I've Decided I Like Alberto Del Rio

[Uncle Sam]

Swagger's promo with all his awards was damn fine. Damn fine.

 

[The Doctor]

Swagger should just be Swagger. He was at his best when he was being goofy and doing the pushups, had the Eagle, etc. But of course, he started getting over AND WE CAN'T HAVE THAT!

 

[Coco]

He was being himself on SmackDown, almost doing pushups on Kofi Kingston. Keeping the black man down gets you wild heel heat these days.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Could have only been more spectacular if Ron Simmons had walked past and said damn.

 

[Little Jerry Lawler]

Well I for one have decided that I don't really like Alberto Del Rio. At least not yet, or at least, not to the extent that many guys on here do. I get the whole concept of heel psychology, I really do. I have been watching wrestling for a long time so I don't need anyone to come on here and explain to me that you are supposed to boo him, which makes him an effective heel, or that the entrance, the wink, etc., are typically heel trademarks. I get it.

But he's been in WWE for less than a year. I don't care how long he's been wrestling in Mexico or anywhere else for that matter, or what his pre-WWE credentials are, he's a rookie in the WWE world. And I simply don't think this rookie has proven himself enough, yet, to earn the type of praise he receives on these forums.

I'm not suggesting he be future endeavored. I don't feel that he won't be a big deal down the road. But what happened to paying your dues? What happened to earning your position in the big leagues, rather than just having it handed to you? They tried to anoint Drew McIntyre in this fashion, or Swagger for that matter, and we saw how that went. Why replicate your past errors?

As I said in an earlier thread, I've been reading for years that John Morrison is "not ready," whatever the he'll that even means. Despite being in WWE for years and having achieved a lot while there, people continue to say he isn't ready to be in the main event. Meanwhile along comes ADR, who isn't as good in the ring as JoMo is and who has an effective but stereotypical and redundant schtick, and people want him to win the Royal Rumble, to main event Wrestlemania 27, and to becoming a major title holder in 2011. Seems inconsistent to me.

I say keep ADR right where he is. Let him have a good showing in the RR. Keep him involved in interesting feuds throughout the year. And if he does all of this and is still all that at year end, then give him a push. But let's not push him to the moon quite yet. He hasn't earned it yet, and hasn't shown he is capable of pulling it off. Which I, for one, don't think he's able to do.

If you can be a draw and be successful within a year, then paying your dues and earning your position is irrelevant in the wrestling world.

 

[hatehabsforever]

If you can be a draw and be successful within a year, then paying your dues and earning your position is irrelevant in the wrestling world.

All due respect, I have to disagree. Paying your dues and earning your spot should always matter. Unfortunately, they don't always, but they should.

Is ADR a draw? I really don't know, he hasn't been there long enough to find out. Give him a year or so, see how he fares, and then we can decide if he draws or not.

Is he successful? So far, yes. But what happens when his schtick gets old, and he has to fall back on his in ring abilities or actual mic skills to stay over? Can he do it, I really don't know. But there are other guys in line ahead of him that deserve a push more so than he does while we are giving him enough time to develop to determine if he truly can be successful or not.

 

[Coco]

All due respect, I have to disagree. Paying your dues and earning your spot should always matter.

Tell that to Bill Goldberg.

 

[Little Jerry Lawler]

Or Brock Lesnar

 

[Coco]

Do you know how stupid the suggestion that we wait for his schtick to get old and then see what happens sounds?

 

[hatehabsforever]

But we are not actually going to suggest that ADR is comparable to Brock Lesnar or Bill Goldberg, now are we? The immediate impact of Lesnar was unique, I doubt we'll see anyone go through the stratosphere that quickly ever again.

 

[Little Jerry Lawler]

Lesnar was never a draw.

Lesnar won two world titles in 12 months. Sheamus won two world titles in eight months.

 

[Hulk Hogan's Brother]

The Swagger/ Angle comparisons are asinine. All they have in common is the ankle lock and an amateur background. Angle had a sounder knowledge of pro wrestling even as a rookie. Swagger seems like he only knows amateur moves well. His execution of pro wrestling moves is not top notch like Angle's was.

 

[thrilla11]

Alberto Del Rio has been great as a heel on Smackdown. Which leads me to believe that he'll be drafted to RAW this year. Smackdown always gets raped in drafts.