When he first came into the WWE I thought he was great in ring. His character was very very bland to me, from the start until he left when AJ was GM, his gimmick just never impressed me. I always liked watching him wrestle though, so I always thought he was a great midcard worker just for the in ring experience, and when he got the World Heavyweight Championship and the ECW championship, I did tolerate his mic skills more since he did get pretty nice heat from the crowd.
When he repacked and returned, I thought he was just even better. He was more intense, more focus, his look is tougher, and he is just overall better to me now. Zeb and this real American gimmick is actually one that I do enjoy to watch. I do wish Swagger would say more stuff during his promos, and even try to get better on the mic, but this is still a huge step in my opinion form his old gimmick. I enjoy watching Swagger a lot, and I enjoy watching him with Zeb it's pretty funny too to see and hear all the boos they get from the crowd :haha: