The All American American VS The Very European Swiss Sensation

[MOExecution]

It's interesting how many people are saying that Derrick Bateman should get the opportunity with his, "The USA Guy" gimmick before Jack Swagger. I have watched WWE NXT (from Full Sail University) and I have seen his vignettes as well and they are pretty good. Of course as most of us agreed the American vs Foreign storyline is a cheap sell the fans will attach themselves to automatically, but now it goes from should Derrick Bateman or Jack Swagger be, "The American Hero" that dethrones Antonio Cesaro?

Jack Swagger or Derrick Bateman can capitalize off of, "American Hero" gimmick against Antonio Cesaro. I would personally go with Jack Swagger because we know what he is capable of. We don't really know much about Derrick Bateman can do and from what I have seen I have not been sold on him yet.

[fafa1021]

The America "F*ck Yeah!" gimmick is being given to Bateman. I think Swagger will come back as a face but more of a focused more aggressive version of the Swagger we have seen. I don't think he will get a "gimmick" but just kind of be a bad ass along the lines of what we see out of Orton. They need him to be taken seriously.

I read an article once that said they asked around the locker room on the roster would win in a real shoot fight and Swagger was the guy. Let him show those skills in the ring and make him more about what he does in the ring as opposed to a goofy gimmick. That hasn't worked out to well for him in the past.

[xavyer]

It would be a great idea, someone else said that Triple H want longer title reigns, and if the WWE is planning for Cesaro to have a long title reign, it could still work if Swagger doesn't win the title, they can have a real feud,Swagger can beat the hell out of Cesaro without taking the belt out of him, for example, Cesaro can go to the ring and have a promo about the USA not being ok or something like that ( no disrespect for the USA, this is storyline wise ), and out of nowere Swagger shows up and tell him that this is America, he should love it or leave it, and as soon as Swagger turns his back, he starts to attack Swager, but then he turns things around and beat up Cesaro, and every time they have a match, Cesaro gets beat up really bad and leave, loosing the match by count out, the next match he get himself disqualified because he has no choice, and they can have matches like that if they want to keep Cesaro champion and Swagger still looks very strong and dominant, just an idea.......

[theBec2101]

I do want to see Swagger turn face. But I also think Swagger should be in either WWE of WHC title picture. I wouldn’t mind seeing him wrestle US title or Int, but I think he needs another shot and a better story and push then the lackluster one he got before.

[ManureTheBear]

Interesting thing here will be the international audience. The USA isn't the most loved country in the world and the Swiss (among others) will probably be rooting for Cesaro.

But I agree that Swagger should turn face. I think he's amazing inside the ring. His look isn't great (okay, just that haircut) and his mic work isn't great either, but you can't fault him in the ring and that's what we're here for, basically, the wrestling.

[comrade_mario]

Originally Posted by ManureTheBear

Interesting thing here will be the international audience. The USA isn't the most loved country in the world and the Swiss (among others) will probably be rooting for Cesaro.

I like the idea of a Swagger vs Cesaro feud outline din the OP a lot, mostly cause it's an easy sell, repackages Swagger and gives us a mid-card feud to get excited over, but with the above idea.

What if they inverted the Bret Hart vs US storyline somewhat and made Swagger a patriot to the extent that he is supposed to get booed in every other country outside of the US? It might be hard to pull off, as he would have to play up most obnoxious points of America, according to the rest of us at least (basically anything to do with the Republican party), whilst keeping himself face in the US. Would be a hard job to do, but if he could pull it off it would really be something special I think