Ok, fuck it, I'm going to say the truth. Fuck sounding all sophisticated, fuck the rep system all of you think breaks my heart everytime I see a red square, it all boils down to people being damn fanboys. No mentally sane human being can look at Cena, Rock, Triple H, Stone Cold, and then look at DB and say hes anywhere near their status. He has no personality. Its irritating that people keep trying to support a character than only says yes then does a bunch of damn kicks. You guys complain that wrestling is boring and outdated but there is no way in hell a guy like DB is going to usher in a new golden era in wrestling. Whatever warped definition of charisma you want to hold on to while you hug your Daniel Bryan action figure and watch SD in between diaper changes is fine, but dont bash other people for having a damn opinion and expecting more. Some people are used to men who look like champions and act like them, not pissy children who hold themselves to a higher standard because they spent a decade in the indys for no damn reason. Undertaker, Orton, and Cena all made it in the business without wasting half their lives learning acrobatics. For a group of people on a FORUM you guys get real pissy when someone who isnt praising DB or CM Punk shows up. Who gives a fuck if you like these guys, in the 80's and 90's ratings were double for a reason. No one watches WWE to see real wrestling, leave that for the high school gym, they go to watch a show. A spectacle. So dont get all pissy when you take a guy who used to beat up his boss and pour beer all over him and replace him with a guy who yells yes. Thats all there is to the DB character. I'm still waiting for his magical mic skills to kick in. Oh no but WWE is holding him back right? No, they're not holding him back at all. Thats the biggest BS excuse I hear on this site. Every time a superstar doesnt get over its because WWE held them back. Bitch tell that to The Ringmaster. To Rocky Miavia. To Sexual Chocolate. To the former host of smackdown. To the Eminem knockoff or as he was previously known, The Prototype. There are plenty of guys who had shit gimmicks and turned out to be gold. DB has done none of that. I dont know what shows you guys are watching but Santino is definately getting bigger reactions than DB. But whatever, I guess I'm "just hating". Theres a reason why no ones cares about wrestling anymore, and it starts with these dumb ass marks on this site thinking they're the shit because Cena got tired of carrying the torch and waiting for someone else to get it so instead of feeding their #1 demographic, children, they had to settle for their #2, dumb little internet marks. What a joke WWE has become. And before you say otherwise go watch an episode of SD from 2003-2005 and tell me if the damn midcard wrestlers arent better than "YES YES YES".
True, he isnt anywhere near their status...But then again hes been champ for 3 months. You're comparing him to stars who have risen to superstardom after being on tv for years and being booked incredibly well. I dont think anyone here is comparing him to stars like Rock, Austin, HHH or Cena so you're completely missing the point.
And they are supporting the character because watching him say yes! yes! yes! is damn right annoying and makes you want to see him get beaten. Hes acting like he deserves to be the champ but doesnt (in the story) because of how he won it, how he said he'd cash it in at WM and how it has gone to his head.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, There would be no point in anyone coming onto forums like these if you didnt respect the fact that others have opinions. But its when people state their opinions as facts that people seem to get pissed off with. Its just being totally ignorant to say he gets no reaction, because everyone else can hear some crowd reaction, so why cant the minority that cant? Because they are warping the facts into their own opinion and ending up with a different "fact" that isnt true.
We have moved on from the 80's and 90's now. Muscle men dont necessarily get over like they did back then. Peoples in ring skills are far more exposed now days than they were back then. Half the wrestlers in the 80's who were in WWF wouldnt get into WWE now days. Same as half the wrestlers in WWE now wouldnt make it in WWF back then.
You use good examples in Cena and Orton, but still Orton wasn't exactly a top heels until about 2009 when he finally found a gimmick that was perfect for him. Until then, he got reactions but to me he looked bland and boring in most of the things he did. So that took him 7 years to become big star. You may disagree with me, but Orton pre 2009 to me was just boring. One thing that happened with Cena and Orton that hasnt with Bryan is they were exposed and put in a lot more storylines that Bryan has been. Bryan has been in 3 feuds that are remembered. Miz, Sheamus last year and Big Show. Compare that to Cena and Orton in their first 3 years. Thats now Bryans fault really, he hasnt been given the time that Cena and Orton got.
Bryan isnt being held back, no one should use that excuse. Then again none of the wrestlers you mentioned were held back either. When WWE saw they wernt getting over, they repackaged them. Ringmaster became Stone Cold, Rocky Maivia went from a smiling loser to being pissed off at the fans as the Rock. Sexual Chocolate turned into the worlds strongest man, The former host of smackdown who was smiling a botching his lines turned heel and became an arrogant jerk, who still botches most things. John Cena wasnt getting over as a bland blue chipper so turned into a thuggish rapper (if you think he wasnt getting over as a rapper, then go back to 2003 and watch him and crowd reactions)
Santino is getting bigger reactions. But its an underdog reaction. Its a comedy reaction. I really like Santino, and despite what everyone says i know hes good in the ring, hes just wrestling a comedy act to suit his character. Anthony Carelli was actually a good mat wrestler in OVW as Boris Alexiev. But his comedy act isnt made to last. And even though his reactions are bigger, as his current character, he wont be world champion because very few comedy acts ever do get the big one. Maybe he could turn heel or change to be a bit more serious but still keep some of his persona in tact that could take him to the next level. But Bryan and Santino are completely different. Also, Faces generally get bigger reactions than heels now anyway. The only heels that seems to get more reaction than Bryan is Barrett, Rhodes, Miz and Christian. Thats all. Mark Henry, Kane, ADR, Swagger and Ziggler all get about the same reaction, sometimes more, sometimes less.
2003 - 2005 Midcard better than Daniel Bryan...
Heidenrich, Maven, Al Snow, Val Venis, Hurricane, Spike Dudley, Tommy Dreamer, Rodney Mack, Steven Richards, Rob Conway, Chris Nowinski, Crash Holly, Billy Kidman, Shannon Moore, The FBI, Snitsky, A-Train, Tomko, Billy Gunn, Rico, Luther Reigns, Kenzo Suzuki, Orlando Jordan, Simon Dean, Tatanka, The Boogeyman, Vito, Hardcore Holly, Chris Masters.....Thats the majority from what i remember of the midcard from around that time, Not one of them are on Bryans level imo...So no, the midcard from back then was not better than "YES" "YES" "YES". There are some that might be but very few, maybe Carlito and Hassan and a few others, but thats not the bulk of the midcard.
