Tournament 14: Most Underrated Of The Year

[Tapout]

Accidentally voted for Del Rio, read Overrated, instead of underrated. Would have voted for Rhodes.

Rhodes has grown into an amazing talent, and is only getting better.

 

[Deezy]

My vote for Cody Rhodes is but a non-violent protest of the lack of Mark Henry on this list.

Totally agree on lack of Mark Henry.

Voted Del Rio, because the sheer amount of hate he gets is totally unwarrented, I feel like it's another case of the Cenas, where the IWC think this guy is being pushed down their throats and equate push with overrated.

 

[Dale]

Can't say I agree that the hate he gets is unwarranted. He gets his due credit for his match quality, but that's all he's got about him and everything else about him is just stone cold. His championship reign was flat, his feuds drag and drag and drag are massively uninteresting and he doesn't have the mic work to get you interested. At least Cena for his faults can pull a promo out of his ass and get you interested.

 

[Chris]

Were we the only two to vote for Kofi, [MENTION=547]Dale[/MENTION]?

 

[Dale]

I've not voted yet

 

[Chris Dresdon]

Sandow, in my opinion, is the most underrated. Why they continue to squash this guy and keep him in the mid-card is beyond me.

 

[Deezy]

Sandow, in my opinion, is the most underrated. Why they continue to squash this guy and keep him in the mid-card is beyond me.

Because he is still just a one note character, need to develop some other dimensions before he can be a bonafide maineventer. Maineventers don't grow on trees.

And I still don't get how people still act like guys still fresh from developmental are "ready". Rock, Orton, Lesnar and Cena have spoiled everyone into thinking it's just that easy. It takes most people atleast ten years before they start drawing money.

 

[Embrace Thou Maryse]

Tempted to go with Sandow or Ziggler. But they're more wasted than underrated. The fans love both theseguys, Ziggler got a admitedly shit WHC reign and Sandow got MITB and a great showing against Cena. Fans love them, WWE are willing to push them. The rest of the people on that list are mostly adored by the IWC and had a good year apart from ADR. Del Rio gets so much unnecessary hate its ridiculous, in the ring and on the mic he's gold. Its not ADRs fault WWE books many of his feuds too long.

 

[Nevermore Arcanum]

Rollins for me. I don't think I've seen a move salesman like him since Hardy. He's great with a mic, on the few moments they give him, and dat in ring trash talk. If they let the guy show off some moves, instead of just being the Sheild's sell guy (even if he is reaaallly good at it), he could easily reach Bryan and Punk levels.

 

[The Cork]

Del Rio is at least equal to any ring 'technician' out there today and just as good as the Benoits and Flairs of years gone by....he is the best pure wrestler in the game today.

On a forum that so many people value in-ring over character, I can't believe the level of hate towards quite possibly the most fluid wrestler out there.

He def deserves the most underrated tag.

 

[Nevermore Arcanum]

Del Rio is at least equal to any ring 'technician' out there today and just as good as the Benoits and Flairs of years gone by....he is the best pure wrestler in the game today.

On a forum that so many people value in-ring over character, I can't believe the level of hate towards quite possibly the most fluid wrestler out there.

He def deserves the most underrated tag.

His personality left with Ricardo. His moveset, while good at the time, has become stale (see also: RVD, Rey, Cena). If he showed us something new, either on the mic or in the ring, he could be what he once was, but that's just my opinion.

 

[Chris]

How the fuck does a moveset become stale? I Naitch could get pops with his moveset for 30 years then that disproves your argument right there.

 

[Deezy]

Flair didn't have any moves, he just took backdrops and chopped people until he eventually got the cheap victory.

Movesets are overrated tbh, Such a mark thing to use to say this guy is great or this guy sucks.

 

[Keith]

How the fuck does a moveset become stale? I Naitch could get pops with his moveset for 30 years then that disproves your argument right there.

I agree wth you and deezy on the moveset thing, except that a guy does need to mix it up from time to time depending on the oppersition or the kind of match. Also Flair did have a move set, it was in later years when it became more limtied, but he grasp the basics of the game better than most.

I like Del Rio, but there are certain adjustments he needs to be a star. He has been on a roll since going back heel.

 

[Deezy]

Flairs moveset? (Ving Rhames voice) Nah brotha.

A back suplex was one of his signature moves, he did basics and he did them well. He did have some spots he used all the time, but I would consider them moves. His Flair flop, faeebump and showing his ass what I've seen in most if not all his matches, that and a hundred backbumps every match.

Anywho, Del Rio is just a guy who suffers from overexposure, he has been in the World Title picture for damn near two years and hence the resentment, also because some people think he took Ziggler's push.