Alex Riley is the worst wrestler today...

[#1-norm-fan]

Originally Posted by CSL lol my god, your condescending tone is ridiculous and so misplaced. He did 'survive' a draft, he was switched but they clearly felt some kind of need to keep him aligned with Miz, be it protecting Miz, feeling Riley adds something, wanting him to stick on RAW etc. You aren't proving anything, merely showing a glaring misunderstanding of how wrestling works. Yes, he's the lackey but you're making sweeping generalizations about everybody in that kind of spot and you're off the mark. If you really can't tell the difference between Riley and what he's allowed to do, his longevity in the role, the fact they clearly value him in the spot etc compared to a Jackson Andrews, a David Otunga or any of the Nexus lackeys most of the new guys period (which it appears you clearly can't given your repeating of the same redundant 'he's a lackey! means nothing!' point over and over topped off with a few smug 'lol's) then as I said, this is pointless. Nobody is 'adding any significance', nobody is claiming he is the next Hulk Hogan, nobody is claiming he is a star now. You are just completely and utterly missing the point.

Fucking hell, I'm begging someone to actually read the rest of shit I've said in the thread.

My point: I haven't seen anything from Alex Riley. No awesome promos, nothing more than a few short WWE TV style matches on NXT and a squash here and there. Neither of these showcased ANYTHING. Good or bad. Yet people still praise him for these things as if he's been tearing the house down and he's on his way to being something.

I AM NOT ASSERTING ANYTHING one way or another about his future. I'm simply saying to put label him as the next big thing based on him standing next to The Miz while Miz participates in main event storylines is insane.

My other point: The fact that so many people do see such a bright future despite these things makes me believe that people really just NEED to cling on to someone to be the future and will build up reasons in their mind to do so... Like adding significance to things that aren't significant at all... like saying he "survived" things that are twists and turns in wrestling storylines.

There is no less validity to "They want to try him out on Smackdown but he is needed as a pawn in the Cena-Miz feud for one more month" than "WWE sees something in him and wants to keep him involved in the hottest feud in the company in order to build him up." None. At all. Yet when the point is brought up that *gasp!* maybe he is just a pawn for the feud and maybe he just happened to be the rookie on NXT who Miz was paired with and is reeping the benefits as opposed to WWE thinking so highly of him all along, people go ape-shit! And that's the "stick my fingers in my ears and yell lalalalalalalalala" attitude that lends more credibility to my theory that people WANT something to happen, therefore they will come up with reasons why it is happening.