Cesaro: An Unprofessional Knob

[Uncle Sam]

There are two instances in history of entrance themes as irritating as Cesaro's - Michael Cole's and Right To Censor's. Most recently, Cesaro was managed by Paul Heyman - the one behind the one in twenty-one and one, despised by many in real life and in the wrestling world. Cesaro hasn't won a match in over a month, being consistently put away by midcard titan Dolph Ziggler (recently defeated by Kane). This is clearly an incompetent boob and a man who's supposed to be hated. Why, then, does he wrestle like the god damn Terminator?

Week after week - sandwiched between his nails-on-chalkboard entrance and his inevitable, pathetic, probably one-move defeat - Cesaro transforms into the most entertaining wrestler on the planet. He looks like an absolute badass; like if you bred Steve Austin with the Incredible Hulk. He does things you've never seen in a wrestling ring before. His feats of strength would be more at home in the circus than they would in WWE. He gets in so much offense and not a moment of it isn't breathtaking. Watch him reverse Tyson Kidd's sharpshooter into a giant swing and watch the crowd go absolutely nuts. He's genuinely incredible to watch.

And then Dolph Ziggler jumps up and weakly pulls him onto his back and, oh no, he's dead. Can't get up. Somebody get a stretcher. Or maybe an ambulance with really annoying sirens.

I don't get what's going on here. Is he mocking me?

 

[DCLXVI]

His push is in due time. He loses but always has a good amount of offense... a lot of times when a guy loses a lot then has a repackaging people go for them (see Ryback). As for his theme, I actually like it a lot. Remember when Saturn's theme in WCW was NOTHING BUT sirens?

 

[MCMG]

It's confusing but I'm guessing they are moving towards a reset for Cesaro. He keeps losing to the point it is predictable. At that stage, they probably have something planned for the future.

After Wrestlemania he had all the momentum in the world. A massive match with Cena and then the Andre the Giant Battle Royal; it was fantastic. Logic would suggest he should have turned babyface but there was tough competition. Cena, obviously. They couldn't have predicted Bryan's injury. All of The Shield but with particular attention to Ambrose/Reigns; Cesaro would have been lost. Nevermind, Ziggler, Sheamus and the varying part-timers that would take priority.

So keep him heel, fine. Put him with Heyman, makes sense. From here it slowly went down hill and I can't think of a solution. Heyman's priority was always going to be Lesnar and, with hindsight, the only reason for pairing these two would have been Cesaro/Lesnar.

What helps Cesaro is he is clearly liked by someone. The battle royal, for one. Plus being with Heyman and the Elimination Chamber/MITB. His work in NXT and his strength probably point to Triple H rating him the highest but that might not be enough.

I reckon it will get worse before it gets better. Maybe as something as bad as a loss to El Torito but a face turn must be the solution. He is already liked by a decent portion of the audience and his moveset will only aid a turn. Moreover, being a good guy will be more beneficial for him given his limitations on the mic. He is built to be a babyface and he doesn't have the polished mic-skills to convince anyone otherwise. There is clearly a fantastic superstar within Cesaro; they just need find the right character.

 

[elbowdrop]

I dont understand the fascination with Cesaro around here. I usually change the channel when he's on. The elimination match on smackdown was cool, but he is the least interesting person in WWE.

 

[Scrotie McBoogerballs]

I dont understand the fascination with Cesaro around here. I usually change the channel when he's on. The elimination match on smackdown was cool, but he is the least interesting person in WWE.

RoH guys get a free pass with WWE fans.

 

[Justin Satiable]

It's such a shame. Every time he comes to the ring I cringe and I hope he doesn't win so I don't have to cringe again. I fortified the hype when he had his "there's poop in this chair, say what" theme, as well as when he came out to the - let's face it - awesome Real Americans theme. It's almost as if Jim Johnstone doesn't care any more. Every time The Rock comes out you're not only caught up in the Rock himself, but mesmerised by the "electrifying" music that's blasting in the background. Do you feel like Cesaro's theme enhances his entrance at all? Or does it just make you wish he'd go away?

Strong no and yes from me there. He needs a change. Just look at Wade "Man of a Million Themes" Barrett. It ain't hard.

 

[DCLXVI]

Jim Johnston didn't do Cesaro theme, it's the guys who do a lot of the new/NXT themes - CFO$.

 

[kadroan]

His push is in due time. He loses but always has a good amount of offense... a lot of times when a guy loses a lot then has a repackaging people go for them (see Ryback). As for his theme, I actually like it a lot. Remember when Saturn's theme in WCW was NOTHING BUT sirens?

That's what I'm hoping. In a perfect world, I'm hoping he's the Plan B if they don't pull the trigger on Reigns. Instead have Cesaro win the Royal Rumble and face Brock at WrestleMania for the WWE WHC.

He's peaked at the mid card.

 

[drobs85]

That's what I'm hoping. In a perfect world, I'm hoping he's the Plan B if they don't pull the trigger on Reigns. Instead have Cesaro win the Royal Rumble and face Brock at WrestleMania for the WWE WHC.

