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Gimmick Change, NXT or Fired

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Today I’m going to look at the WWE roster and tell you in my opinion who needs to be Repackaged (slight gimmick change or drastic one), Moved to NXT or just fired from the company entirely…. Now before I start I want to let you know that veterans or established talent wont be touched. So I don’t wanna see “Oh wheres Big Show and Kane” or “John Cena should be fired” this is meant for people the WWE is using improperly.

REPACKAGED/GIMMICK CHANGE

We will start off with talent that can use a change. Wrestlers that characters no longer suit them or their environment. Gimmicks that have run their course and are now holding the talent down instead of doing what it was intended to and enhance the talent.

Dolph Ziggler

Dolph Ziggler is a talented guy and has seen alot of success in his WWE run so far but Ziggler in many peoples opinion has not been as successful as he should be. I think Dolph could contribute his up and down career to bad booking and his gimmick only letting him go so far…. Dolph is THE SHOW OFF, but what is he showing off? Why would a face show off?. The gimmick is just stupid and screams mid card wrestler.

Dolph Ziggler in his earlier WWE career as a heel had a cocky, Arrogant character but was able to be taken more seriously if creative decided to. Dolph has a impressive collegiate wrestling background and can incorporate it in to prowrestling very well. I have seen some Zigglers early matches and his amateur skills are great and played in to his matches very well along with a flashy style and great selling. Now we have Dolph showing off like a heel and being annoying with a piss poor move set…. Look at his move set now, A Drop Kick ( A move that people learn in the first week of wrestling school), Several Elbow Drops (outdated), Leaping DDT (just a fake unrealistic move. It just looks so phony and set up, Especially the slap to let his opponent know when to fall) and the Zig Zag ( basically Dolph falling down and pulling some one down). There is no intensity in Dolphs move set, it kinda looks like he is performing… I know Dolph has other moves but they are all no better than the moves I mentioned.

Dolph needs to Drop his show off gimmick, Go back to his mixture of amateur, submission and flashy move set and turn heel to get a fresh start. Ziggler could benefit greatly by putting some intensity in his matches and a having more of a vicious mean streak. In my opinion this show off face character is holding him down, I’m Not saying Ziggler is not a good face performer, Just that this gimmick isn’t working as a face and he needs to get a fresh change to heel and drop the show off crap.

Ryback

Ryback has seen a rise to Midcard with this new crappy positive face character. Ryback now talks about the inner power and how he eats negativity and spits out positive and it is just horrible. Ryback just needs to go back to the quit face who is big and strong. This is just annoying and will get Ryback nothing but a quick ride down to lower midcard….. Ryback doesn’t need to have 10 min promos, Ryback needs to stay away from the mic as much as possible.

King Barrett

WWE seems very undecided what they would like to do with Wade Barrett. Barrett was over with his Bad News Barrett character and he was having good matches then all of a sudden he is jobbed out, Given the King of the Ring crown then jobbed out some more…. King Barrett is just not fitting for Barrett. The whole cartoon king gimmick no longer works and seems to just hold talent down more than enhances them. Barrett works great as a intelligent, slimy, underhanded big man that can fight. I think his Nexus character was great and even his cheesy BnB was he made it work. Barrett is a great natural heel and they should let him just be one.

NXT

These are men that can benefit from heading over to NXT or WWE seems to not be doing anything with them and NXT would benefit from having them…..NXT has some injuries and their roster is kinda thin so it make sense to have contracted WWE talent that isn’t used to be sent to NXT. So here’s the my list of wrestlers that could use a NXT move.

Jack Swagger

Jack Swagger in the beginning of his WWE career in ECW was having some great matches and even giving decent promos and had some good story lines. Swagger is a good in ring performer capable of having good to great matches with the right opponent but Swagger recently has been unmotivated and who can blame him with the way he has been booked. The WWE was trying to make Swagger a Kurt Angle light, then the WWE moves him to a anti immigrate angle and then jobs him out. Now Swagger has lost all motivation and just runs the motions and gets a paycheck.

