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So, how would the people on the forums rank the rookies so far on the show? Make sure to give reasons for your rankings and not to spam. That is about as far as I can elaborate, so here we go.

Sign Guy's Rookie Rankings: Through Week 4

1. Alex Riley: A-Ri, to me, is the total package. He has some of the best mic work in the E at this point, which is saying alot with him being where he is. I haven't seen a bunch of his in-ring work, but it is good from what I have seen, and I've heard good things from his FCW time. He has the look about him, which helps his case alot. He is my number one, easily.

2. Michael McGillicutty: I like his attitude. He has, as he so kindly puts it, ruthless agression. You know, that thing Cena had. Of course that didn't work out at all for him. Anyway, Hennig (as I'll refer to him) seems pretty good in the ring, has a good look to him, and a great finisher. He has the right (kayfabe) attitude to make it in the WWE. Let's go Hennig!

3. Husky Harris: I am going to get so much heat for this, but I realy don't care. Husky is good. He has a good in-ring style that works for him and can let him produce decent matches. That is all you can really ask of some people. His look might not be the greatest, but Vince must not care because he is in the WWE to begin with. He has the right attitude and his character works for me. And I love how they are building him to be his own character, seperate from his family. That is how it should be done with some people, and it works for Husky.

T-4. Percy Watson: "Showtime" is here for his abilty to connect with the fans. He is entertaining, he is funny, he is exciting, and in all the right ways. He has decent enough ring skills to make it in WWE. But even though he might make it in WWE, I seriously doubt that he'll be a "breakout" star. Anything is possible, but this is tough for him, which is what keeps him down. I don't see him winning this thing, but hopefully he sticks around. I like him.

T-4. Kaval: He is this low for two reasons: One in the fact that his pros are holding him back. Lay-Cool would be fine with anyone else, but he isn't the type of character that should be with Lay-Cool. I understand that the thing here is to put some of these guys out of their element, but this is more than out of the element, it is wrongful character building. This leads to my second point, his character is being built wrong. He shouldn't talk. He shouldn't be fan-friendly. I'm not saying he shouldn't be a face. He could play either way, but he should be the kind of guy who intimidates you, scares you, doesn't explain himself, attacks, makes an impression, and leaves. Kind of like a cruiserweight Goldberg. This is how I see a character like his. Even if he does talk (that is my personal preference), this is how I think a character as his should be built.

5/6. Eli Cottonwood: He has a slimmer of hope. He could be one of those mysterious, creepy, vicious big men, like Kane or Undertaker. Other than that, he has nothing other than being big. He'll take much work to be succesful in the character I mentioned anyway.

6/7. Lucky Cannon: Wow. Horrible. Bland. Cookie-Cutter. Boring. Average at best yet boring in the ring. Eliminate him now.

And, as a side note, Titus should be on the show. If there were no eliminations as planned, he would be in-between Kaval and Cottonwood.

 

[martymcfly]

I'm not sure if my post belongs here or elsewhere, since the topic is pros poll but the first post is about how we personally would rank the rookies.

My point is that from what I've seen of season 2, "rankings" still really don't matter. I thought it was interesting that season 2 includes fan voting, as that did seem appropriate to some extent. However, when results are displayed for elimination, we are given no indication as to how the fan voting went or how the pros ranking went. We just see a list which is no different than what they did in season 1.

So to me, this means that despite claiming that 50% of the ranking is due to fan voting, we have no way of knowing if that is true or not. And it probably is not. Not to say that they don't take votes into consideration, but in the end, the winners are probably going to be whoever creative is most impressed with. Which means in the end that this isn't a reality show us much as a tryout that lasts a few months.

What I'd like to see is some sort of breakdown in how fans voted. At least add some credibility to your claimed format. Even if you lie about how the fan votes turned out, do something.

 

[The Vintage One]

The rankings are off due to the fact that the fans are voting. If it was just simply the pros Lucky Cannon would've been eliminated by now. I like the fact that Riley is still number 3 and he has to slowly climb his way up to #1 despite the fans being against him. Out of the 6 left, 4 are faces so hopefully Lucky loses his votes to the other faces in the next poll, and he gets thrown off as soon as possible.

 

[The Holy One]

My rankings so far:

1. Alex Riley - He has shown to have the best complete look out of all the rookies so far imo. The guy can hold his own on the mic, and he has good in-ring ability just needs a little bit more work.

2. Michael McGillicutty - He's shown to have the best in-ring work so far imo. I would just like to hear more improvent on the mic.

3. Kaval - The best in-ring worker of the group by far. His personality and the way he talks on the mic is the main reason why I can't put him past number 3.

4. Percy Watson - He's the best on the mic and that's a given. He needs a lot of work in terms of wrestling imo.

5. Husky Harris - I've beginning to grow on Harris in the past few weeks. He's shown to have a good in-ring work and he's decent in talking imo. I do believe that has to do a lot with the guidance of "Dashing" Cody Rhodes.

6. Lucky Cannon - The man just has no personality at all. The only thing interesting about him is the reason behind his name other than that there's no reason he should have lasted this far. It also doesn't help to have Mark Henry as your pro.

 

[Ultra Awesome]

My vision of the rankings arre:

1. Alex Riley - Has the whole package. Mic Skills are fantastic. Charismatic. Has the look. Physically fit. His in ring abillity is acceptable. Over all, he reminds me of the Rock.

2. Husky Harris - Good in ring work (especially considering his size) (Very sharp/fast). He has a good "bad ass" attitude. I can definately picture him a champion.

3. Kaval - Out of all the NXT rookies, he has the best wrestling skills. Mic skills could be better (he really needs to stop trying to get cheap pops by saying "the WWE UNIVERSE").

4. Michael McGillicutty - His wrestling skills are good and the WWE UNIVERSE seems to be behind him. But I just simply don't like him. He thinks just because his pappi is Mr. Perfect that he is destined for greatness. (Sidenote: He looks like Jamie Noble.)

5. Percy Watson - Entertaining. Very charismatic. Phiscally fit...A joke. He won't be taken serious if he plans to be a WWE Superstar (especially if he wants to be champion) if he keeps saying "Oh yea baby! Thats What I'm talking 'bout!". "...wanna be Eddie Murphy" -Alex Riley

6. Lucky Cannon - BORING! (enough said)

I think that allowing the WWE UNIVERSE to be able to vote was a bad idea. This affects the rookies that are trying out as heels (Alex Riley/Husky Harris). Personally, I always felt that the "WWE UNIVERSE" being consisted of mainly kids, people that only like cheering for baby faces, and people that dont really know much about wrestling.