He's peaked at the mid card.

Peaked at the midcard? That's a joke and so is Cesaro. This guy with all his skill, moveset, and strength will end up like Drew Mcdyess, sorry McIntyre. Unfortunately he's a jobbing attraction. Hell I don't no who loses more Cesaro or Titus O'Neil. Cesaro only because he is in more matches. I do like the fact Cesaro did cut the ear muffs off though. By the way Saturn's theme was way better. Hell that was one of the few reasons I liked Perry Saturn. Goodbye Cesaro.

 

[HeroForHire]

It never makes any sense to me either. The guy is over just on his in ring work. He puts on classic matches all the time. He must be this generation's Curt Henning or Rick Rude. The Big Swing could be the next People's Elbow if WWE would just push the guy and give him a chance. Hell, they are pushing Ryback again!

 

[Reflection]

Cesaro's current siren theme song is much better than the last one, IMO. The red towel on his head is also a nice addition and is reminiscent of Samoa Joe's black towel from his Nation of Violence days.
We cannot breed Steve Austin with The Incredible Hulk as both are males.
Maybe not in a wrestling ring, but I've seen children do the Cesaro swing. The European uppercut is special though.
That weakly-pull-him-onto-his-back thing is a finishing move. After fighting non stop for 20 minutes or so, a finisher should be enough to get the job done in a mid-card match. Come on, you should know better than that.
He is a great athlete, but Dolph Ziggler is a survivor. That's the point!
The only thing I don't get is the relevance of the OP with the thread title. Are you mocking us for clicking on it and helping generate more page views?

 

[Wrestlingaholic]

I dont understand the fascination with Cesaro around here. I usually change the channel when he's on. The elimination match on smackdown was cool, but he is the least interesting person in WWE.

When Stonr Cold Steve Austin regularly touts Cesaro as the breakout star of the future, as he does almost every podcast, it suggests that there is something special about him. The fact his attitude is brilliant (despite the thread title) - by which I mean he never phones it in, despite being written on a losing streak, will only increase his stock with the bosses.

 

[elbowdrop]

When Stonr Cold Steve Austin regularly touts Cesaro as the breakout star of the future, as he does almost every podcast, it suggests that there is something special about him. The fact his attitude is brilliant (despite the thread title) - by which I mean he never phones it in, despite being written on a losing streak, will only increase his stock with the bosses.

Austins opinion doesn't make me want to watch him anymore.

 

[tvcolosi]

Wwe famously jobs guys out before a switch, especially heel to face. Hopefully this is why, he's over due for bonafide face turn.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

He's definitely being under-utilised, I thought after he won the Battle Royal at last year's Wrestlemania that we'd see a big time push for him as a Face, but then WWE just killed his momentum dead- it was bizarre.

I'd like to see get a real run as a face, and see if he can make it as a top guy. Cesaro isn't getting any younger, if WWE see any money in him as a main eventer, they need to give him a chance sooner rather than later.

And yes, fucking change his music. He's not Scott Steiner FFS.

 

[Terry Silver]

They dropped the ball big time on cesaro. Guy was hot right before mania and after, they give him the win for the 1st annual andre battle royal, then they have him stop the big swing and job out and be a heel, what the fuck is that? Wcw didnt even make those kinda decisions.

 

[FromGlasgow]

The past few months for me Cesaro has had the best match of the night no matter who he was against so I wondered the same thing with his lack of push I can only imagine some higher up person in the WWE dislikes him or its WWE's lame attempt of burrying the guy and obviously holding him back to make him more popular kind of similar to what they did with Daniel Bryan last year.

 

[LuckyLouie]

It saddens me to see the dislike for Cesaro.
For a man who can put on an AMAZING match with Ryback. He is really underrated.
Now this is my opinion. But just like other people say, I think he the next big star for wrestling. He is a damn near perfect in ring. I make sure to watch all his matches because no matter who is wrestling him, there will be at least one sick spot in the match. It might not be Cesaro doing it, but he is the reason alot of the guys look good. Not many people can sell a good over the top belly to belly.
Its kinda of a waste to have a talent like him, for so long and do absolutely nothing with him. On Smackdown he did nothing. As the IC champion he didnt have any cool feuds. As part of the real Americans they didnt have any cool feuds. They didnt win the titles, and broke up when they were red hot. He won the Battle Royale, but nothing came of it. Heyman didnt make him bigger, it didnt do anything with him. He needs one big major feud to break out. Maybe not with Cena....but with someone like Randy or JBL was in his prime. They need to make him look like a Stone Cold/The Rock/HBK/Y2J type gimmick. They were all the IT guy during their top run but they were never 100% face they were never fully a heel. Unlike Cena who is always good. Cesaro is the type of guy top pull a HBK on Janety. And it would look good.
But I guess if you havent figured im a huge Cesaro fan.
I think he is a great wrestlers, he is the gimmick, I like it, but he need s a feud to make him stand out and for fans to find out who he really is.

