Absolutely not. HBK doesn't need to do nowhere near the amount of flashy spots Morrison does to keep the crowd interested. Plus, as a face, Morrison is dead on the mic.
Morrison is much better as a heel getting a reaction, because he has moves that make him look like he's pulling them out to show he's better than you. Meanwhile, as a face, its more like he's pulling them out just for the hell of it.
I think this is definitely right in a sense. HBK can still keep the crowd interested at 40+ and has that work ethic. But I'd say Morrison is much better than HBK ever was in the ring since coming back in 2002, simply for all the shit he can do in the ring and that he's just going to get better, he's only 29 YEARS old, which was HBK, what in 1994? Lol. Also, not to mention Morrison wrestles more of this generation, whereas HBK was the pioneer of this generation and pretty much set the standard for it and for Morrison, so it's hard to compare. So is he 'this decades HBK'? Yeah, I guess from some perspective he is, although he won't ever accomplish the things HBK did... like I aforementioned, he won't ever revolutionize the style of wrestling like HBK did. That's where he is in the ring. Now as far as the mic goes, seriously I don't even want to get started because he's become such a tool. Biggest waste and underutilization of what could be the greatest character since The Rock I have ever seen. All he's turned into is some Cena #2 crowd suck-up PG smurf. OMG REY WE HAD LIKE THE BEST MATCH EVA AND I LOVE U MAN AND U CAN HAVE A TITLE SHOT WHENEVER I LOVE U! *insert gay smile and blatantly suck up to crowd more* Seriously, what a fag, I hope he isn't writing this shit. And even then, the WWE is making him look like a fucking joke, when he should be acting like an arrogant bad ass (like The Rock) and doing whatever the fuck he wants. It just makes no sense to me and kinda pisses me off at how much of a waste of a character it is, dunno. The guy could be great, big, amazing, and yeah he still may be, but he'll just be another Rey Mysterio at this route and it will always seem like the talent was wasted. Don't get me wrong, at some points with his Ziggler feud he was good and funny and came across smooth (aside from the absolutely unfunny and Blue Mr. Ziggles thing and when he at least tries to stop himself from sounding like a 100% chick with his squeeky ass voice). Oh yeah, take into the consideration the pathetic transition to face from when he was a heel before he WAS acting like he SHOULD, like his character had ALWAYS been, then he suddenly changes to suck up and pander to the crowd..?