Still sad they took the mask off of Zayn?

[Stopspot]

When it was revealed that the former generic luchador would be working in the WWE without a mask I remember there being quite a bit of sads and hates, both on here and on the rest of the internet. A lot of people saying that the WWE was killing him and so forth. Now a couple of months in, have your fears been quelled?

Zayn has been on NXT TV for a couple of weeks now and has quickly solidified himself as a focal point of the show and a star. He is very over with the NXT crowd, both the casuals and the smarks it seems and has been pulling good-great matches out of his ass since arriving, having 3 of the best matches in this incarnation of NXT's history. But what I think surprised a lot of people (myself included) is the quality of his mic work, since Generico never really spoke much before.

Do you still think that removing the mask was a wrong move? Will it still hamper Zayn or is his future bright in the E? All of you who were afraid beforehand, have your fears been quelled?

 

[Testify]

Wrong move. Zayn could've been their new Mysterio easily.

 

[Stopspot]

Wrong move. Zayn could've been their new Mysterio easily.

Del Sol will do that. Zayn will be a big star without the mask.

 

[Testify]

Del Sol will do that. Zayn will be a big star without the mask.

Hopefully. I really want them and Sami to be big stars, deservedly.

 

[Stopspot]

Hopefully. I really want them and Sami to be big stars, deservedly.

You seen any of Zayn's NXT work apart from the Cesaro matches I recommended? Him and Swagger had a really good match last week. And his mic work has been surprisingly good. Dude has such chemistry.

 

[Leo C]

When they did it I was more pissed off about the fact they just change people's gimmicks just so they do stuff WWE came up with on screen in general than with Zayn specifically as a talent, so not really (plus I had never seen much Generico).

 

[Shadie T]

Better without it, He has the same talent, Can now cut proper promos, His facial expressions are great and the guy is sweating charisma.

 

[Adsso]

I admit I was one of those raging that they had him remove his mask but after seeing recent weeks I have changed it... WOW I never knew the guy has mic skills like that... I hope they treat him well.

 

[CM Punk]

I wasn't trembling when I heard they were going to remove his mask at first, but now I'm somewhat glad they did.
His in-ring work is still the same and he can cut fairly good promos.

 

[Testify]

You seen any of Zayn's NXT work apart from the Cesaro matches I recommended? Him and Swagger had a really good match last week. And his mic work has been surprisingly good. Dude has such chemistry.

Only saw that 2/3 falls Claudio match (which is an awesome match, yet overrated by the dumb IWC).

Post some links, clips, I'm all for it.

 

[Roi]

Isnt El Generico taking care of his orphans?

 

[Crayo]

Was the right move. He can be a bigger star without a mask, and he's talented enough to make that work. Nice thread.

 

[Swift]

Not really, but the name still sucks dirty asshole.

 

[Snowman1]

Absolultely not. There's plenty of guys they can stick masks on to get that Rey Mysterio-type appeal to them, they should limit them to 2-3 guys who need the masks to get over. Zayn isn't one of them, plus his facial expressions are great.

 

[Farooq]

I never cared about the mask that much. He's talented enough to be another character, and I believe the mask would hold him back.