Ryder says Kane & Eve killed his career

[Andrew]

After gaining snowball-like momentum late last year with a heavily featured position on Monday Night Raw that was highlighted by a United States Championship reign, Zack Ryder's standing in WWE disintegrated once he became involved with Kane and Eve on television. From January to April, the self-described "Long Island Iced-Z" was routinely destroyed by the monster wrestler and made to look foolish by the cunning Diva. Though he managed to gain a measure of revenge on both parties on the "Great American Bash" edition of SmackDown on July 3, his career currently remains in limbo. Speaking to XFINITY® from Comcast, Ryder attributes his diminished role to both Kane and Eve.

He explains, "I was on such a roll at the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012 and the whole Kane and Eve thing killed my momentum. Basically killed my career. So, to turn that around and get revenge on them was something I needed. Hopefully it’ll get the Ryder Revolution back on track."

With that behind him, Ryder says his current goal is to regain the United States Championship.

"I'd love to get that back," he says. "In 2011 I think I proved to people that I’m not a joke, I can be taken seriously in the ring. And hopefully by the end of this year I’ll have a major championship."

Ryder also has plans to tweak his character in the next few years since he "can’t be the same old guy forever."

Ryder adds, "But that doesn’t mean I’ll have to drop all of the parts of my character to get to the top. I think eventually I’ll evolve. If you’ve followed my career I was a Major Brother, then an Edge Head, now I’m Zack Ryder, I’m sure in three years I’ll be completely different."

Elsewhere in the interview, Ryder discusses WWE embracing social media, the Internet Championship, working with Edge and more. Read more WWE’s Zack Ryder: Kane and Eve ‘Basically Killed My Career’ | XFINITY TV Blog by Comcast

This is the funniest thing I've read all day. Do read the interview, I barely care for Ryder these days anyways.
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[Chris]

I fail to see what you find so hilarious in this interview.

 

[Rated R Superstar]

He needs to drop the gimmick to be honest. It's grown incredibly stale.

 

[The Cork]

Hard to argue with the guy, he was mega-over until that messy clusterfuck storyline.

Cena fiddling about with Eve, Kane stalking Ryder, Cena & Ryder bromance, Ryder trying to hook up with Eve, just too much shite going on at once.

 

[SAIYANS]

Tbh they killed it and Miz and Cena ignited it. He has to do some shit on his own for his career and stop relying or blaming others

 

[Chris]

Tbh they killed it and Miz and Cena ignited it. He has to do some shit on his own for his career and stop relying or blaming others

What exactly do you think his YouTube show did the last year and a half?

 

[SAIYANS]

Miz was the one who came up with the whole idea of the show and helped create the initial material. It wasn't. A Ryder idea by his own admission to get noticed, it was Miz spit balling and then it was Cena advertising him. Ryder piggybacked those two to his initial glory

 

[Chris]

Miz was the one who came up with the whole idea of the show and helped create the initial material. It wasn't. A Ryder idea by his own admission to get noticed, it was Miz spit balling and then it was Cena advertising him. Ryder piggybacked those two to his initial glory

Never knew Miz had much to do with the show at all. Cena did ignite his push for sure though, even though that's also kinda' what killed it.

I still say it was a huge mistake to have him lose the US Title so soon because he could have brought some more prestige to that title with the way he was so proud to hold it. He made it seem like the title really meant a lot to him and it was such an honor to hold it.

 

[AF.]

I thought there was a big opening when he returned to face Kane and beat him on PPV in a gimmick match. Once again, WWE dropped the ball with that.

For a guy like Kane, who should be putting guys over, he rarely ever does it does he? Now WWE dropped the ball on a Bryan/Kane feud also.

 

[SAIYANS]

I think his biggest problem was he won and lost the belt close to Mania. Kane wasn't being bothered with him at Mania so that hurt. He would have probably been better off if he had won after Mania and never been on team Teddy. Just bad timing. There is no common sense for Kane to put Ryder over fresh off are turn and that close to Mania when he would be the hunter for Orton

That said, hes been Ina weird holding pattern in a sense. Guys have job Ed or been demoted before, but you can watch them and say well they are better. McIntyre got demoted for Tiffany but I can honestly say he is better now than eh was despite knowing he's on the shit list. MVP made the list with that streak and he never mailed it in, heck Primo and Epirco were after thoughts the whole run with the belts and they now are delivering better than they were before. I just don't see Ryder having picked up his ring work or character work, or even it being even with where it was. I know you can say its hard to give the same effort when getting crap, but hey I look at Swagger and say its the definition of being professional and shouldn't go unnoticed which is why guys like him and Slater make tv every week and Ryder doesn't.

 

[We Are Legion]

I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't want to cheer for an obnoxious Jersey Shore-spin-off character.

His gimmick will never be taken seriously. If he wants to go any further than he has, it's up to WWE to repackage him. Zack has done all he can for himself with his current guido schtick. He's not relevant now and he won't become any more relevant as this tool of a character.

 

[Chris]

I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't want to cheer for an obnoxious Jersey Shore-spin-off character.

His gimmick will never be taken seriously. If he wants to go any further than he has, it's up to WWE to repackage him. Zack has done all he can for himself with his current guido schtick. He's not relevant now and he won't become any more relevant as this tool of a character.

I'm almost positive Ryder debuted the character before Jersey Shore was even on TV, but I'm not completely sure.

 

[We Are Legion]

Technically he did, but both Jersey Shore and Zack Ryder are based on the same subculture of blueberries. Guido fist-pumping morons have been lame since the 1970's and nothing will ever change that.

 

[PHX]

Despite getting some backing end of the day you got to pull it off yourself as it's not always about what you do but how you do it and Ryder did amazing turning that youtube show into a career saver. Regardless of what you think of the man's character or anything b4 that feud he had ton of momentum his U.S title feud with Dolph was one of the best well built U.S title situations in a long time and that Kane/Eve shit fucked him back to where he now has to start all over. I don't see how anybody could disagree with how much that situation put a wrench into his momentum. You can make a babyface character look so weak on all fronts and expect that to do any good for him. There was no pay off to it and it was just a big waste of time for Ryder and it's a shame.

 

[Heisenberg]

Who cares about this guy? No one is going to take him seriously with his stupid gimmick and goofball like persona. His ring skills are average, promos can be good but they also feel forced at times.

And, saying they killed your momentum/or career in a public interview isn't going to help your career anytime soon.