Thread: What is it that Cesaro is supposedly "missing"?
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Old 12-31-2014, 04:31 AM   #103
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I agree with fan there. I think the announcement and potential of the pairing made perfect sense. Cesaro had "upgraded" and join the company of the man who ended The Undertaker's streak at WrestleMania. Cesaro should have been a big deal then and there.

Adding Rob Van Dam to the feud was shit. It was convoluted and watered down the personal issues between Swagger and Cesaro. Swagger should have played good heel, and put over the "still technically a heel but super-over" Cesaro at Extreme Rules, and just look generally outclassed towards the end.

Sheamus was a great choice for a Payback opponent for Cesaro -- what was not great was the story being about the US Title. Cesaro was past mid-card titles at this point, as was Sheamus. Dean Ambrose could have been made an interesting fighting champion who was forced to defend the title every week whilst feuding with Evolution, and if he did drop it to someone, someone with Authority backing would have been good. Maybe even Randy Orton, completing his active Grand Slam.

Chicago was a smark town, so I imagine that even though Cesaro was the bad guy, they would have been cheering his offense. A clean win for Cesaro over the then aimless Sheamus would have been great for Cesaro and no harm to Sheamus.

Then you're at Money in the Bank, and Cesaro would have made a great choice to win that thing. As it turns out, Seth Rollins did a great job, but losing Money in the Bank wouldn't have been a big deal for Cesaro. He could have gotten angry at himself for missing that golden opportunity, and turned up the aggression heading into Battleground, where he could beat a Superstar he targets in the wake of MITB. Perhaps even someone like Big Show? It wouldn't be a MOTY candidate, but if he managed to swing Big Show? Whoa.

Heyman also only really talked about Brock Lesnar. What were his plans for Cesaro with Brock Lesnar as the WWE World Heavyweight Champion? At some point, there could only be one. Babyfaces should have been trying to tell Cesaro that he is being used by Heyman, only for Cesaro to explain to them that he knows what he is doing. Gives him time to practice too.

The tension would no doubt build between Lesnar and Cesaro. Maybe they butt-heads in a match against John Cena and Daniel Bryan at Fast Lane later this year in that scenario, or in a RAW segment. Brock might still leave after WrestleMania, but maybe they could convince him to extend his contract after dropping the title to Bryan to Extreme Rules, and have him put over Cesaro in a huge grudge match between Heyman Guys.
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