Why Zack Ryder Is A Future Star

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I believe that Zack Ryder is one of the most underrated and talented WWE Superstars, and I think he has a huge future. Many people may disagree with me, so let me tell you why it will happen.

1. He has charisma.
Wether he is in the ring working the crowd to a T, singing "Friday" for Snoop Dogg and hitting on Snooki, or hosting his very own YouTube show, The Long Island Iced Z has charisma and knows how to work it. From his smirk driven, innovative yet heat-drawing catchphrase to his mic work in the segments he manages to get, he oozes charisma from every bone in his body. Want any more proof?

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2. He knows how to work in the ring.
Zack Ryder is a great in-ring worker. He knows how to draw great heel heat from his antics in the ring, basically has in-ring and heel psychology down pat, and has an innovative and solid move set. He can put on a good show in the ring and entertain the crowd. Here is just a small sample of his work.

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3. He has character.

In this day of wrestling where there seems to be few to no real characters, Zack Ryder brings a fun and interesting character back to the business that can be played perfectly as a face or heel. He is the obnoxious, annoying, Jersey guido that everyone loves to hate, and he plays it perfectly. From the way he acts to his natural ability and personality in character, he and his gimmick are perfect for each other and it just works. It is something that doesn't happen often.

4. He is young.
Ryder is only 25 years old. He more than likely has at least another 10 years in the business and has time to develop further and farther. He has time to grow in respect, standing, and ability, and also to improve physically and mature mentally, which can get you far in the business. He has continued to grow from the time he debuted with Curt Hawkins as one of the Major Brothers, and will continue from here on out.

5. He is dedicated.
Ryder, from his hilarious tweet and charismatic YouTube videos, shows full support of his character and sticks to the script. He is loyal to the WWE and to the mission and path they have him on. It is obvious loyalty to a company pays off in the long run, as evidenced by many of the long-running stars in the company who haven't left, like Kane and Mark Henry. Staying loyal is important, and it is a trait Ryder carries.

Zack Ryder has what it takes to be a future star in the business. He has age on his side, he has loyalty, work ethic, and charisma and ring ability. He is a full package, and they don't come along very often. Zack Ryder is a future star in the making, and you can mark my words.
 
I agree. Ryder has amazing talent and could really succeed if given the right opportunity. I think he could even make it work with his current gimmick. As bad as it is, he's made it work. I can see him sort of taking over the Edge type role in the future if they push him right.
 
heres the thing....he sucks and nobody is going to pay to see him wrestle. His gimmick is corny, he voice is annoying and just because you have charisma doesnt mean you know how to work a crowd. I can pretty much guarantee that even if he was given the best gimmick and storyline in the world, he couldnt capitalize on it because he is just not that good at all...hell put him back with curt hawkins and let them team again cuz thats the only way he'd ever get a second look from this direction
 
heres the thing....he sucks and nobody is going to pay to see him wrestle. His gimmick is corny, he voice is annoying and just because you have charisma doesnt mean you know how to work a crowd. I can pretty much guarantee that even if he was given the best gimmick and storyline in the world, he couldnt capitalize on it because he is just not that good at all...hell put him back with curt hawkins and let them team again cuz thats the only way he'd ever get a second look from this direction

I disagree. I doubt many people thought they would ever pay to see Randy Orton wrestle in 2002, or The Rock wrestle when everybody wanted Rocky to die. But they had the charisma and powered through there gimmick/character or crated their own, they persevered, and become champions. It is the same case here, it takes time.

And he in fact does no how to work a crowd. His mic work proves it, and if you watch any of his matches you will find that he displays excellent heel work in the ring. He knows how to play a crowd into the palm of his hands, whether it is slowly and methodically picking apart his opponent, wearing down their body, or yelling and taunting towards the crowd mid-match. He drips charisma all over the mat during his matches. It isn't hard to see.
 
I have always been a Zack Ryder fan even back when he was with Curt Hawkins. When he changed his gimmick to the one he has now I began to love him even more. He is an amazing talent. He does not have to be a main eventer, but he certainly should get some title shots. I could see him being an Intercontinental, tag team, or US champion. I think that Zack would be popular and succesful just by being used more on telivision and having his own comedy segments or whatever him or the WWE can come up with. Roddy Piper is a legend and he only won one or two titles in the WWE. Zack Ryder could be the same way. His character is unique and original (in the WWE) and he is very loyal to the WWE.
 
