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![]() So, yesterday I was going through Wrestlemania XXX LD here. And apart from Daniel Bryan and Brock Lesnar, the most talked about was Cesaro. If you have forgotten what happened regarding Cesaro at Wrestlemania XXX, here's a reminder:
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And what actually happened was that Cesaro body slammed Big Show out of the ring to win the inaugral Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal. And just see the live audience cheering him while almost all stood up when Cesaro won the match. I saw people saying that a star was born. That he would be a World Champion in that year itself. Fast forward to now and he's in a tag team with Sheamus. He hasn't even won a midcard singles title after more than 3 years of that incredible moment. So what went wrong with Cesaro and who was responsible for it? I think that it was the alliance with Paul Heyman. And more importantly the heel turn. |
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![]() I like Cesaro in the role he is in and enjoy the team with Sheamus. He's in a position a lot of people would be in.
That said, I agree, I think it was the heel turn and don't know why they decided to take a guy who was over as a face and put him with Heyman. I know *why*, in the sense that they don't rate him on the mic, but surely there as another way to deal with that than the way they did. I'm not sure he'd have been world champ as a face either, though. |
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![]() Slamming Big Show is not a big deal anymore. Other than that I don't find him impressive. I haven't seen a lot of his work on the indy circuit but doesn't Wikipedia list him as a tag team player for the most part.
What went wrong? I don't see him as a major player. He's good and all that but he doesn't strike me as a top guy or even one of the top guys. He doesn't have the IT factor and the internet has to get over it.
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![]() Cesaro was always better as a tag team wrestler. Take a look at his history. Most of his accolades were in a team. I, for one, cannot wait for Chris Hero, er, Kassius Ohno, to get called up for a reunion of a team that was better that Cesaro/Sheamus.
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![]() What should've happened.....
Real American should've won the tag titles Cesaro shows as the dominant force of the team as Swagger looks weak at times. Swagger attacks Cesaro at a PPV as the drop the gold back to the Uso's. Cesaro face turn. He squashes Swagger in a short 2 month feud Progresses on to win MITB and beats Cena at a major PPV for the Title Star is born. |
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In reality he was never that counted upon. WWE never really had concrete plan what to do with him, Vince dubbed him as someone unable to "rise and grab ring made of brass" and as "injury prone". So they never really pulled the lever on his push. Which is shame, Cesaro was over and in dire need of at least midcard title push. |
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Following Money In The Bank 2014, Cesaro was put on the backburner and was still in lined for an eventual push up until he was failing to connect in the following months and plans for his push was scrapped. Cesaro was originally planned to drop the title either to The Rock or back to Brock Lesnar at Royal Rumble. It was never said who Cesaro would have faced at WrestleMania 31 the next year but I remember the exact details from all the reports that was reported that year and how things played out. |
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I tipped Big Show to win the inaugural "Andre The Giant" Battle Royal (as I reasoned it would be used as a spinboard for Show to brag how he is the most dominant giant in WWE history, even more than Andre The Giant himself). However, when Cesaro eliminated Show from the battle royal, and won, the reaction from the crowd made me think that they would turn him babyface and push him (this was when I naively believed that winning the Andre battle royal earnt you something). I can see it. The next night, Cesaro would come out to rousing cheers on RAW. He would speak about winning the royal, and his journey, when Big Show came out and said that it was a fluke. They would then feud, and Cesaro would beat Big Show again, much to Show's dismay, and Cesaro would be seen as a "Giant-Killer", and be massively over. No, instead they had him join Paul Heyman. Now, this made sense from the viewpoint that Heyman can help those who aren't great on the mike (which Cesaro isn't, but he has gotten better since his teaming with Sheamus). It also got fans excited that there could be a possible Cesaro v Brock Lesnar feud in the offing, since they are both Paul Heyman guys. But instead, it just blunted Cesaro's momentum. I spoke about this, along with other stymied pushes of fan favourites, in another thread of mine. But don't be too sad. I think his tag-team with Sheamus has been good, has given both guys airtime and importance, and reminds me of the "Hell No" pairing of Daniel Bryan and Kane (two reluctant superstars who can't stand each other at first, but then form a team and become allies). They have a high-profile feud with the Hardys and the belts, so I think Cesaro, even though he isn't in the main title picture, is still doing okay at the moment. |
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