AegonTargaryen
Championship Contender
What exactly do people/IWC see in Dean Ambrose..so as to deify him?
1)Between July 2014-September 2015, when I had access to neither a TV nor a broadband connection so as to catch up with the WWE on youtube, I hardly knew how skillful either of Rollins, Reigns, and Ambrose were in the ring and on the mic as singles wrestlers, since I couldn't really follow Raw/Smackdown. Prior to that,I had found their mic skills rather dreadful in their promos against Evolution, and I found the whole feud done in order to "shake the ratings up" pretty much lacklustre and lacking in something- that fire of originality that we've seen in an Austin-Bret Hart, and variously, Austin-Rock, or Lesnar-Angle. In fact, I had returned to WZ about 10 months ago and abruptly made a negative comment in a post as to why Seth Rollins was a bad choice to push. I admit, I didn't even know how talented Seth was since I hadn't really seen him as a singles wrestler or even otherwise. But this september, all it took was a little "Seth Rollins The Architect" 2 minute promo thing they had been airing? to cause me to get hooked to him. That promo had HHH eulogizing him and clips of Seth Rollins' moves. I was amazed!
2)Now, obviously, I think Seth Rollins is a modern-day Shawn Michaels, and I say this only as a short analogy to indicate that Seth is pure awesomeness(ugh adjective/noun, I know) - in the ring, as a physique, and overall. I just love him.
3)But now that I've been watching the WWE on TV, I have been giving particular attention to Dean Ambrose, and I am yet to see anything remotely impressive about him. In fact, I find his in-ring skills mediocre, and some of his movements even awkward. I don't know what's more dreadfully bad than his clothesline he does after being Irish-whipped. Boy, it's awful, and he does it in every match, and it just looks bad.
4)Sure he has his suicide dive and a bulldog but apart from that, it's all kicks and punches, and even those aren't impressive. The whole "lunatic" schtick seems absurd since I don't know what's so lunatic about him?? Michael Cole drably keeps chanting "Here comes Lunatic Fringe"..but nothing happens. Basically, he has neither an exquisite moveset, nor exquisite agility that is translucently visible in a Seth Rollins or Shawn Michaels. Nor does he have anything that is characteristically his- a style that defines a Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle, or Kevin Owens. I'd like to use Randy Orton as an example. Remember his wrestling style during the VIPER era? He would focus on one particular body part and kick viciously...usually the legs, among other things. That's when Michael Cole chanting "The Viper.." sounded congruous. He was vicious and methodical.
5)His mic skills are okay I suppose. But I think Seth Rollins' are better. I haven't gone through every promo of his after the shield breakup, but just one(Lesnar-Authority-Cena-Rollins from January), and I found Seth totally amusing, his intonation, his cute little smile, even his babyboy being protected by The Authority image. (I chuckled when Paul Heyman says to him..the ADULTS are speaking here).
6)His attire? His movements are all awkward, especially the clothesline he does after being irish-whipped. But each time, I wonder if one can wrestle as freely when one is clad in a jeans? Who the hell wears a jeans and wrestles? John Cena's knee-length thing he wore a decade ago was bad enough.
7)I actually thought I'd like to give Dean Ambrose a chance since I have often read some IWC member here on in the comments section mention how the WWE should push Ambrose instead of Reigns and how he's a main-event level talent. I watched his match against Kewin Owens from Smackdown 4-5 weeks ago. It was a mainevent, but besides KO's usual smart/devious psychology, there was nothing in the match which captivated me. It left me with the feeling of "okay..that was the SD mainevent".
8)I do intend to give Dean Ambrose's wrestling skills/character yet another chance. I already plan on watching Ambrose vs Rollins from two different RAW episodes, as well as a rather lengthy match from FCW. But for now, I'm left wondering...is he really half as talented as Seth Rollins, or even Stone Cold Steve Austin or Brian Pillman?
1)Between July 2014-September 2015, when I had access to neither a TV nor a broadband connection so as to catch up with the WWE on youtube, I hardly knew how skillful either of Rollins, Reigns, and Ambrose were in the ring and on the mic as singles wrestlers, since I couldn't really follow Raw/Smackdown. Prior to that,I had found their mic skills rather dreadful in their promos against Evolution, and I found the whole feud done in order to "shake the ratings up" pretty much lacklustre and lacking in something- that fire of originality that we've seen in an Austin-Bret Hart, and variously, Austin-Rock, or Lesnar-Angle. In fact, I had returned to WZ about 10 months ago and abruptly made a negative comment in a post as to why Seth Rollins was a bad choice to push. I admit, I didn't even know how talented Seth was since I hadn't really seen him as a singles wrestler or even otherwise. But this september, all it took was a little "Seth Rollins The Architect" 2 minute promo thing they had been airing? to cause me to get hooked to him. That promo had HHH eulogizing him and clips of Seth Rollins' moves. I was amazed!
2)Now, obviously, I think Seth Rollins is a modern-day Shawn Michaels, and I say this only as a short analogy to indicate that Seth is pure awesomeness(ugh adjective/noun, I know) - in the ring, as a physique, and overall. I just love him.
3)But now that I've been watching the WWE on TV, I have been giving particular attention to Dean Ambrose, and I am yet to see anything remotely impressive about him. In fact, I find his in-ring skills mediocre, and some of his movements even awkward. I don't know what's more dreadfully bad than his clothesline he does after being Irish-whipped. Boy, it's awful, and he does it in every match, and it just looks bad.
4)Sure he has his suicide dive and a bulldog but apart from that, it's all kicks and punches, and even those aren't impressive. The whole "lunatic" schtick seems absurd since I don't know what's so lunatic about him?? Michael Cole drably keeps chanting "Here comes Lunatic Fringe"..but nothing happens. Basically, he has neither an exquisite moveset, nor exquisite agility that is translucently visible in a Seth Rollins or Shawn Michaels. Nor does he have anything that is characteristically his- a style that defines a Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle, or Kevin Owens. I'd like to use Randy Orton as an example. Remember his wrestling style during the VIPER era? He would focus on one particular body part and kick viciously...usually the legs, among other things. That's when Michael Cole chanting "The Viper.." sounded congruous. He was vicious and methodical.
5)His mic skills are okay I suppose. But I think Seth Rollins' are better. I haven't gone through every promo of his after the shield breakup, but just one(Lesnar-Authority-Cena-Rollins from January), and I found Seth totally amusing, his intonation, his cute little smile, even his babyboy being protected by The Authority image. (I chuckled when Paul Heyman says to him..the ADULTS are speaking here).
6)His attire? His movements are all awkward, especially the clothesline he does after being irish-whipped. But each time, I wonder if one can wrestle as freely when one is clad in a jeans? Who the hell wears a jeans and wrestles? John Cena's knee-length thing he wore a decade ago was bad enough.
7)I actually thought I'd like to give Dean Ambrose a chance since I have often read some IWC member here on in the comments section mention how the WWE should push Ambrose instead of Reigns and how he's a main-event level talent. I watched his match against Kewin Owens from Smackdown 4-5 weeks ago. It was a mainevent, but besides KO's usual smart/devious psychology, there was nothing in the match which captivated me. It left me with the feeling of "okay..that was the SD mainevent".
8)I do intend to give Dean Ambrose's wrestling skills/character yet another chance. I already plan on watching Ambrose vs Rollins from two different RAW episodes, as well as a rather lengthy match from FCW. But for now, I'm left wondering...is he really half as talented as Seth Rollins, or even Stone Cold Steve Austin or Brian Pillman?