You know you're in trouble when ...

[Kendrick's Biceps]

So here I am watching Superstars, where we just saw Shad wrestle. He can't. He really can't. Next on comes Zack Ryder vs. Yoshi Tatsu, and I'm happy because I've become quite the fan of Ryder, and think this should be a pretty good match (as I type this he just did an awesome move where he slid under the ropes, dragged Yoshi with him and threw him by the hair into the crowd barrier). But then I was just reminded by Cole that on RAW just about all we saw was the SmackDown! superstars because the majority of the RAW guys were stuck in Europe ... yet I'm still seeing Zack Ryder on Superstars? Seriously? Why the fuck couldn't you put him on RAW? Heck, give him Kozlov's slot, do something, but put him on the show.

You know you're in trouble when the majority of the roster is stuck in another continent and you still can't get on the show. And I seriously don't why Ryder can't at least be used in the RAW midcard. Whatever the RAW writers have against him is beyond me. Fingers crossed he'll be moved to SmackDown! and that Michael Hayes will at least give him time like he did Ziggler in the midcard.

Anyone else frustrated with this? Any other guys you're disappointed in not being on the main shows? Vent with me. Feels good man.

 

[seX-Power]

Zack Ryder sucks, he's being given the The Brian Kendrick treatment and won't last long now at all. I'm pissed at Goldust not being allowed to wrestle on whatever brand he is on (smackdown?) though...

 

[Hometown Kid]

Ryder's quite a good wrestler (Which I believe I called when he first split with Hawkins, someone on here said he was trash and would get future endeavored in 6 months. Who was that? I don't remember. :shifty Hawkins is better though. Anyway, yeah, it's stupid. I really believe if the guest hosts stop, he could find his way on Raw again. They just need to set up some kind of feud, any kind of feud, with Yoshi or MVP or something. That's one of the main problems, besides the top guys, there are NO feuds! That's why Shad and JTG, and McTrash is on PPV every month, because they have no feuds for a guy like Ryder to sink his teeth into.

As far as guys I wish would get more airtime, definitely with Evan Bourne not on Raw is pretty gay all in all, and i'm actually a fan of Kozlov, more of him i'd enjoy. Christian is just completely irrelevant now, like to see that change. Carlito could use more. Gail Kim and Kelly Kelly would be much better than Eve on Raw. On SD, needs more HAWKINS.

 

[Kendrick's Biceps]

(Which I believe I called when he first split with Hawkins, someone on here said he was trash and would get future endeavored in 6 months. Who was that? I don't remember. :shifty

I said Hawkins wouldn't make it as a singles guy (you claim you said Ryder but you said Hawkins) because he wasn't Vince type of guy. Never said he wasn't talented. I may have been off the mark about him being released within six months, but he hasn't been on TV for much longer than that so I'll take it as a win to me.

btw, Gail has been horrible and shouldn't be featured on TV at all.

 

[JurassicBonez]

Christian, Cody Rhodes, Evan Bourne, Kofi Kingston and Abraham Washington.

Christian was booked pretty good on ECW. For some reason, he lost the title to Zeke, who's only been seen once since ECW. He can do so much more than what he's doing now. A throw away feud with DiBiase? What's the point of this feud? Why should I care? This guy is a star. He can pull good matches out of any one. He plays a great heel and a great face. He knows how to get the crowd on his side, or to hate him, USE HIM ALREADY!!

Evan Bourne and Yoshi Tatsu have been booked like shit since being moved off ECW. When both were brought up, they got the quickest reaction out of all the new guys that came up with them. They get moved off ECW to Raw, and haven't done anything since. I'm not saying they should be main eventing, but they could be used as solid mid card acts.

Cody Rhodes. I see a shit load more potential in him than I do in Dibiase. And going through the Legacy split storyline, I was hoping that he wouldn't get kicked to the side. I'm really hoping the reason he hasn't been brought back is because he's being moved to SD via draft and they don't want to start him in a new program yet.

Abe Washington. Just make him the Raw GM and get this guest host shit over with.

Kofi Kingston. What are they doing with him? They built the guy up big time last summer. He had the highlight of Raw's return The Garden. Now he's jobbing to the stars. It's like the reason they built him up was to make him talent enhancement to the big guys. Much like TNA did with Desmond Wolfe. I'm hoping he too will be going to SD via draft and that's the reason he's not in any program. Although jobbing him isn't the way to go.

