So Curtis Axel..... WORSE THAN MCGUILLICUTTY.

[RIHT]

Damn. What a dumb ass. In kayfabe that is. Why is WWE making him look like a greased-up buffoon with his head shoved up his "BWAAHHHH!!!" ass?

I was really excited when he was repackaged as the Heyman guy and, even though many wanted Cesaro, I still rolled with it. I thought TRIPLE H WOULD PUT HIM OVER! TRIPLE H! AXEL! OVER! Those can't even be in the same sentence. Now he's the awkward third wheel in the sick bromance that is Paul Heyman and The Ryback. Hell, before NOC, they literally built him up as having ZERO chance of beating CM Punk. ZERO. As in, he could never beat him... or anyone else for that matter, because he gets his ass handed to him all the time. So you book a guy like that, THEN GIVE HIM THE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE? At least put us out of our misery and take the title off of him.

Damn. With so many different finishers that never worked, count-out wins galore, "BWAHHH!", that poor attempt at covering his bald spot, and even Paul Heyman not believing in him, I think it's safe to say that WWE has KILLED Curtis Axel and destroyed Joe Hennig's career.

This is....... this is WORSE than MICHAEL MCGUILLICUTTY. Yes, I said it! WORSE!!!!!!

What a god damn effed up piece of horse's ass this is. I THOUGHT AXEL WOULD BE CHAMPION WITHIN A YEAR! HELL, I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA BEAT CENA FOR THE TITLE AND EARN THE RESPECT OF VINCE AND BECOME CORPORATE CHAMP. CORPORATE CHAMP!


Well, in summary, Curtis Axel sucks. But, is there ANY salvation for him and any ideas on how to save his ass?.....again? Leave your thoughts below, just like Axel made me leave my dreams behind.

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Kurt Angle in your sig? That's me reading that post.

[Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks]

We really need an "Evil Schiavone" gif for these threads about Axel being the worst thing in the history of our sport.

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Sept 22, 2013 20:35:10 GMT -5 @notoriousnd22 said:

Kurt Angle in your sig? That's me reading that post.

That's me watching Curtis Axel every week and thinking back to how I actually thought he would be champ.

[Chip]

Sept 22, 2013 20:25:58 GMT -5 RIHT said:

that poor attempt at covering his bald spot

No, THIS is a poor attempt at covering his bald spot;

[Sparkybob]

[RIHT]

Sept 22, 2013 20:53:36 GMT -5 Chip said:

Sept 22, 2013 20:25:58 GMT -5 RIHT said:

that poor attempt at covering his bald spot

No, THIS is a poor attempt at covering his bald spot;

THIS is a poor attempt.

[mrjl]

I like Axel. I think he's doing well. Of course I don't define my idea of success and then if WWE doesn't fulfill it declare they're ruining his career. Yes, Axel has had three different finishers. But one was from his previous gimmick. And one is a tribute to his father.

I feel the thing with him having no chance against Punk was done because fans wouldn't buy it. And after last year with Tensai, it seems like there isn't much point pretending otherwise with pushes. Of course Axel can be below Punk and still be a threat. Mr. Perfect was never credible against the Warrior or Hogan after all

[Sam Punk]

Random observation but I think Axel would do well with the old Dusty Rhodes working class gimmick. He just has that look.

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I kinda think so. I like Axel and want him to succeed, but not like they want me to.

They're treating him like he's the second coming, but he's just some dude. A large dude, mind you, but just a dude.

Also, IMO the "Heyaman guy" thing is only worth so much. Who is he? He's a journeyman manager guy that put his stank on a fed like thirty-five years ago. He can still pull heat, but it's kind of nerfed. He just stammers ugily.

[Surfer Sandman]

Curtis Axel should take on William Regal's old "Working Man's Man" gimmick.

[mizerable]

Axel is quite possibly the most uninteresting character they have pushed since Orlando Jordan.

At least in Jordan's case, the roster was weak at that time. There's no reason now to waste this spot on Axel. He is in no way a big deal. Not amount of push or beguilement about his ability will sway me to their mentality. Dare I say a bigger deception than the Miz? The guy is a solid enhancement talent and nothing else. Please WWE, do me a favor and give up on him, there's other choices available.

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CORPORATE CHAMP!

[Unaffiliated]

Sept 22, 2013 21:07:42 GMT -5 mrjl said:

I like Axel. I think he's doing well. Of course I don't define my idea of success and then if WWE doesn't fulfill it declare they're ruining his career. Yes, Axel has had three different finishers. But one was from his previous gimmick. And one is a tribute to his father.

I feel the thing with him having no chance against Punk was done because fans wouldn't buy it. And after last year with Tensai, it seems like there isn't much point pretending otherwise with pushes. Of course Axel can be below Punk and still be a threat. Mr. Perfect was never credible against the Warrior or Hogan after all

I think this is it. They're not trying to pretend that Michael McGillicutty never existed, or that this is a totally different guy. So they're trying to be consistent here and not have fans wondering how a wrestler can be jobbing on Superstars one week and beating main event talent the next.

[GuyOfOwnage]

I think, sometimes, that openly acknowledging or putting too much emphasis on someone's status as a second or third generation wrestler can hurt them in the long run. Look at Ted DiBiase for example. There's a guy who could've benefited from a name change and zero acknowledgement of his lineage. But the constant emphasis on "Hey, look, it's the Million Dollar Man's kid!" doomed him to constant comparisons to his more charismatic father. And it's not like I'm trying to say that Ted Jr. was uncharismatic, but he was just really different from his father, and trying to turn him into a carbon copy set him up for failure. If they'd let him go out there on his own merits and develop his own personality, he might not only still be on the roster, but pretty over as well.

And that's the same problem they've run into with Axel. I've said before that I find him to be dull as dishwater, and that's kind of an unfair statement because it's not like he's a bad hand in the ring. But if you're going out of your way to emphasize that this is the son of one of the most gifted workers of all-time, unless he has those same gifts in the ring, you're setting him up for failure. You can put him with Heyman, you can put the IC title on him, you can give him a remix of his father's old theme music, you can do all that stuff, but unless he can deliver those same goods in the ring, you've just sent him on a one way trip to Future Endeavor-ville.

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The truth is, Axel just isn't very good. He's the most average wrestler ever. If he wasn't Mr. Perfect's son, he'd be where Curt Hawkins is right now.

[Push R Truth]

He's a PRIME candidate to stick in a Mask. He's a good wrestler but I look at him and feel nothing but apathy. Teach him how to point epically and to over-exaggerate his head movements and he'll do fine as Señor Perfecto.

[Dave the Dave]

I think he's been acting goofy and stuff on purpose. I've been enjoying him lately. Weird.

[sunnytaker]

well they did protect him some at NOC by having him take on the King of the Midcard- Kofi Kingston, before the Punk match and let Axel retain. now they can use the excuse of "Axel already had a tough match and is now facing a fresh CM Punk" to explain away the loss to some degree (didn;t see the match so dunno how long it went or if it was 95% Punk/5% Axel or howver it turned out before he tapped).

but at this point he is suffering from hanger-on-dom. BRRRRRROCK is clearly the alpha of the group. Ryback is the "Be a Star" champion defending the WWE from bullies and resident strongman on a regluar basis since Brock's not always there when a beatdown is needed. Then Axel's there to push around Heyman's wheelchair- and oh yeah he's still got the belt.

[Injustice45]

Looks like the genesis of McGillicutty has failed...