I'm not talking about Santino!
Tonight, I had an interesting conversation (if you could call it that) with Stinger about one NXT Rookie Percy Watson. Stinger said that Percy Watson is never going to be anything more than a comedy jobber. As a Watson fan, I took offense to that, and it really got me thinking: Why do funny or entertaining characters like Percy Watson automatically get lumped in the "comedy jobber" role, especially if it's shown they can go in the ring?
I don't see why someone who is funny on the mic has to be a comedy jobber. Watson is athletic and it's shown that he takes himself seriously during matches. It's not like he's doing a Santino role and being stupid every match and can barely wrestle.
He was the first example that came to mind, but there are others. The IWC loves to say that a wrestler needs to become more "serious" in his personality if he wants to go anywhere - even if it means losing the personality that got them over in the first place. I don't get why the IWC automatically assumes that comedy = jobber.
Somebody, please enlighten me.
Tonight, I had an interesting conversation (if you could call it that) with Stinger about one NXT Rookie Percy Watson. Stinger said that Percy Watson is never going to be anything more than a comedy jobber. As a Watson fan, I took offense to that, and it really got me thinking: Why do funny or entertaining characters like Percy Watson automatically get lumped in the "comedy jobber" role, especially if it's shown they can go in the ring?
I don't see why someone who is funny on the mic has to be a comedy jobber. Watson is athletic and it's shown that he takes himself seriously during matches. It's not like he's doing a Santino role and being stupid every match and can barely wrestle.
He was the first example that came to mind, but there are others. The IWC loves to say that a wrestler needs to become more "serious" in his personality if he wants to go anywhere - even if it means losing the personality that got them over in the first place. I don't get why the IWC automatically assumes that comedy = jobber.
Somebody, please enlighten me.