Post by eDemento2099 on Dec 16, 2015 13:18:10 GMT -5
If Sabu cut promos, do you think his star would have risen higher than it did?
By the mid-90s, Sabu was easily one of the most popular wrestlers in the entire world. Even though the mark magazines like PWI always regarded the WWF and WCW as the 'major leagues' of wrestling (not taking indie performers very seriously unless they migrated into the WWF or WCW), Sabu was routinely featured on the cover of said magazines - albeit not as the focal point of those covers.
Sabu get over purely on his look, his dedication / hard work, and what he puts into his matches. But I've never seen the man cut a kayfabe promo, and Sabu has done shoot interviews in which he says that he never wanted to do promos because he knew he sucked at them.
Even if Sabu was sub-Dean Malenko when it came to promos, do you think that cutting them would have elevated his fame, or perhaps hindered it? Perhaps he could have been involved in more memorable stories and feuds if only he had been one to talk. What do you think?
I think they Heyman-esque logic behind Sabu not speaking was, 'This guy will get over on his revolutionary style of wrestling. He can't speak, so let's not have him speak. Were he to speak, detractors would use his speech as ammunition against the man. Highlight his strengths, conceal his weaknesses as much as possible.'
By the mid-90s, Sabu was easily one of the most popular wrestlers in the entire world. Even though the mark magazines like PWI always regarded the WWF and WCW as the 'major leagues' of wrestling (not taking indie performers very seriously unless they migrated into the WWF or WCW), Sabu was routinely featured on the cover of said magazines - albeit not as the focal point of those covers.
Sabu get over purely on his look, his dedication / hard work, and what he puts into his matches. But I've never seen the man cut a kayfabe promo, and Sabu has done shoot interviews in which he says that he never wanted to do promos because he knew he sucked at them.
Even if Sabu was sub-Dean Malenko when it came to promos, do you think that cutting them would have elevated his fame, or perhaps hindered it? Perhaps he could have been involved in more memorable stories and feuds if only he had been one to talk. What do you think?
I think they Heyman-esque logic behind Sabu not speaking was, 'This guy will get over on his revolutionary style of wrestling. He can't speak, so let's not have him speak. Were he to speak, detractors would use his speech as ammunition against the man. Highlight his strengths, conceal his weaknesses as much as possible.'
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