[Afterlife]

Originally Posted by Vastardikai He had the singles run/abomination when he was managed by Coach and he looked like he raided Ric Flair's closet. Also, during the debut vignettes for Cade/Murdoch. Cade did most of the talking, but Murdoch was the one who got my attention with his Deliverance routine. My reaction to Cade and Murdoch was "A Goof in a cowboy hat and a guy who scares me." Here's a hint: Cade wasn't the guy who scared me. Just because he was "locked in a tag team" doesn't mean he has no opportunity to show personality. You can say the same for Cryme Tyme, but they definitely show personality. Cade is a good worker, no doubt about it. But you have to be able to grab the attention of the fans before that means anything. Otherwise, Dean Malenko and Brad Armstrong would have held lengthy title reigns.

His "Garrison Cade" singles run doesn't count because the only reason it happened was they split up his gerenic team with Jindrak and did virtually nothing with either man. Eventually, Jindrak joined Angle and Cade disappeared. But he didn't fucking DO anything.

Also, let's not confuse racial profiling and "stereotypical niggers" gimmick with personality. The same way you can't call "watered down rednecks" anything but gimmick in Cade/Murdoch.

I think the man's been around long enough to delve into himself and pull out a persona with some entertainment value. Otherwise, I don't think this would be happening -- at least, not to favor him over Murdoch.