To cut straight to the point, ever since I started being an active member of the IWC, I've seen people bitch and moan about how Cena is being shoved down their throats, then how Orton is being pushed down their throats. I've recently started to see the same thing about CM fucking Punk, an internet darling mere months ago when he was a heel, but suddenly a face turn and apparently he's down our godamn throats. I don't usually like to make the IWC hate threads/posts, but something is really bothering me now.
Mason Ryan.
Here is a man who is truly being shoved down the throat. The reason why I think so? Simple. Cena, Orton and now Punk, are all draws. They all sell a shiton of merch, they all can work the mic and the ring, all of them have excellent in ring psychology. These men are not shoved down our throats, because more wrestling fans love them than IWC members hate them.
Now recently however, Mason Ryan is being pushed...almost at random. There was no rhyme or reason behind his face turn. He's still green as grass, and his mic skills are...eh. In my eyes, he's a weaker version of Skip Sheffield....and yet, as of late, the IWC seems to be giving him a lot of love. I don't....understand. Why?
The IWC hated Batista at large. Yet, his Welsh carbon copy is adorned. Thing is...Batista could act...even if only just. Mason Ryan has the 'deer in the headlights' look nearly all of the damn time.
I'm not saying Mason Ryan is aweful, for a big guy, he does move well. However...that alone does not validate the amount of love he's being getting. Suddenly, Zack Ryder is being declared inferior to Mason Ryan and...I don't get it again. 2 months back, and the IWC was slavering over Zack Ryder. Deservedly so, I admire Ryder to the fullest, and if he can successfully tweak his gimmick to become more serious, I think he has a bright future.
That is neither here nor there however. The gripe I have is, if the IWC hates Orton, Cena, Punk and Batista so damn much, why is there this sudden IWC boner for Mason Ryan? Apart from looking lost and pulling off some base power moves, what in the blue hell has he done to earn anyone's respect?
Mason Ryan could be great. Mason Ryan in 2-3 years could even be world champion material. He has a fantastic look, and as Batista proved before him, your mic skills don't have to be spectacular if you have the look and can just be passable on mic work. Right now though...he's at pre evolution Batista level. With no Ric Flair of Triple H to guide him. Yet...he is on our TV every damn week, and looks increasingly likely to win the US title sooner or later.
So, IWC, why the love for Mason? Do you really perceive him to have that 'it' factor? Or at heart, are you just as much of a sucker for 'the look' as Vinnie Mac, a man you love to slaughter for his own self professed love for wrestlers with it? Why?
(I apologize for the extremely poor layout of this post)