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Old 12-19-2014, 05:13 PM   #1
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He's just not good enough on the mic, and doesn't have a unique enough gimmick/look to get away with it.
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Old 12-19-2014, 07:01 PM   #2
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He's just not good enough on the mic, and doesn't have a unique enough gimmick/look to get away with it.
He is definitely better on the mic than Roman though, who they are sending to acting school basically... And honestly, I think Cesaro is more naturally charismatic than a lot of guys pushed ahead of him. Roman, Rollins, Ryback, etc, aren't as naturally charismatic. They sound really... awkward. But if you just listen to Cesaro actually talk, not on a mic, but just a normal conversation, the guy is charismatic as fuck
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Old 12-19-2014, 07:07 PM   #3
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He is definitely better on the mic than Roman though, who they are sending to acting school basically... And honestly, I think Cesaro is more naturally charismatic than a lot of guys pushed ahead of him. Roman, Rollins, Ryback, etc, aren't as naturally charismatic. They sound really... awkward. But if you just listen to Cesaro actually talk, not on a mic, but just a normal conversation, the guy is charismatic as fuck
I've yet to see an even average interview from Cesaro. He sounds like a foreign guy reading from a book.
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Old 12-19-2014, 07:17 PM   #4
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I've yet to see an even average interview from Cesaro. He sounds like a foreign guy reading from a book.
He was pretty good in that video where he went around town just talking shit about everything. But even then, he didn't rock my socks or anything.

He could be great, but I do agree with others that he needs to improve a bit on the stick.
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Old 12-19-2014, 10:15 PM   #5
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He is definitely better on the mic than Roman though, who they are sending to acting school basically... And honestly, I think Cesaro is more naturally charismatic than a lot of guys pushed ahead of him. Roman, Rollins, Ryback, etc, aren't as naturally charismatic. They sound really... awkward. But if you just listen to Cesaro actually talk, not on a mic, but just a normal conversation, the guy is charismatic as fuck
I think this gives us an interesting discussion on how you define charisma. I read this, and I know exactly what you mean, but I read this and I totally disagree with it.

Ryback has loads of charisma I think. He has an aura about him, it's a different type of charisma, but he definitely has it, and it gives him a presence that Cesaro doesn't have.

I also think Rollins is really charismatic, but again, in a different way. He carries himself in this cocky way, he has an arrogance which makes him a natural heel and he is convincing in his role. It is hard to define, an intangible. I think charisma is a lot more than the ability to talk. Take Ultimate Warrior for example, terrible promos, but you watched because he had charisma coming out of his ass. All he had was a look and charisma and it carried him far.

I really like Cesaro, he is a great worker, but he does come off as a bit boring. He doesn't have the presence of Ryback, and he doesn't carry himself like Rollins. It is a bit of a cop out, but he does seem to lack any edge or natural charisma, regardless of his mic work. People can point to the swing getting over, but could it have been the move more than Cesaro?
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Old 12-20-2014, 01:48 PM   #6
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He is definitely better on the mic than Roman though, who they are sending to acting school basically... And honestly, I think Cesaro is more naturally charismatic than a lot of guys pushed ahead of him. Roman, Rollins, Ryback, etc, aren't as naturally charismatic. They sound really... awkward. But if you just listen to Cesaro actually talk, not on a mic, but just a normal conversation, the guy is charismatic as fuck
They need to stop writing promos and expect them to read the stuff verbatim, reading someone elses words will always come across awkwardly, give them bullet points and stress things that need to be mentioned and let the talent get the message across in their own voice and maybe catch fire organically.
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Old 12-21-2014, 04:14 PM   #7
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They need to stop writing promos and expect them to read the stuff verbatim, reading someone elses words will always come across awkwardly, give them bullet points and stress things that need to be mentioned and let the talent get the message across in their own voice and maybe catch fire organically.
Fuck yes, this needs to stop. Promos started being shit when they began writing them out for guys. Promos suddenly went from being something guys could use to make themselves a star to just a part of a character that's now up to some boring, shitty writers who use the same basic formula for everyone.
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Fuck yes, this needs to stop. Promos started being shit when they began writing them out for guys. Promos suddenly went from being something guys could use to make themselves a star to just a part of a character that's now up to some boring, shitty writers who use the same basic formula for everyone.
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If there's a problem with Cesaro, it's that he's a wrestler first and everything else second, on a wrestling show whose Chairman doesn't want to be associated with wrestling. Vince McMahon wants superheroes and action figures, which is why he's still so intent on pushing a human piece of driftwood like Roman Reigns, even though he can barely string a whole sentence together.

Cesaro absolutely beasts people in the ring and the crowd loves him for it, but he can't (or isn't willing to) be made into some wacky, larger-than-life cartoon character-- try to imagine Cesaro doing the hot-dog cart attack schtick that Dean Ambrose was doing, or a segment of Cesaro doing John Cena's ha-ha-larious Photoshop Funnies or whatever. He's a guy who is so phenomenally good at wrestling that he keeps getting over with the crowd even though he's given nothing to work with, but the actual wrestling has never really been WWE's focus.

Dude should've stayed on NXT after the Sami Zayn feud and just been a god there. At least then he'd be on the show that everyone loves, instead of losing every match for like three months and having his employer publicly throw him under the bus on a podcast.
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Fuck yes, this needs to stop. Promos started being shit when they began writing them out for guys. Promos suddenly went from being something guys could use to make themselves a star to just a part of a character that's now up to some boring, shitty writers who use the same basic formula for everyone.
Like, I've heard Reigns talk outside of a written promo, like regular interview, and dude is charismatic as hell. Writing some shit for another guy always seemed odd to me.

But I think once the office decides what they want to do (aahahahahahahahaha) with his character, he'll be easier to write for.
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