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Originally Posted by Rammsteinmad
Regardless of any of his "limitations" or whether people think he is boring or whatever, he consistently puts on great matches, and gets great reactions. Whether you find him boring or not is your opinion, but there is no denying the pops he gets (or was getting).
I'm not saying he should win the King of the Ring, Survivor Series, Royal Rumble and then unify every single title in the main event of Wrestlemania (I'd have no problem with that, though), but there is definitely a large fanbase of people that enjoy watching him perform. His matches always get good reactions. He should, at least, be involved more heavily and get some long-term programs. Sadly, it's been said countless times how useless WWE is with anyone outside of the main event picture, so it's wishful thinking.
But I hate this idea of just absolutely squashing any chance of him really going anywhere, just coz Vince thinks he's boring. 70,000 fans going apeshit when Cesaro picked up Big Show at last years Wrestlemania SHOULD have at least led to something. I hate this concept of people "scratching and clawing" and Cesaro "dropping the ball" when you see the booking he had to work with around that time.
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The Mania crowd is a different beast. You almost have to ignore their reactions to some degree because they will be there no matter what. They will be first in line to get travel packages to Mania, they will attend all the events, then they will go home and complain for 364 days and do it all over again.
The key is does he get a consistent reaction in Des Moines Iowa in front of 8000 fans, and not just for one spot in a match You can easily build up to one big spot in a match, but to be main event level you need to be able to connect throughout a 15-25 minute match against someone other than John Cena.
I feel like I'm picking on Cesaro, but believe me I really think he's talented. I just think I see the flaws that upper management sees. I mentored it before, but in the ring he was flat up until the swing spot. Over the past months I've seen him incorporate more things that I think will get him to a moveset that fans can recognize and get behind when the time in the match is right. But I think he has a long way to go in terms of telling a story in the ring. I thought he was doing better with Big Show where he would try a bunch of crazy power moves and eventually one would fail and cost him the match. And of course his promos are boring, which is a massive roadblock to get to the top. He needs to work on that.
I was hoping to see him work up to another program with Owens, but stories came out about backstage issues. Without knowing what those were, it's hard to criticize WWE for not pushing him right now. When you are trying to manage 50 egos, and one of them gets out of hand, you have to check him to keep the rest of the boys in line.