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Post by Jimmy on Oct 17, 2010 1:44:25 GMT -5
I may end up wording this strange, but is it me or does it feel like Del Rio almost exists in his own corner of WWE? Like, he's only interacted with a handful of guys so far with 85% or so of his attention focused on Rey Mysterio, and he's happened to taken out Christian and defeated Matt Hardy and Chris Masters in singles matches. I like how he's not having meaningless segments with Teddy Long or having forgettable 6 man tag matches. Obviously being new is a big part of this but still I feel like it's a cool touch that makes Del Rio's character seem to act like he's bigger than WWE as a whole.
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Post by Byron F'N Saxton Fan on Oct 17, 2010 1:56:20 GMT -5
I get what you're saying. He's not just Jack Swagger or Kofi Kingston, he's like a Mid-card Undertaker.
I'd agree, but I think it's because WWE really likes Del Rio, so they don't want him to fall into the generic SmackDown Mid-Card heel #2 character, and now that you say it, makes me applaud WWE for not just sending out another "Unstoppable Superstar", only to fall at the PPV or the first Televison, afterwards.
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Post by guster on Oct 17, 2010 1:59:25 GMT -5
It fits his character really well. He's supposed to be playing his uncle, Mil Mascaras. Mascaras has a horrible reputation for being arrogant and for belittling people (see Foley or Jericho's books). I love his slight mispronounces he's doing lately. It makes the promos sound less scripted and more natural. I love everything about him and I hope they don't mess up his push.
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Post by slappy on Oct 17, 2010 2:02:07 GMT -5
It fits his character really well. He's supposed to be playing his uncle, Mil Mascaras. Mascaras has a horrible reputation for being arrogant and for belittling people (see Foley or Jericho's books). I love his slight mispronounces he's doing lately. It makes the promos sound less scripted and more natural. I love everything about him and I hope they don't mess up his push. I thought his push was already messed up because he lost clean to Mysterio. |
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Post by B.D. & El G. on Oct 17, 2010 2:06:05 GMT -5
Well, he has become a big deal, fairly quick.
I think he is just in a transition phase before his rivalry with Rey gets really underway. Once that happens, I think that he'll be put more in the middle of the main event scene.
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Post by juicewinslow on Oct 17, 2010 2:07:15 GMT -5
He is quite an awesome character.
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on Oct 17, 2010 6:03:21 GMT -5
He is quite an awesome character. |
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Post by King Silva on Oct 17, 2010 6:15:43 GMT -5
He has only had a few matches with a select amount of people such as: Rey, Matt, Masters, and Christian.
I don't really know why but hopefully later he starts to wrestle other faces such as Kofi and Undertaker because I really like him and he needs to vary his opponents!
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Post by alexgg on Oct 17, 2010 6:16:17 GMT -5
This is why Drew Mcintyre kinda slipped away, a few months ago I could see him being a future whc, now not so much, sure he could still be but they aint as high on him as they were a few months ago.
The WWE should be trying to push all of its talent and not just squashing it as soon as someone new is in.
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Post by Sam on Oct 17, 2010 6:22:18 GMT -5
He has only had a few matches with a select amount of people such as: Rey, Matt, Masters, and Christian. I don't really know why but hopefully later he starts to wrestle other faces such as Kofi and Undertaker because I really like him and he needs to vary his opponents! I think that is what Jimmy was getting across. Because Del Rio has only fought a few guys, instead of fighting new people every week and going into random tag matches, he is getting a better start than most new guys. When McIntyre re-debuted last year, he was thrown around a lot, but Del Rio hasn't, which is quite a good thing as they know what to do with him, instead of just making him face new guys each week. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2010 6:28:27 GMT -5
Alberto Del Rio sucks. This Dos Caras person that should be coming in soon sounds a lot better.
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Post by wabarrett on Oct 17, 2010 10:25:47 GMT -5
He is quite an awesome character. Just to respond to the mentions of Drew McIntyre, I have to argue that the reason Del Rio's push seems to be working out better than McIntyre's did... is that Del Rio > McIntyre in just about every department. |
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Post by King Shocker the Monumentous on Oct 17, 2010 10:45:24 GMT -5
Alberto Del Rio sucks. This Dos Caras person that should be coming in soon sounds a lot better.  |
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Post by slappy on Oct 17, 2010 11:55:04 GMT -5
Just to respond to the mentions of Drew McIntyre, I have to argue that the reason Del Rio's push seems to be working out better than McIntyre's did... is that Del Rio > McIntyre in just about every department. You know why Del Rio's push is going better? He gets thrust into a feud with Mysterio, takes him out, gives him heat. McIntyre was thrust into a feud with Teddy Long and Long always got the upper hand. |
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Post by wabarrett on Oct 17, 2010 12:01:11 GMT -5
Just to respond to the mentions of Drew McIntyre, I have to argue that the reason Del Rio's push seems to be working out better than McIntyre's did... is that Del Rio > McIntyre in just about every department. You know why Del Rio's push is going better? He gets thrust into a feud with Mysterio, takes him out, gives him heat. McIntyre was thrust into a feud with Teddy Long and Long always got the upper hand. Eh, before all that, McIntyre got pushed to the IC title, and barely lost a match, going over Kane, Matt Hardy and others more or less constantly. Even when he did lose, he got his losses expunged. So, I don't really get your point there. |
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Post by slappy on Oct 17, 2010 12:12:19 GMT -5
You know why Del Rio's push is going better? He gets thrust into a feud with Mysterio, takes him out, gives him heat. McIntyre was thrust into a feud with Teddy Long and Long always got the upper hand. Eh, before all that, McIntyre got pushed to the IC title, and barely lost a match, going over Kane, Matt Hardy and others more or less constantly. Even when he did lose, he got his losses expunged. So, I don't really get your point there. But then he went on to always losing to Kofi and being attacked by Hardy. |
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Post by cjskittles4 on Oct 17, 2010 13:59:35 GMT -5
He's the best damn thing about Smackdown if you ask me, I always find myself looking forward to his segments. Anywho, with him and Rey on the same team...and Raw's team most likely being the weaker of the 2 , does anybody else think he's gonna cost Team Smackdown the match at Bragging Rights?
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