Has WWE given up on the Zack Ryder experiment?

**Mr. Nerfect** · 10-13-2012, 07:46 PM

I agree with Mr. Guycott. Ryback should turn heel and begin a slow-build to his eventual time at the top.

When it comes to Zack Ryder, I am somewhere between what Tom was saying and where Gertner stands. The dude just got to wrestle for the US Title again on PPV. Yeah, his angles at the beginning of the year were shitty, but they sucked for everybody involved, really. I think Eve might have been the only person to get anything out of it. Ryder is currently doing a bit of a team thing with Santino Marella, who is only one of the most over dudes on the main roster.

That being said, I do think that the WWE could give Ryder more on-air time to explain why we should invest our emotions into him. I read an interesting article by someone who has never watched Zack Ryder's show, and they confessed to not "getting" anything about his character -- it's never been explained on-air. Also, is Ryder's "lovable goof" really someone you can see with a sustained push? Is the character one for success, or is he always going to be that guy fighting from underneath?

I do think that they should have continued Cesaro vs. Ryder coming out of Night of Champions and given them another match at Hell in a Cell against each other, but with the way things have been going, we may get Brodus Clay & Team CoBro vs. Heath Slater, Drew McIntyre & Jinder Mahal at Hell in a Cell, anyway.

10-13-2012, 07:46 PM	#21
Mr. Nerfect Posts: 61,564	I agree with Mr. Guycott. Ryback should turn heel and begin a slow-build to his eventual time at the top. When it comes to Zack Ryder, I am somewhere between what Tom was saying and where Gertner stands. The dude just got to wrestle for the US Title again on PPV. Yeah, his angles at the beginning of the year were shitty, but they sucked for everybody involved, really. I think Eve might have been the only person to get anything out of it. Ryder is currently doing a bit of a team thing with Santino Marella, who is only one of the most over dudes on the main roster. That being said, I do think that the WWE could give Ryder more on-air time to explain why we should invest our emotions into him. I read an interesting article by someone who has never watched Zack Ryder's show, and they confessed to not "getting" anything about his character -- it's never been explained on-air. Also, is Ryder's "lovable goof" really someone you can see with a sustained push? Is the character one for success, or is he always going to be that guy fighting from underneath? I do think that they should have continued Cesaro vs. Ryder coming out of Night of Champions and given them another match at Hell in a Cell against each other, but with the way things have been going, we may get Brodus Clay & Team CoBro vs. Heath Slater, Drew McIntyre & Jinder Mahal at Hell in a Cell, anyway.