The guy has charisma in spades. He's taken a lame gimmick andf really made it his own beofre Jersey Shore became the "in" thing. Seriosuly, he so natural on the mic and really doesn't recieve enough credit before his delivery. But here's the thing he's actually a pretty good wrestler. His matches with Christian in WWECW were very underappreciated, and he more than impressed. Even his tag team stint with Hawkins was afarily decent run. They really shoud've had more time together. That being said, he just doesn't have the look or fit that mold of beign a credible contender. He's just been buried far too much over the past year, and when a guy get buried to the extent he has, they usually never recoever. From constant jobbing to being the butt of everyone's joke, It just seems like too much. They only way I see him recovering is if A, Creative just gets really high on the guy and decides to actually take him serious, or he just gets a gimmick chnage that is a solid 180 and it just takes off. Other than that...yeah. Still, he is only 25, so he could be a jobber for ten years and still only be 35. There's still an off chance that he just has too much potential to be wasted for his entire WWE carrer, but only time will tell.
 
The 853rd Zack Ryder post... Im a huge fan but like I've said before lets wait it out and see if the WWE does anything with him. Cena and The Miz are both fans which is a good thing. I even saw an interview were HHH said in the future he can be a huge star.
 
Zack Ryder was fun to watch on the ECW brand. He got some serious pushes there and was even competing for the ECW title. Oh, and the most important thing was that he was WINNING a lot of his matches. Now? I can't remember the last time he won a match. He's the guy that loses in 25 seconds. How the hell do you rebound from that? Unless the WWE gives him a chance to pull an upset against some big name and a major gimmick makeover, I don't see him climbing the ranks. Everything about him at this point spells certified jobber. He has charisma, the mic skills and the moves, but it's the gimmick that's holding him back. Take a look at the Miz for example. He's similar to Zack Ryder in terms of balance, except he changed his attire and tweaked his condescending attitude just a bit more. That made him into a much more serious competitor.
 
I disagree. I doubt many people thought they would ever pay to see Randy Orton wrestle in 2002, or The Rock wrestle when everybody wanted Rocky to die. But they had the charisma and powered through there gimmick/character or crated their own, they persevered, and become champions. It is the same case here, it takes time.

And he in fact does no how to work a crowd. His mic work proves it, and if you watch any of his matches you will find that he displays excellent heel work in the ring. He knows how to play a crowd into the palm of his hands, whether it is slowly and methodically picking apart his opponent, wearing down their body, or yelling and taunting towards the crowd mid-match. He drips charisma all over the mat during his matches. It isn't hard to see.

see the thing about randy and the rock, they were dead rookies tho. they were in their very early 20's so it was hard to tell how they would turn out at that point...Ryder is damn near a veteran. hes been wrestling for YEARS and i personally dont see any use in him at all...hell Primo showed me more in his wun match with Sin Cara than Ryder has in his entire tenure in WWE
 
Unfortunately I think HHH let us know what he thought of Zach Ryder during the mania interview when asked why Ryder wasn't on the card. He simply said, who likes Ryder? You and the other 2 or 3 guys? If I had to guess Ryder will be part of the upcoming cut.
 
Lots of great gimmicks are wasted on wrestlers who can't seem to break through. Remember Sean O'Haire? The dude from WCW who was with the Natural Born Thrillers before the company folded? Here was his gimmick in the WWE.

[YOUTUBE]4XDtXARTXwA[/YOUTUBE]

Yea... I was so ready to see what this dude was going to be able to do... and what happened? Repackaged and eventually done with the WWE. As talented and as solid as Zack Ryder is... he's not going to get past mid-card status with the WWE and is possibly on the front line of cuts that are bound to be made.

It's a sad reality, but it's not a knock on Ryder. It's a case of 'being good, but not great'. And Ryder as a future star is a huge reach. His gimmick isn't even that good. He's the Situation from the Jersey Shore. Only he's not. And he's not over with the fans. Which is, like, 75 percent of being a successful pro wrestler.

