but that if WWE doesn't give you tv time to cut a promo then there is no way you are ever going to connect with the fans.

Now a guy who works for WWE and who ought to know after being in the wrestling business for so long is saying the same thing.

So if Trent Barretta, say, isn't over with the crowd and gets released as a result, I say that isn't Trent's fault as much as it's WWE's fault for not putting him on tv and giving him a mic. I remember Trent's promos as half of the Dude Busters. He's a good talker, and he would've made the most of that tv time if he'd received it.

[Unaffiliated]

I agree. There are exceptions, of course. Certain guys have the look that can get them over as a certain character, and they barely need to talk.

For some of them, talking could actually be detrimental if they just don't have up-to-par mic skills. But they could improve if given the opportunities, which is where Lawler is right.

I do think the WWE is making an effort to give the superstars voices, with all the YouTube shows. However, mic time on live shows is possibly way different.

[mjolnir]

I think a prime example of this is CM Punk. Punk's most aimless, floating periods of his WWE career were when he wasn't getting a whole lot of mic time.

As soon as they put a mic in his hand, regardless of how he was getting booked in the ring, he typically could always get a reaction & maintain it. Even when he was being booked to be somebody's bitch.

[celticjobber]

Jan 25, 2013 23:42:43 GMT -5 Unaffiliated said:

I do think the WWE is making an effort to give the superstars voices, with all the YouTube shows. However, mic time on live shows is possibly way different.

But the only problem with that is only 2% or less of WWE's audience probably watches those videos.

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The shield aren't going anywhere period. As soon as they get bored of using them as random booking foils for main event faces, it's done.

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Jan 26, 2013 3:44:01 GMT -5 @bootytime said:

The shield aren't going anywhere period. As soon as they get bored of using them as random booking foils for main event faces, it's done.

With the lack of established main event heels, it seems like these guys are just there to kill time for whichever prominent faces aren't in any other feud (Orton, Sheamus, Ryback,).

Imo, the best thing to do for them is to use them in the midcard until one or more of them are ready to be elevated.

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Jan 26, 2013 3:50:13 GMT -5 CATCH_US IS the Conversation said:

Jan 26, 2013 3:44:01 GMT -5 @bootytime said:

The shield aren't going anywhere period. As soon as they get bored of using them as random booking foils for main event faces, it's done.

With the lack of established main event heels, it seems like these guys are just there to kill time for whichever prominent faces aren't in any other feud (Orton, Sheamus, Ryback,).

Imo, the best thing to do for them is to use them in the midcard until one or more of them are ready to be elevated.

This is one of those things where I'd like to be proven wrong, where they move on to good stuff at other levels.

[Stu]

Problem is, some guys aren't only bad on the mic, but also terrified. Take Billy Gunn, for example. He's always been far from the best talker, and there were even moments where he looked nervous and was visibly shaking.