Zack Ryder: Next Big Thing or Flash in the Pan?

[Next Big Thing]

Originally Posted by Anybody Thrilla I agree with this. I think they pushed him too hard, too fast. They could have run with the underdog thing for a while and just had him be considered more of a joke by his peers, even though he somehow won 'fluke' matches. There was no reason to have him pin Ziggler like nineteen times, though. My idea would have been to keep the Ryder usage to a MINIMUM until the fans were basically salivating and DEMANDING to see Ryder. It's too early to have him featured in four segments (including two matches) on Raw.

My memory is kind of hazy, but didn't Punk and Cena start mentioning him getting more Raw time in their promos/Tweets/Etc back around June or July when everyone started "keeping it real" and dropping pipe bombs in their segments? That was probably the gift and curse for him because those guys gave him even more notoriety to the point where it would be hard for Ziggler and other midcard heels to characterize him as a joke when the two biggest stars in the company openly support him and the fans are chanting his name.