So I have to disagree with Ryder being a future star. Woo woo woo..
 
this guys just a new version of scotty the hotty or brian christopher.

his gimmick is lame malibus most wanted type gimmick the guys got talent but no way with this gimmick he will be huge just a mid card at most he will get a good pop but never sell out a stadium.
 
His in ring skills aren't bad, but personally I think his gimmick is God awful. If the WWE can give him a new one than I think he'll break out, but he's not going to with this stupid cheesy woo woo woo character. Every time I think of Ryder I think of a jobber or a Santino. Good for a laugh and nothing else. People say all this great stuff about him on these forums, but who would actually pay to watch him? I sure as hell wouldn't and most fans wouldn't either. Don't get me wrong I think he has a lot of potential, but he won't achieve it with his current gimmick. JMO.
 
I fear for Zack in the upcoming Future Endeavor Hurricane that I'm sure is on the horizon and will run rampant in the WWE locker room.

Yes, he does have some qualities, among them charisma and dedication, and I would like to see him stay and grow. But the fact of the matter is right now he is a jobber. Not even a "jobber to the stars" - nope. I'm talking Virgil status. Scotty Too Hotty. Jim Powers. Barry Horowitz. Stevie Richards. The Brooklyn Brawler. A guy like that always has a target on his back whenever Vince feels it's future endeavor season.

If he does survive this, however, who knows what the future holds for him. I doubt it will ever reach that main event level, but he just may work his way up to midcard level. ... Or remain a jobber for life. Long term employment as a jobber draws a steady paycheck, too.
 
Unfortunately I think HHH let us know what he thought of Zach Ryder during the mania interview when asked why Ryder wasn't on the card. He simply said, who likes Ryder? You and the other 2 or 3 guys? If I had to guess Ryder will be part of the upcoming cut.
that's typical triple h right there. says that the wwe needs new young talent then completely buries one of the brightest young stars.
now, the people who say that they hate ryder, when he's got ability in the ring and on the mic what is it he's doing wrong that make you want him to be released? you say his gimmick's annoying and he can't work a crowd? his gimmick is meant to be annoying. the annoyed heat he gets from most of the IWC is the kind of heat that his character is meant to be drawing. and if you didn't figure that out before, then zack ryder just worked you. woo woo woo you know it
 
Guy needs to be on RAW more, hell, draft him to Smackdown. Just give him more TV time and let him roll with it...

If anyone hasn't watched ep #9 of his youtube show yet, get on it.

"This is a boat, This is Zack Ryder on the boat, This is the WWE (it's a shovel :D), this is the WWE missing the boat with Zack Ryder. (Puts shovel next to boat)"

Then he has another part where he is trying to climb a fence and he gets asked what he is doing, "I'm trying to get over!"

This guy is pure entertainment.
 
I AGREE with this thread zack ryder is a future star of wwe. He is very loyal to the company even if he jobs all the time and maybe someday he can show his talent on television. I have to disagree with the haters of zack ryder here. Can you really tell if zack ryder in the future will not receive a decent push? No right? just like with the miz, he started with a reality star gimmick that everyone thinks he will always be a jobber but look at the miz now he's wwe champion. Just like zack ryder he can be a top star one day because the youth movement is upon us. Somebody should replace the retiring superstars and something should be new. I like zack ryders gimmick, its new, its funny and its entertaining. The thing is wwe is not associated much with wrestling and if you have charisma and a gimmick then you can have a story. -WOO WOO WOO YOU KNOW IT

Then he has another part where he is trying to climb a fence and he gets asked what he is doing, "I'm trying to get over!"

This guy is pure entertainment.
there's a similar part in episode 8 where he gets shoved and keeps screaming at the guy "nobody pushes zack ryder! zack ryder does not get pushed!"
comedy gold. if the WWE wants sports ENTERTAINMENT then zack ryder is the guy they need
 
i have to admit i love some fans on here, clearly they have watched the first 10 seconds of the HHH interview, seen him say Zack has 4 fans and tuned out before HHH goes on to say that one day Zack could be on the podium promoting his Wrestlemania main event match. Those are some pretty big words from HHH.

