
Originally Posted by
Amerinaine
This. It turned the crowd into part of the storyline.
Austin Aries, for what it is worth, is still a heel. He just happens to get cheered. He still cheats, he is a trunk grabber. He hits people over the head with Title Belts pretty regularly. Even if the crowd goes nuts for him, he is still, by definition a heel save for the crowd reaction being positive.
My short term memory isn't fantastic so apologies if I'm wrong...but does he? I don't recall him cheating to win once since the crowd cheered him or grabbing trunks. The title belts have usually been in promos, no? I.E. not to win a match. He may have cheated in one Zema Ion match but that was during , in my eyes, the face/heel transition and also in response to Zema always cheating, in an Eddie G kind of way. The fact that he now "fights" and doesn't backdown and the fact that Tenay keeps reminding us this, obviously on instruction, would indicate that the bookers, not only the crowd, want him to be face. Abrasive, arrogant, cocky face , yes, but face nonetheless.
As the guy above said - having the "it was a great day for a great man" vibe is excellent And distinguishes Aries from say Cenas or Sorrensens or Hardys. But shhhing the crowd seems a bit amateur. I could let the "ok, I know my name" slide as it is arrogant and wit and very Aries, but shhhing them in a patronising tone isn't the way to play your part and when he carried on speaking over them it was as if he had a memorised script that he was just reading out. Improvising to engage and involve the audience, dramatic pauses etc is the way to do this. Rock, Piper, Cena and Punk to name a few all do/did. It is that reaction that makes a promo more real.
Dont get me wrong, I'm not "offended"...I merely find it both odd and ill-practice as both an observer and fan. It is something that I pick on because other than that he's flawless
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