 

[QuadrupleH]

Just wanted to say the OP cracked me up.

I'm on the fence with Cesaro - while he is in great shape, has a good look, is a great wrestler, and has some sort of personality, I feel for some reason you cannot quite take him serious - like he always seems on the verge of laughing. It VAGUELY (settle down) reminds me of that big assed Welsh wrestler that looked like Hercules on steroids - forget his name. The guy looked like he could use a bus as an accordion, but then he either opened his mouth, or just gave off a nice guy vibe and you couldn't buy him as a bad ass.

Cesaro seems that way to me. I'm sure he could beat a lot of guys' asses on this forum (mine not included because I wrestle Gorillas in my spare time), but he seems more likely to get too drunk and tell you stupid jokes all night long while singing some weird ass Swiss song.

Now what the hell was that guy's name? Was briefly in a version of Nexxus, was briefly a bodyguard to Punk, was briefly employed by WWE...

 

[Mudlup50]

It saddens me to see the dislike for Cesaro.
For a man who can put on an AMAZING match with Ryback. He is really underrated.
Now this is my opinion. But just like other people say, I think he the next big star for wrestling. He is a damn near perfect in ring. I make sure to watch all his matches because no matter who is wrestling him, there will be at least one sick spot in the match. It might not be Cesaro doing it, but he is the reason alot of the guys look good. Not many people can sell a good over the top belly to belly.
Its kinda of a waste to have a talent like him, for so long and do absolutely nothing with him. On Smackdown he did nothing. As the IC champion he didnt have any cool feuds. As part of the real Americans they didnt have any cool feuds. They didnt win the titles, and broke up when they were red hot. He won the Battle Royale, but nothing came of it. Heyman didnt make him bigger, it didnt do anything with him. He needs one big major feud to break out. Maybe not with Cena....but with someone like Randy or JBL was in his prime. They need to make him look like a Stone Cold/The Rock/HBK/Y2J type gimmick. They were all the IT guy during their top run but they were never 100% face they were never fully a heel. Unlike Cena who is always good. Cesaro is the type of guy top pull a HBK on Janety. And it would look good.
But I guess if you havent figured im a huge Cesaro fan.
I think he is a great wrestlers, he is the gimmick, I like it, but he need s a feud to make him stand out and for fans to find out who he really is.

But what makes a good jobber exactly? Being easily hated, which Cesaro can do with his fake swerve to join team Authority last night and they have to make their opponent look amazing, which as you pointed out...he does! I'm not saying it's right but guys like Kofi Kingston are in essence in the same exact boat. Maybe one day Cesaro will bust out in a big way, but for now, this is where he is and it might be for a while if the fans keep snoozing during his matches

 

[Vintage]

Just wanted to say the OP cracked me up.

I'm on the fence with Cesaro - while he is in great shape, has a good look, is a great wrestler, and has some sort of personality, I feel for some reason you cannot quite take him serious - like he always seems on the verge of laughing. It VAGUELY (settle down) reminds me of that big assed Welsh wrestler that looked like Hercules on steroids - forget his name. The guy looked like he could use a bus as an accordion, but then he either opened his mouth, or just gave off a nice guy vibe and you couldn't buy him as a bad ass.

Cesaro seems that way to me. I'm sure he could beat a lot of guys' asses on this forum (mine not included because I wrestle Gorillas in my spare time), but he seems more likely to get too drunk and tell you stupid jokes all night long while singing some weird ass Swiss song.

Now what the hell was that guy's name? Was briefly in a version of Nexxus, was briefly a bodyguard to Punk, was briefly employed by WWE...

The Animal.. Mason Ryan.

 

[LuckyLouie]

As much as I want that to be not true, I thinks thats he is king of the underrated guys. Anytime they need to fill a main even spot and there is no one they throw him in and job hit out. Kofi had his time doing the same. I hope they snap out of the iffy writing and start to push guys who can awe the audience instead of a catchy chants like " Feed Me More " lol
Nothing against the big guy.

 

[blueskyy]

Cesaro just keeps getting better and better. He has better matches now than when he was with Paul Heyman, or when he was holding a title.

 

[Anaxamander]

Why, then, does he wrestle like the god damn Terminator?

I enjoy that the announcers have christened him the Swiss Superman, but your description fits as well. His feats of strength would make much more sense if there were steel plates and cables beneath his skin instead of flesh and bone.

As to your larger question, namely, why do the meat of his matches stand out so much more than the start and the finish, the answer lies with what the start and the finish have in common, and that is that they are both predetermined by the powers that be. The way the match plays out is up to the competitors themselves. So no matter who he's jobbing to, the meat of the match is going to be incredible because the man himself is simply an incredible performer.

 

[4Horsemen]

Cesaro must have pissed someone off. Dude should still be a Heyman guy and holding the IC belt, that keeps Heyman on TV more and gives him the chance to keep Brock Lesnars name shoved down our throats.