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Old 01-31-2011, 01:37 AM   #1
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I'm not sure I understand the resentment here. Guy can obviously go in the ring, I don't think that's being disputed. He can obviously talk better than a good chunk of the roster, and he's young/fresh/has a ton of promise. What's the problem again?
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Old 01-31-2011, 01:41 AM   #2
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I'm not sure I understand the resentment here. Guy can obviously go in the ring, I don't think that's being disputed. He can obviously talk better than a good chunk of the roster, and he's young/fresh/has a ton of promise. What's the problem again?
I love AL, but I think he looks for more depth in guys he likes and their promos. Which is fine, I guess I'm just a more shallow wrestling fan.
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Old 01-31-2011, 01:47 AM   #3
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I love AL, but I think he looks for more depth in guys he likes and their promos. Which is fine, I guess I'm just a more shallow wrestling fan.
I like guys who have depth. And I like character.

Del Rio is not a bad wrestler. But he's nothing amazing.

Del Rio is not cringe-worthy on the mic. But he is not "a natural".

He has a stupid, generic gimmick and his career has consisted of telling Rey Mysterio he is short.

As an overall performer, he is simply uninteresting.
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Old 01-31-2011, 01:50 AM   #4
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Del Rio is not cringe-worthy on the mic..
That's exactly how I describe his mic work.
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Old 01-31-2011, 01:52 AM   #5
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That's exactly how I describe his mic work.

He tends to make me roll my eyes and zone out. But then, I've seen "Abe's Tomb" about ten times, so I've built up a tolerance to bad line delivery.
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Old 01-31-2011, 01:58 AM   #6
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Can someone please show me a specific example of Del Rio being 'amazing' on the mic? I keep hearing all this talk about how good he is, but so far all I've seen is some pretty generic cocky-heel stuff.

When I think of a 'natural' on the mic, I think of someone like Jericho, or Foley, or even Flair back when you could understand what the hell he was saying. Someone who actually has something to say every time he comes out. Del Rio's promos have so far been pretty insubstantial, just "ha-ha, I'm going to ween because I am better than joo!" over and over again.

He's not bad, but I don't see what everyone's getting so worked up about.
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I'm not sure I understand the resentment here. Guy can obviously go in the ring, I don't think that's being disputed. He can obviously talk better than a good chunk of the roster, and he's young/fresh/has a ton of promise. What's the problem again?
He has only been in WWE for 6 months and people were holding out hoped for the traditional guard of "upper midcarders" such as Morrison (who can't talk), Christian, etc. I am not a mark for Del Rio but he is very good and he will make whatever he is in work. I am interested to see where everything goes because RAW is a clusterfuck and Edge vs Del Rio doesn't feel like a WrestleMania main event. Of course, 8 weeks of build and I'll probably be blowing 60 bucks like a crack whore. Elimination Chamber has 3 weeks build and could be very interesting since it is now the detour on the Road to WrestleMania.
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