I just noticed this on the 8-6 Smackdown but the guy is sooooooooo reading from cue cards. Maybe I didn't noticed this before because I didn't totally pay attention to his promos but its incredibly obvious now. Ha!
Caras/Del Rio is a very good worker. At the house show last Sunday here he worked a very nice match with Chavo Guerrero. Despite adapting to the WWE style and obviously working more toned down as a heel, he's actually settled right in and still works a way that is different enough to take notice. Plus his mannerisms when he wrestles are great, getting him heaps of heat. The guy is good enough to run with the ball if given it, so now it's just up to WWE to give him the chance.
I think R-Truth was the last one to get such a build up, and it has turned up just fine for him. Smackdown does seem to have too many heels though
Truth had a lot of vignettes hyping his debut:
[video=youtube;sFsBZ3fNcjE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFsBZ3fNcjE[/video]
There you can see the links for the rest of the videos
I'm lovin' the guy now. I think he's hilarious. The traditional Mexican theme music, the personal ring announcer "Alberto DelRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIOOOOOOOHHHHH" (lol) and his promos have been pretty funny, imo. His arm bar flip thing for a finisher looks really cool. It's just a simple arm bar, but I've never seen that variation. He seems to be getting alot of heat, but of course, that's just from taking out the Beandip Midget. I'm not sure how a Christian feud will turn out, but I'm liking what I'm seeing so far. I actually look forward to seeing a healed Beandip Midget vs Del Rio feud in the future.
He is the Latino version of Salvatore Sincere.
I have to agree with this. I am going to admit, at first I really didn't care for Del Rio, I Thought his vignettes were just annoying and just took up time. But, his debut and everything he has done since then has really impressed me. He is getting great heat, and I feel that taking our Rey did cause most of it, but it was obvious that the WWE was planning for him to be a major heel, or else they wouldn't have had him take outy the 'Beadip Midget' as you out it lol.
I am curious to see how the Christian/Del Rio program goes, it could be pretty interesting, the segment they had on Smackdown was good and I think they would/could put on one hell of a match.