Face-ADR Should have been like Tony Stark

[modestgenius]

None of the México pandering we got, just led to a one-dimensional character who quickly reverted back to being a heel.

ADR should have been a cocky face, putting down heels with clever one-liners (Maybe WWE could hire funny writers?), flaunting his wealth and having his pick of the divas, even the heel ones.

I think the reason we've never seen this sort of gimmick, the reason why all mentions of ADR's wealth vanished when he became a face is because of the archaic way stories and characters are done in wrestling.

Think back to Paul Burchill's pirate gimmick, rumoured to have ended because Vince didn't understand how a pirate could be a face, even in the Pirates of the Caribbean phase.

Hell, it goes all the way back to the old days when promoters were convinced that good guys should wear white boots and bad guys should wear black.

It's silly.

[Friday Night SmackOwn]

I'd love for a face rich guy gimmick to be a wrestling version of Tony Stark. I'm not sure Del Rio has it in him, though.

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I agree, face ADR should have been played by Robert Downey Jr.

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This assumes that ADR has charisma and line delivery skills that are in the same galaxy as Robert Downey Jr.

Who, through his incredible skills, basically IS Tony Stark now.

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Only if he gotten drunk, jumped in a suit of armor and flown face first into a mountainside.

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That would require him having a personality first.

[Raskovnik]

I can imagine him having panic attacks in the middle of the ring or before a match.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

They had a face rich guy gimmick. His name was Ted DiBiase Jr, and they squandered him.

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Sept 26, 2013 20:16:58 GMT -5 CATCH_US IS the Conversation said:

They had a face rich guy gimmick. His name was Ted DiBiase Jr, and they squandered him.

I'd rather see ADR play Billionaire/Playboy/Philanthropist.
I don't see how Ted DiBiase Jr. CASH IRON could've done it better. He'd make a better dudebro face.

[Y2M]

Either that, or Albatman Del Rio. He uses his wealth to become a gadget-yielding vigilante that fights crime. He often uses his gadgets and sidekick Robin Rodriguez to help him win matches.

[Old Jack Burton]

For some reason I see face Del Rio wrestling in long ripped up jeans in some kind of gimmick match like a backstage brawl. All over the unrequited love, and then tragic injury of one of the Divas. Guy just seems like he'd be great in a passion fueled blood feud over a woman.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

Sept 26, 2013 20:56:10 GMT -5 Old Jack Burton said:

For some reason I see face Del Rio wrestling in long ripped up jeans in some kind of gimmick match like a backstage brawl. All over the unrequited love, and then tragic injury of one of the Divas. Guy just seems like he'd be great in a passion fueled blood feud over a woman.

Why am I imagining Del Rio getting on his knees and shouting ¿¡¿¡¿¡¿¡¿¡¿¡¿¡¿¡ POOOORRR QUUUUEEEEEEEEEEE ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[Germansuplex]

So he should only wrestle Iron Man Matches?

[Ryback on a Pole!]

ADR just doesn't have the charisma or personality to pull it off. Downing Jr oozes charisma so can pull it off perfectly. ADR just oozes whatever the opposite to charisma is.

[Big DSR Energy]

Sept 27, 2013 1:06:57 GMT -5 Ryback on a Pole! said:

ADR just doesn't have the charisma or personality to pull it off. Downing Jr oozes charisma so can pull it off perfectly. ADR just oozes whatever the opposite to charisma is.

Flop sweat?

[Allie Kitsune]

Sept 26, 2013 19:08:07 GMT -5 modestgenius said:

Face-ADR Should have been like Tony Stark

Drunk?

[Bub (BLM)]

Well, they're certainly both overpushed.