IGN article with Chris Masters

[hassanchop]

sports.ign.com/articles/764/764413p1.html

['Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada]

Masters gets interview time? Neat.

['Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada]

IGN Sports: I think people forget how long it took some of these guys like Shawn to come up and make their mark on the industry. Everyone expects so much so fast of a lot of the younger guys like yourself.

Chris Masters: Yeah, what's different nowadays is we have a lot of younger guys that they push so quick, but if you look back in the day, guys like Shawn and Bret had to climb the ladder. It wasn't like they were pushed right from the get go. To me, this is all I ever wanted to do, so I'm ready to put in the work.

Precisely the reason why I like Masters. While any number of lugs have come and gone in wrestling, this guy seems to have no problem bumping around for anyone, let alone a guy half his size. He has no ego and always works hard.

[Ace Diamond]

I like Masters' humble approach to his career as well. I can't really get behind him as a main eventer at this time but i hope he goes somewhere in the business.

['Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada]

aodpilot said:

I like Masters' humble approach to his career as well. I can't really get behind him as a main eventer at this time but i hope he goes somewhere in the business.

I could see him being a solid part of the roster in a couple of years.

Probably never the top guy, but he doesn't need to be.

Kind of like a Mr. Perfect spot on the roster.

[THE Dinobot]

Masters is so many types of wonderful.
Normally i don't go for a guy like ol' Masters, but he seems very, very decent, and a rad guy, too.

[hassanchop]

Masters is no Lesnar, or Goldberg but he may be one day be the company's biggest star.

IGN Sports: There are always constant comparisons of wrestling characters today to those characters from the past. Who do fans like to compare you to?

Chris Masters: Rick Rude, Lex Luger unfortunately…a lot of the body guys when I first came in, but I really don't want to be compared to anyone else. I want to make my own mark. I want to be Chris Masters. My goal is to show people that I'm more than just a body guy, show people that I can break out of that mold and become a great worker.

What kind of disgusting, despic, despicable, lack of respect do the fans have...

['Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada]

hassanchop said:

Masters is no Lesnar, or Goldberg but he may be one day be the company's biggest star.

I can't see that. He doesn't have that overbearing charisma that the company's top guy really should have. He's not very good on the microphone, but good enough for a midcard spot. He seems to have some pretty good 'ring charisma' (see his excellent match with Jerry Lawler a month or so ago), though.

[Arturo Classico]

I don't like his ring style but I actually find him much more tolerable than some like Cena, Batista or Lashley. He needs to get more time in the ring and add more moves since he seems to only go for the Masterlock and when he was brought he was very, very green I feel he is thousands time better now and the powerbomb he used on Hardy was nice.

I feel a good thing for him is to team him with Daniel Rodimer so both could develop and hide there weaknesses. That could be awesome. I already though of they're Double Team Finisher a double full nelson slam. I think they could be great and what the raw tag team divsion needs is a team like them.

[hassanchop]

Daniel Rodimer does a full-nelson slam? Sorry, never watched the guy's matches(I expected he'd do the moves Nash would do).

[mrchimpus]

If he busts his ass like shawn did, i'd be willing to accept him. he's lucky to already have the body that shawn and bret didn't have, he just needs to put in the effort to make his matches worth watching.

[Aaron E. Dangerously]

This interview made me a Masters mark. Nice guy.

[Arturo Classico]

Yeah I've stopped hating on Masters I feel he could be a star but that is many, many years away. He's also young and I feel he needs to get rid of "The Masterpiece" gimmick. He has potential to be an amazing face. He could be the next Batista since i feel he is anatural face and given a better gimmick he will be liked by the fans as Batista is/was.

[hassanchop]

kingsofwrestling said:

He could be the next Batista since i feel he is anatural face and given a better gimmick he will be liked by the fans as Batista is/was.

Or he could be the next Hulk Hogan, only better.

[OtisMaximus]

I remember seeing Master's be a face at a house show and he actually had the crowd behind him. I gained a new respect for him that night as I saw him working the crowd well and he had a fairly good lower card house show match.

[Joekishi]

I prefer Masters to most of the young guys WWE brought up, the guy put in the time to be a pro wrestler, he worked hard to get that body, and well Chris Masters is a young guy who is still learning.

He's in a lockerroom full of younger guys, and he's already worked with HHH and HBK.

I can get behind somebody who worked hard to get where he is, and he's a mark for wrestling, what else can you say, but I hope he does well.

He's got some good timing, bumps around for everybody, sells during his matches, and is building very nice psychology.

In a couple of years, I think Masters will be way better

['Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada]

He's really shown a visible improvement from his early days, I'll tell you what.

[EJS]

He either needs a gimmick change or a shift to Smackdown though, since he's pretty much jobbed to every single person on the Raw roster (other than the Heat crew). I can't take him seriously at the moment, since everyone he faces has already beaten him, many in squashy fashion.

[Shark Jumpin']

Wow, all this from the night when the big lug showed up on Raw and broke Stevie Richards' nose. I never thought the hate would dissipate from that on the 'Crap.

But yeah, I too like Masters.

[Mr Captain Falcon]

vanvader said:

hassanchop said:

Masters is no Lesnar, or Goldberg but he may be one day be the company's biggest star.

I can't see that. He doesn't have that overbearing charisma that the company's top guy really should have. He's not very good on the microphone, but good enough for a midcard spot. He seems to have some pretty good 'ring charisma' (see his excellent match with Jerry Lawler a month or so ago), though.

John Cena 2002.
Randy Orton 2002.
Triple H 1996.
Chris Benoit on the mic.
Mabel in the main event in 95.
Lex Luger in july 97.

ANYTHING can happen in the world wrestling.... entertainment.