What Does Kazarian Need to Become a Star?

[Albert T]

I like Kazarian and feel he has a lot of upside. From what I've seen, he needs to break through with his promos like Steve Austin did. That's what's holding him back in my opinion. If he can let go of whatever is stifling his talking abilities, then he will be able to reach the top of the card. He has so much personality that's bottled up inside of him that I worry if he's going to explode sometimes. I really like what he's been doing with Daniels and would love to see if he can build on that for his singles career. So...

Do you agree? Disagree? Does Kazarian have what it takes to make it to the main event or not?

 

[MoRtAnDaD]

I like kazarian as much as the next guy. But to be honest, he doesnt have the "it factor" on him.

He is great in the ring, and sure pretty decent on the mic. But to become a top star you need something thats not gained by training or acting, charisma. And there are very few guys that have charisma and empaty with the crownd.

And its not kazarian fault, or booking fault. Most of the pro-wrestlers out there doesnt have the natural stardom within.

 

[Pera]

He needs to stay affiliated with Daniels. I feel the two have some amazing chemistry together and are both amazingly solid in the ring. They just seem to bounce off one another and the longer they are together, the better.

Kazarian has been a singles wrestler, and X-Division wrestler, for a long time but has always failed to truly get over with the audience. He seems like a major player now in the tag team division with a truly sick partner and they should milk it for as long as possible.

He is in a perfect position as it sits. He'll continue to gain exposure and camera time while putting on some awesome matches. He'll never be a main eventer, just a more than suitable mid card talent.

Think he's great.

 

[George Steele's Barber]

If he wasn't tanned and ripped you could tell me that he was slightly down syndromed and I would believe you. He is basically Randy Orton's twin that didn't get the proper nutrition in the womb. His illicit foreign object should be safety scissors.

His best bet at becoming a star is for him to go full on DB unstable. Become a humorous degenerate character instead of trying to be the same pretty boy that half the rest of the wresting world is trying to become. He not as polished as he is trying to be and it shows. He just gets lost in the shuffle behind guys who sound better and/or look better.

Or he could try to get really serious about the steroids.

 

[Alex]

Kazarian's never going to be a main eventer, let's get that out the way. I like the guy but he's at the low end of the interesting scale. He doesn't have a unique look (like Jeff Hardy) he's not that bad on the mic, but he doesn't have the natural talking ability of Aries, Storm, Ray or Roode. I still think he could be a solid midcarder though.

In all honesty, keep doing what he's doing with Daniels. This is the most I've liked Kaz as far back as I can remember, before he was just there, now he does something I like.

As to if he could carry this on if he was on his own, I'm sure he could, me might need to tweak himself a bit, but his in-ring skills and competence on the mic could make him a staple of the X-Division/TV scene.

 

[SuperKick36]

If he wasn't tanned and ripped you could tell me that he was slightly down syndromed and I would believe you. He is basically Randy Orton's twin that didn't get the proper nutrition in the womb. His illicit foreign object should be safety scissors.

His best bet at becoming a star is for him to go full on DB unstable. Become a humorous degenerate character instead of trying to be the same pretty boy that half the rest of the wresting world is trying to become. He not as polished as he is trying to be and it shows. He just gets lost in the shuffle behind guys who sound better and/or look better.

Or he could try to get really serious about the steroids.

Okay, the bolded statement is just... wrong. I don't usually like to correct people, but I don't believe you can be "slightly down sydromed." Plus, that's an insult to people with Down Syndrome. To top that off, that statement was just offensive lol.

Anyway, I agree with you. I think Kaz just doesn't have the look. IMO, he lost it when he cut his hair. He looked WAY better with longer hair (Bobby Roode is the same way), and had more of a wrestler look. I thought he looked like a smaller, more athletic Scott Hall. Though... he doesn't have the charisma Hall had.

I mean, WWE gave him a shot and he couldn't capitalize. So he went back to TNA and now TNA just doesn't see it either. I do think he's outstanding in the ring, but like you said he needs to be less of a run-of-the-mill "bad/pretty boy" and become a more extreme character like DB, or maybe even almost an EY kind of character but stay more balanced so we can relate better.

 

[Phenomenal]

Wheter he will be a star or not, that is irrelevant. What is guaranteed is that he will be the wold champ in the next 2-3 years.

Why do I say this? well, he can do AWSOME things in the ring that not many In TNA can do. For that reason, the creative will put the title on him.

