Why Evan Bourne hasn't returned

[Dolph'sZiggler]

To be honest, a monkey with a typewriter could have probably booked at least a few things better than WWE did. The handling of Ryback, for example.

booking was never going to make up for Ryback sucking dick at everything outside of being buff

 

[DK JAMES]

Eh, wouldn't mind seeing him honestly, but I'll probably get bored of him pretty fast like I normally has. Unless he was a high flying heel, rare there's ever such thing.

 

[Cloud]

booking was never going to make up for Ryback sucking dick at everything outside of being buff

Starting to wonder why he got buff? Thinking small penis syndrome.

 

[Lockard 23]

booking was never going to make up for Ryback sucking dick at everything outside of being buff

Booking was pretty much the sole downfall of Ryback. The way he's been handled from HIAC 2012 to now is pretty much a textbook on how NOT to book a guy like Ryback (or anyone really) if you ever want him to be taken seriously.

I didn't mind him much in the beginning. He may have just seemed like another typical muscle head with limited charisma and skills, but I though he had an arsenal of cool looking high-impact moves that made him fun to watch in the ring, which to me made him no different than Goldberg (although he never had anywhere near the same type of aura that Goldberg had.) He's supposedly careless in the ring but that too doesn't set him apart from Goldberg. At least Ryback has never kicked someone into a concussed retirement, ala Bret Hart.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Booking was pretty much the sole downfall of Ryback. The way he's been handled from HIAC 2012 to now is pretty much a textbook on how NOT to book a guy like Ryback (or anyone really) if you ever want him to be taken seriously.
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You are honestly going to sit here and say that 'proper booking' would have covered up Ryback's terrible lack of talent? for how long? Until he kills someone in the ring? Until he puts on the shittiest main event matches in recent memory? Too late on the latter, probably close to it happening on the former.

 

[Lockard 23]

You are honestly going to sit here and say that 'proper booking' would have covered up Ryback's terrible lack of talent? for how long? Until he kills someone in the ring? Until he puts on the shittiest main event matches in recent memory? Too late on the latter, probably close to it happening on the former.

Since when has in-ring quality meant anything? I've already said that I never found his ring work all that bothersome, personally. There's probably several others who would agree. Ultimate Warrior sucked dick in the ring too but it didn't affect his overness. Anyone who knows anything about wrestling should know that people here in the States typically don't care about ring work as long as you have other positive qualities to make up for it.

As far as cutting promos go, they could have worked around that. A kind of "play up his strengths, hide his weaknesses" deal. There's other talent that got over despite not being worth a shit on the mic either. Just keep Ryback as the man who says few words while still encouraging him to keep honing his mic skills in real life.

Obviously if he's hurt people in the ring for real and has the rep of generally being an unsafe worker, then that's gonna hinder any sort of real push he might get but if he were really THAT dangerous to work with, there would have been enough people who would have complained to the point where he'd be removed from the main roster and sent back down to development until he learned how to work without injuring people.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

he's been in developmental since like 2005. he isn't going to get any better lmao

thanks for the history lesson, I google'd this ultimate warrior guy you spoke of, enthralling stuff man.

 

[Leo C]

I think they could bring Evan back and put him in a tag team, he's not really entertaining outside the ring but he's a good hand.

 

[ShaRpY HaRdY]

I think they could bring Evan back and put him in a tag team, he's not really entertaining outside the ring but he's a good hand.

Agreed,
My only thing is since he hasn't been in the ring for so long, I can't really see any people on the current main roster (that aren't on a team currently) that would make a decent tag team with him, aside from maybe Christian if he came back, and also I guess he could tag with Kofi.

 

[Leo C]

Agreed,
My only thing is since he hasn't been in the ring for so long, I can't really see any people on the current main roster (that aren't on a team currently) that would make a decent tag team with him, aside from maybe Christian if he came back, and also I guess he could tag with Kofi.

Since they normally don't push Kofi deep to anything interesting, a return of Air Boom is likely indeed. Not many others spring to mind.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Air Boom :eww:

basically the low point of the tag division

Kofi needs a character change, not a vanilla midget to carry around

 

[F.R.I.E]

Well, I expect 2014 to be the year o the "super-heavyweights". So, maybe Evan Bourne will fit in a upper mid-card spot.

 

[Solid Snake]

Make him a heel and have him feud with Rey. There WWE creative. Start writing something up.

 

[Butters!]

I thought he was gone for good. Now that i know he's still around my hopes for high flyers still exist!

I hope he comes back as a heel!

 

[BrockLesnarFanForLife]

How the hell is Evan Bourne still employed? hes been gone for 2 years