First off, I commented on Angle having an illegitimate son. It isn't just the age difference, but the fact that Kurt Angle was meant to be a "moral" upright character who preached old American values and the three "i"s. Now, if he were a heel GM, you could write this off as him being a hypocrite, but as a face, it makes him look like bad.
How exactly does it make him look bad? It's 2017, not 1917 where if you had a child out of wedlock people behaved as if it was the worst thing in the world. Too many people in the world today have premarital sex and have kids out of wedlock for inserting such draconian morals into things and expect it to work.
I feel that an "illegitimate son" of Vince would be a good storyline, because then he could feud with Shane, and possibly Triple H, and spar verbally with Stephanie. They could try to undermine him, etc, or give him favourable treatment (I remember a season of "Tough Enough" where a guy pitched his gimmick of being "Vince's third child" and from another relationship, and he would come to WWE to his share of the McMahon empire. The guy didn't get through, but the idea has merit).
Isn't this storyline gobbling up time on an authority figure, GM Kurt Angle? What difference does it make if the authority figure is Vince or Kurt?
The time in which Kurt Angle has been on-screen isn't remotely in the same ballpark as with Vince, Stephanie, Triple H or Shane in the past. Up until the past month or so, we
MIGHT see Shane or Kurt on screen for a total of 5 minutes a week. A significant difference is, as I've mentioned, they've gone down this road with the illegitimate McMahon son before and I just don't believe too many people would be interested because so many are just really burned out on the McMahon's being all over the product week in and week out.
Yes he doesn't look like Flair, but I would have cast someone else in the role, then. I just think Jason Jordan is too bland and lacking charisma to be Angle's son.
"Angle's tan gives him roughly the same skin complexion".
Jason Jordan is black. That is not a tan. Angle is white, Jordan is black. Now I know that can happen (maybe the storyline mother is black), but it is insulting to compare a tan to someone's race.
Besides, Ric Flair has a darker tan than Angle.
To my knowledge, charisma isn't a genetic trait and Jordan is still coming into his own. And yes, I'm well aware that Jason Jordan is black but there are varying degrees of skin tone among those of African American descent and Jordan has what the Rock has termed in the past more of a peanut butter complexion along the same lines of himself and Roman Reigns and, when Kurt Angle when Angle really burns himself up tanning. I don't know how dark skinned Jordan's actual parents but his lighter skin tone suggest a biracial lineage.
"Unlike Vince and Flair, Angle is still able to wrestle without undue risk".
WTF? This is a guy who developed a painkiller addiction because he injured his neck. He puts himself in jeopardy everytime he wrestles.
He had two matches since he came back to WWE, both were multi-man matches. The one where he joined the Shield for the night, he was missing for half the match. In multi-man matches, he can rest while others do the heavy lifting, but in a singles match, you take more bumps. I know Angle wrestled on TNA, and he put himself at risk, but Vince is not going to risk a lawsuit if Angle isn't 100%.
Even if he is, why waste his return WWE singles bout on Jason Jordan? There are plenty of young guys who are more worthy of it (e.g. A.J Styles, Kevin Owens, Shinsuke Nakamura etc).
He developed, past tense, an addition to painkillers and since he's not popping them like skittles anymore, so what? Angle has had to undergo a marathon of medical tests, anyone WWE signs that intends to wrestle a match has to undergo them and Angle obviously passed mustard. Even though he's wrestled two multi-man matches, again, so what? It's more than Flair and Vince are capable of at this point; Vince is 72 years old and even though he still works out like a fiend, he's at a point in his life where it's risky for him to even take bumps, let alone wrestle a match. And yes, I know he took some bumps for Kevin Owens and while it was entertaining, the risk was still there. Finally, Vince has said that he doesn't want to appear on television often anymore and that's why he hasn't in many years, which is a good decision because Vince is someone who was a centerpiece for WWE angles an storylines for over a decade. As for Ric Flair, he'll
NEVER wrestle in a WWE ring again, nor should he, and he shouldn't wrestle again period; the last few times he wrestled in TNA, he suffered significant injuries requiring surgery. Also, about 8 or 9 weeks ago, Flair was a death's door so nothing remotely physical will ever happen to Flair if/when he sets foot in a WWE ring again.
One reason why I think Jordan is good for this role is because it's something that actually impact his career. Just using the three you mentioned, one problem is that they're all on SmackDown and while I'm sure a "trade" could be made, there's no real point.
When it comes to Styles, he and Angle fought ad nauseam in TNA and Styles is established as a major player in WWE; he's been WWE's in-ring MVP for the last 2 years, he's been 2 time United States Champion and is currently on his 2nd run as WWE Champion, which marks his 9th overall time holding an internationally famous World Championship.
Kevin Owens has been treated as and consistently booked as one of the top players on the main roster since he arrived. Owens has been consistently booked in top programs and many of which have involved him going up against guys like Orton, Cena or Reigns. He's a 3 time US Champ, 2 time Intercontinental Champion and spent 6 months as Universal Champion.
As for Nakamura, even though he's yet to really be in what many would consider a marquee program, he's already established as one of the most over guys on the roster. I wouldn't have an issue with him facing Angle as it'd be much more of a boon to his WWE career than it would for Styles or Owens, but I think there'd be concerns regarding Angle's health in a match with Nakamura; I like Nakamura, but the guy can be a little reckless at times. Nakamura likes to wrestle that stiff, strong style that's common in Japan and maybe it'd give Vince pause to put them in a bout together.
Jason Jordan is overrated. I see him as a tag-team wrestler. They should have kept American Alpha, and used someone else for this role. I can't see Jordan ever winning the Universal or WWE Title.
Is he overrated or do you just not like the guy? There's a difference, a major difference, between the two. A couple of years ago, Roman Reigns was overrated, I don't think he is now but he was then. Why? Because he was constantly put into programs and into spots in which he didn't have the ability. However, he's learned and improved since that time to the point that had he started getting those big pushes now, I think it'd be a different story. Right now, Jason Jordan is in the middle of a storyline with a good amount of attention put on it, he's slowly progressing as a character & on working the mic and he's getting strong responses from the fans who're getting into his increasingly heelish behavior while simultaneously putting on strong matches. I don't know if he'll ever be WWE or Universal Champion, I know that he's definitely not ready right now but I'm not going to write him off before he even really gets a chance.
Right now, I think Jordan has done a good job with what he's been given. However, as this story goes on, there'll come a time in which he'll have to step things up a notch during his promos, he'll have to step things up to draw fans into who he is and keep them interested in where he's going. That will be when he'll have to carry as much weight in this program as Angle is and that's when his biggest tests begin.