 

[#heel420]

They tried pushing him to the moon in 2007 when he won the Fight for the Right tourney beating Christian Cage in a ladder match. Then, he got a World Title match on Impact(which is bullshit because he won this big tournament and doesn't even get a ppv title match, great booking TNA.) against Kurt Angle which he lost. Then he slowly got pushed down the card and quit because "he lost his love of wrestling". Then returned under a mask as Suicide. They really dropped the ball on Kaz IMO. He was really popular when he won the Fight for the Right, and they completely failed to capitalize on creating a new home grown star. He has it in him to get over, but at this point he just looks like a missed opportunity.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

In the grand scheme of things, I think that Kazarian has gone as far as he can really go. While TNA could try to elevate him to a main event spot, that doesn't mean that Kazarian has the stuff for it.

Everything from Kazarian's look, character, promo ability and personality practically screams mid-carder. It's kind of unfortunate that online fans, I'm guilty of this sometimes too, treat being a mid-carder as if it's someone with leprosy. There've been tons of great wrestlers to come and do that've spent the majority of their careers entrenched within the mid-card and/or tag team scene. Some of those mid-carders were mistakenly elevated to main event status, like maybe Lex Luger or Ricky Steamboat, but they're mostly remembered for being mid-card stars. And before someone drops a lung because I alluded to it being a mistake elevating Ricky Steamboat, it's true. He was phenomenal inside the ring but he had no personality, no promo ability to speak of and the charisma of a rotting corpse. Not everybody can be a main eventer, it's just not practical. There's no shame in being a mid-card star no matter how much internet fans might gripe otherwise.

I just don't Kazarian as having that special something about him. Kazarian's just too generic. He's a nice looking guy with a decent build, a deep tan without much charisma to speak of. All he's missing are a couple of tattoos and he'd be the prototypical generic modern wrestler. The only reason I see Kazarian as being elevated at all is because he's been paired with Daniels, who's carried the VAST majority of the weight for whatever programs they're into. Once they go their separate ways, I expect it'll go back to being the same old same old for Kazarian.

 

[TJWWE]

Nothing can be done. He is a fantastic wrestler but has 0% personality.

 

[xavyer]

Kaz in TNA is like Cody Rhodes in the WWE, the only difference is that the only thing that helps Cody is that he's the son of a legend, but for both of them, this is as far as they're gonna go, so what to their respective organizations do to keep them relevant, put them in a tag team with people more talented than them so they can keep being on tv, but as for Kaz to become a star, i don't mean this with disrespect, but there is nothing more he can do.......

 

[HBsam31]

It seems to me also that he has gone as far as he can go, Before he got with Daniels he never really made much noise outside of the X division. I think he is doing his best work now and should definitely stay with Daniels. I could see him winning the title at some point, but I don't think he will ever attain that mega over star status. I really really like what he is doing now, but I think a lot of that is becasue he is playing off of Daniels.

 

[ヒュー　G.　レックション]

I see Kazarian as a jack of all trades, master of none... He can talk, he can wrestle but he does not truly stand out, he does not have the IT FACTOR. He definitely has talent though. I mean if I were to compare Kaz to the Miz, im my opinion Kaz has him beat in all areas. Can wrestle better, talk better, looks more intimidating etc but I digress.... these are different companies.

Kaz and Daniels should keep doing what they're doing and they can go down as another great tag team that TNA made. Not everyone has to be a world champion or main eventer.

 

[BaconBits]

I don't think he'll ever be a big star. He just isn't particularly interesting in any facet of the sports entertainment business. That's not to say he's a 'bad' wrestler, because he isn't. He can do any move asked of him decently and he can garner a halfway decent crowd reaction. I just don't think he'll ever make it over the proverbial hump to being a big time star. And that's okay, he makes for a good henchman and upper midcard guy and wrestling will always need that kind of dude around.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

In short, a personality, and a boat load of public speaking lessons.

I love Kaz & Daniels (I even referred to them as TNA's Edge & Christian), but no, he doesn't have what it takes to be a main event performer, because by default main event performers require exceptional verbal skill/talent, a great look/character and adequate in-ring ability, and tend to need at least two of the three to succeed. Jeff Hardy, for example, only has two of those three (adequate in-ring ability, great look/character), but still excels. Kazarian has one — adequate in-ring ability. His look/character is generic, and his verbal skills are poor. Listen to him when he grabs the mic each week and insults the fans – it comes across completely forced, and when you are in main event programs, that's the kind of performance that will kill a feud, often before it ever achieves lift-off.

I like Kaz, but as I've said of him in the past, the same holds true still — he's a Jack of all trades, master of none.

 

[The Boss]

He is about as high as he's going to get. which honestly is probably a lot better than he should. So don't feel bad for the guy. He's done far more than most people in pro wrestling can dream of.