ABT's Bold Statements, Volume One: Nobody Can Touch Alberto Del Rio In-Ring Right Now
 

Are you kidding me? The dude has been getting it DONE from bell-to-bell as of late. Every match he has is the match of the night. Daniel Bryan a couple weeks ago, Rey Mysterio, Daniel Bryan again, John Morrison...all great matches on free TV. Give this guy some time on PPV and he will blow the roof off of your face.

Nobody's touching his game right now. He's the best, and he's a great champ.

Discuss.

Peep the CONSTANTLY focused attack...the aggression...just how much SENSE he makes in there. A complete pleasure to watch in the ring.

He's fine in the ring. But he's not over to the degree he needs to be to be a champion and has a pretty one-dimensional character. And is honestly not a great promo.

In the end, he's going to be a transitional champion that will be forgotten, just like someone like Swagger.

I prefer watching Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, Evan Bourne, Rey, Christian and Orton in the ring right now, but he's pretty good, enjoy his matches.

More time wrestling means less time on the mic for him though, so I'm all for that :y:

Punk, Ziggler, Bryan, Christian, Orton, Cena

in that order possibly too I am a legend

although I do like Del Rio in the ring, blandy mcblanderson outside it though

Fuck, Ziggler too. CHEERS SKIPPY

Cena as well right now, but that's against like 2 opponents in Rey and Punk, but hopefully against everyone now.

I like all those guys too...but Del Rio's been bringing the fucking pain as of late.

When he gets a crack at a longer match, he gets the fucking job done. Hot shit.

Yeah, THE PAIN of hearing his name is Del Rio a-fucking-gain SMILE WINK WINK SMILE SMILE.

the top rope arm breaker he hit on Bryan was fucking sick though, I'll give him that.

honestly I enjoy watching Sheamus more also, forgot about him

I'll tell you has also had more good matches in this month? Tyson Kidd. He even made JTG look good on NXT and his match with Bryan > Del Rio v Bryan.

I am talking in the ring. Whatever happens outside of that is inconsequential.

Did you notice that when he does that top rope enziguiri, he jumps up to the top rope straight from the mat? Impressive.

I'm sure we'll see nothing but the best from Del Rio from here on out since he's the champion.

I'll admit that I'm basing it off of matches that I've actually watched, and Tyson Kidd is no slouch, but Del Rio is DAT DUDE right now. Also, I bet his match was better with Bryan WITHOUT EVEN WATCHING IT, and I can make claims like that because I am an internet wrestling fan. :y:

Also good, that Sheamus guy, but Del Rio's moveset alone places him a couple classes above the Celtic Warrior.

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I'm leaving now. Skippord might tell you why. I will continue this with you guys tomorrow. Feel free to tell me why I'm wrong until then, though.

Tyson Kidd is fucking awesome also, I would rather watch Rey Mysterio too. I didn't include him because he's hurt though

Del Rio is definitely above average in the ring, and can put on a really good match with the right opponent (usually Mysterio). However, his character is bland, his promos are repetitive and one-dimensional, and his finisher is a rest hold (and yes, I know a cross arm-breaker is extraordinarily painful in real life, but in rasslin', it's a goddamn rest hold). I think he's good enough to stay on the show, and I'd even say he deserves to be in the upper card, but I don't think for one second that he's anywhere good enough to get the super-push he's gotten, winning the Royal Rumble, Money in the Bank, and the WWE Title all in one year.

In the long term, I think he's going to end up as yet another flash-in-the-pan main-eventer, like Swagger and Sheamus and the like, in that he's getting pushed way too fast without really being over enough to justify it, and once he's spent his time in the spotlight and the novelty wears off, he'll spend the rest of his days languishing in the midcard.

We will see just how good he is if he can have a good match against sin cara next week on a live smackdown

Match of the night? Del Rio/Morrison over Punk/Cena? Sorry but the main event was fantastic save the shit ending. Del Rio is good in ring but he's not on top of the business right now which is something you shouldn't be able to say about the champion. I hope in time he gets better but I could do with or without. He's really in the "unconcerned" section right now

I think you guys are wrong, Del Rio isn't going anywhere for a long time.

Del Rio is #2 in my fave five right now

Who's number one Juan? Rey Rey? I agree with topic creator dude. Of the River is good, who cares about promos. Rasslin is more important yo.

why did you not just say who's number Juan

CM Punk is no. 1

I find it very hard to agree with you ABT. Great Khali has really stepped up his ring-game lately.

+1 :y:

Yeah that's what came to my mind when I saw this thread. Awesome move.

Agreed. I don't get why some folks are so high on him. He's just not that entertaining from a character/promo standpoint.

He just comes out grinning like an idiot or a mental patient and starts talking about "HIS DES'DENNY!" Um, hi, you're in America now. We don't speak your ooga booga language. We speak American damn it!

Okay, that last part was just for fun. Still, he's not that great.

Mark Henry > Del Rio right now, easily. Best monster they've had in a very, very long time. Honestly, Henry right now may be the best monster they've had since Lesnar (from an intensity/destruction standpoint).

I enjoy Mark Henry right now too, which is scary and confusing

I like his mannerisms too. That creepy smile and condescending wink fit naturally with his character.

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The entire match was great but the 5:47 mark made me a fan.

His mic skills aren't great, but they're still better than a lot of others. I think his charisma is better measured by his facial expressions, which is something he's good at.

Eh Del Rio is good at what he does and I don't mind him I mean he's not as bad as alot of guys WWE has pushed down our throats over the years and he does put on an interesting match most of the time.

I'll agree that he's one of the best current in-ring talents but out well not so much he really needs to work on that to win me over but at least he's already been a better champ than Swagger.

Alberto is the goods but I believe if the upcoming tour wasn't in Mexico, he would drop the belt to Cena before or on NOC.