What is Sami Zayn's Character?
Apr 19, 2016 13:18:51 GMT -5
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Post by T R W on Apr 19, 2016 13:18:51 GMT -5
I don't think you need a character so much, as you need to have an exciting or interesting personality. 9/10 times the best and most successful wrestlers are people who are themselves amped up to 11. I think Zayn has it pretty well. Crews definitely needs to work on it.
Why is someone there? Honestly, there should only be one answer to that. To be the best.
As far as who they are, well that's the kind of thing that in ring charisma and personality can answer if done properly, but it is a very lost art in the WWE. Promos do it too, but hell they haven't even given Crews a shot at that.
Thanks.
Zayn also has a super catchy theme that fans can sing along with, which will go a long way on the main roster. His in ring charisma is fine, and he tells a great story in the ring.
I think people get a little too caught up in their fandom of wrestling and desire for everything to make sense and be perfect, and in the end they end up being frustrated and disappointed by it. They want to label everybody with a character and a gimmick, and it doesn't really work that way either. It used to be you could get a guy like Crews over as a white (dark, HA!) meat baby face by putting him in the ring with nasty heels. He could show he was athletic, and that he was fair, and kind of a boyscout that could be take advantage of by heels using cheap tactics. Simple things like clean breaks in the corner (which don't happen anymore because there is so little actual wrestling between spots) show what the character is about. That way, when they finally do break loose and start fighting fire with fire against the heel, you knew things were heated! So with those old school ways of getting guys over with the fans gone, all we have left are promos. ANd if you can't cut a promo in the WWE, you have a very uphill battle to climb. SOme guys make it anyway, like Benoit eventually did. But he also honed his character in the ring with psychology for decades before it finally paid off.
I understand what everyone is saying, and everyone's frustrations to be honest. A lot of WWE's choices are head scratching and leave a lot to be desired. But a lot of times, we as fans make our own problems too by over analyzing everything.