I admit, i wasnt the biggest Ryder fan, but his youtube show has really won me over, he seems willing to do anything to get himself over, including embarrassing himself, and as any WWE fan (who watches more than the first 10seconds of a segment before judging) will know, that will get you a very long way in this company...
 
there's a similar part in episode 8 where he gets shoved and keeps screaming at the guy "nobody pushes zack ryder! zack ryder does not get pushed!"
comedy gold. if the WWE wants sports ENTERTAINMENT then zack ryder is the guy they need

Haha yeah, i remember that. I just want to hear 'OH RADIO' on RAW. I do think he has a future in the company, he is still young and will get his chance, I hope. The youth movement is here, but even still, he is alot younger than other guys being pushed. I'm fairly certain the likes of Del Rio is in his Early 30's, The Miz is 30/31 etc, so he still has a few years on those guys.

Imo, if he sticks around, he'll get a shot.
 
MoziH28

Yes Triple H did say hopefully he becomes a huge star but not before burying him by saying how many people watch his videos? 3 or 4 may be? That's why he is not on TV.

John Cena and The Miz were really appreciative of the kid! And you know what? John Cena himself has appeared in his 9th episode video of Z True Long Island story. Hahaha.....you can't stop laughing for what Cena did there! Hahaha....John Cena is here John Cena is here and John Cena is gone. For 2-3 seconds, John Cena was there....and it was very funny. Go checkout the video.

I think his age is an advantage for him. In case there is a decision to reduce the roster, he will be overlooked in comparision to others who are aging. And even if management does not decide to push him or use him on TV for 1-2 years, he can still make it afterwards. His age is his greatest advantage.
 
If nothing else, this kid does not make excuses, I love his youtube show, he's not *waiting* for WWE to give him something he's going out there and TRYING to make his OWN breaks, and you must respect this guy for that, Hopefully WWE stops wasting time on so many hacks
 
Lots of great gimmicks are wasted on wrestlers who can't seem to break through. Remember Sean O'Haire? The dude from WCW who was with the Natural Born Thrillers before the company folded? Here was his gimmick in the WWE.

[YOUTUBE]4XDtXARTXwA[/YOUTUBE]

Yea... I was so ready to see what this dude was going to be able to do... and what happened? Repackaged and eventually done with the WWE. As talented and as solid as Zack Ryder is... he's not going to get past mid-card status with the WWE and is possibly on the front line of cuts that are bound to be made.

It's a sad reality, but it's not a knock on Ryder. It's a case of 'being good, but not great'. And Ryder as a future star is a huge reach. His gimmick isn't even that good. He's the Situation from the Jersey Shore. Only he's not. And he's not over with the fans. Which is, like, 75 percent of being a successful pro wrestler.

So I have to disagree with Ryder being a future star. Woo woo woo..
See this was a case of a talented young guy O'haire not getting a chance to shine. look at WWE talent and creative since John Laurenitis took over...IT'S PATHETIC! WWE wastes time signing body builders and not people with talent
 
I think Ryder is a prime candidate for a face turn to help balance things out in a company overstocked with heels. And that move could go a long way in helping him get the push he deserves.

And I think it's a good sign for him that he's showing that he's willing to put in the extra time.

The company loves that.
 
Zack Ryder is definetly one of, if not thee most under-used and under-rated guys on the WWE roster.

He looked good working with Edge then looked good on ECW, unfortunatly he fell off the radar and hasnt been used in a while.

His YouTube videos are far funnier than anything the RAW writers could produce for him.

His "WWE dropped the ball with Zack Ryder" and "WWE has missed the boat with WWE" videos are awesome... the fact is the WWE ARE missing the boat with this guys.

Why cant they stick these videos on RAW, Superstars or even .com...build Ryder up then re-debut him.

Ryder has to be respected for tyring to make his own way by producing these videos, WWE just arent capitolising on it.

More fool WWE!
 
One possible future scenario I can see:

Kozlov gets fired and Ryder teams up with Santino. Bad idea? Maybe, but I could see it happening.
 

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