A move to NXT will give Swagger motivation and be a great way to revamp himself from the jobber WWE has made him. Swagger can get alot out of working with Joe, Balor, Zayne when he returns, Breeze and the rest of the NXT cast. It will give him longer more serious matches than the comedy matches he has been having and he wont be lost in the shuffle like he is on Raw. It worked for him on ECW and semi worked for him on Smackdown when he was champ. Swagger needs motivation, revamping and a scenery change. A NXT run will do him and NXT a world of good and he wont be missed on Raw or Smackdown.


Damien Sandow

Damien Sandow had a very entertaining character, Sandow’s segments on Raw were always entertaining or funny. I think WWE pulled the plug on Sandow way too soon and Sandow’s character wasn’t given the time and attention it needed to develop…. Sandow has a great style that can be aggressive and vicious but still match his character and he can have some good matches. Sandow hasn’t found his nitch yet in wrestling, such as a good finisher to match his strengths and character but I think a run in NXT could fix that.

Sandow going to NXT using his original character would do him a world of good and working with great journey men like Joe and Balor (Maybe a mentor to the Vaudevillians) well help him develop his character in the ring and some good screen time on NXT with more freedom, will do great for his character and make for some entertaining TV.


Adam Rose

I would say fire Rose but after the ESPN special showing he has a sick son I don’t think the WWE could fire him, It wouldn’t look very good on WWE. So I say not only Give Rose a brand new character but send him to NXT…. It is obvious Adam Rose is not ready for Raw or Smackdown, So I would put him in a small role on NXT with a completely different character.


Fandango

Lets completely change this mans character and send him to NXT. I haven’t seen Johnny Curtis wrestle but I heard good things about him and he seems so much better than the Fandango character allows him to be….. I would say just change his character and leave him on Raw but WWE would not give Curtis time to develop a new on air persona and WWE wouldn’t give him the in ring time he needed. So put him on NXT with the Zaynes, Breezes, Joes, Balors and Crowes see how he does. I think with time and care Johnny Curtis could become a player on NXT and maybe on the main roster.



FIRED

No one likes to see someone lose their job but sometimes it needs to be done and here is a few that I think the WWE needs to let go.

Mojo Rawley

He is terrible, I don’t see any reason he is in NXT, He has energy ill give him that but I don’t see any in ring skill or promo ability or anything that can be used in the WWE. I would just cut him off the roster and give someone more deserving that spot.


Curtis Axel

WWE put him on NXT, WWE put him in the Nexus and WWE gave him Paul Heyman, The IC title and wins over HHH and Axel just hasn’t risen to the occasion.

Axel has not had one good match, Not one good promo and Not any development since NXT. Axel has a horrible look also and is out of shape, So I don’t see why he is employed.

Axel is young, I think him working the Indys and Japan will help make him a better wrestler and who knows he might come back to the WWE better than ever but for now I think WWE needs to part ways with Axel and let him perfect his craft by working the indies.

Zack Ryder

I think Ryders comedy character has ran its course. Ryder has been in the WWE almost 10 years and I forget he is on the roster. Ryder needs to work different places and create a new character if he ever wants to be taken seriously….. Ryder loves wrestling and he is a funny guy but WWE is using him poorly and Ryder relys on his comedy character to take him to the top, When honestly he doesn’t deserve to be anything but lower card.

Ryder should part ways with the WWE while he is still young and work other places and it will make him a better all around wrestler.

R Truth

R Truth is funny and has great body language and facial expressions when doing comedy but at 43 years old I don’t think WWE is going to do much with R Truth…. R Truth is not going to break out as a main eventer or get a run at the US or IC title, R Truth is only used to job.

I say the WWE should part ways with Truth as a on air talent, If they feel they can use him behind the scenes on Raw or NXT great but on TV a 43 year old rapping about squeezing peoples head like a pimple is just not gonna work.


So that will conclude my article thank you so much for reading.

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