As far as Gail Kim is concerned. She's looked like shit since returning to TNA. As far as Zack Ryder. He's alright. I don't see him being anymore than a mid card act though.

 

[straight_edge76]

Trying to avoid what everybody else has already said so, I'd have to say Chris Masters. He isn't the greatest in-ring worker, but he has that look that Vince loves. Personally I think that his 'Masterpiece' character works great as a heel. But he is getting pretty over as a face with his comedic segments. I think that if given a good, well booked push he could be a good mid-card mainstay. I would not mind seeing him get a run with the US or IC title tbh.

 

[MizMasta3000]

Ok my list:

Chavo Guerrero: I'm sick of seeing him be shitted on. What happened when he teased his little face turn and foreshadowed a possibly decent feud with Chavo? The guy is great at both sides. He can draw heat well and he also can get a nice pop. Remember when he defeated JBL clean on the Eddie tribute show, dropping his Kerwin White character? There are so many things Chavo could be doing right now instead of nothing. Turn him face and send him after Miz's title. Something.

John Morrison: Seriously, when are they going to pull the trigger here? The guy proved himself worthy of being a world champ when Jeff was still champ. Morrison was in the perfect situation. He was constantly putting on clinics with Jericho, Jeff, Punk, Rey. When he dropped the title to Drew, I was sure he was going to the main event. No. Lets put him in a team with another over midcarder Truth (fuck the haters).

Primo - Why does he still have a job?

 

[straight_edge76]

JoMo and Truth, love them or hate them are both in a good place for a couple of singles pushes in terms of overness. JoMo I am not to high on, but I have to admit that he can do some nice things in the ring. But I fail to see the infatuation many people on here have with him. I could see him get pushed towards the main event sometime in late summer/early fall tbh. I think a JoTruth split with Morrison being the heel could do them both wonders, JoMo could go to the main event, which I think he is ready for and Truth can get into some legit Mid-card feuds.

Truth, I like. Fuck you, I said it. He connects well with the fans with his whole "What's Up!?!" deal. Not to mention that he is over as fuck, he gets some pretty good pops on Smackdown. Sure, he isn't the most polished wrestler but his high energy rapping character is perfect for the target audience the WWE is going for. I say throw him into a feud with Drew after the JoTruth team runs its course like I said previously. I am not totally sold on Truth as a main eventer but I think he could be a good mid-card champion and occasionally get thrown into main event multiman matches.

 

[sharkboy 3:16]

I was also just watching superstars and Carlito said he wasn't on RAW, I'm not a huge Carlito fan, I don't hate him either but he is a RAW superstar, over half the RAW roster is stranded somewhere else and they still don't find time to give him a match on the show or anything, it seems stupid.

I'm also really pissed off that Ryder hasn't gotten any TV time since ECW ended, the only thing I've seen him do on RAW since going there was job to MVP in a 30 second MITB qualifyer which is Blue. Either start giving him some time on RAW with the other midcarders each week or draft him to SD where the midcard is shown off nicely.

 

[Montana]

I think Ryder sucks too. He's ok at best in the ring. He's a boring character. The woo woo woo thing is stupid. He's like charlie Haas. I am not surprised at all Kozlov made to cut on Raw over Ryder.

 

[xtremebadass]

Zack Ryder is mildly annoying. He has a pretty strange gimmick. He really hasn't accomplished much in his wrestling career.

I would say he is a prime candidate to atleast get 20 minutes of airtime every Monday Night on Raw.


Seriously. I like Ryder though. I thought he was on the rise until they stuck him with Rosa Mendes on ECW. Rosa just made Ryder look like a complete moron. Atleast when he was by himself he could cut his own promos without drooling over Rosa Mendes. For a short time on ECW he was actually at the top of the roster. I remember his match with Chrisitan for the ECW title, that was a great back and fourth match.

However, that was on ECW. Look at what happened to the superstars that came out of ECW.

Yoshi Tatsu - Won the Battle Royal at Mania, however still never sees the light of day on Raw.

Ezekiel Jackson - Could have been something coming off the ECW title win, but got injured.

Vladimir Kozlov - Off fighting MacGruber somewhere.

William Regal - Stuck coaching on NXT.

Croft and Barretta - Sometimes get tag matches on SD.

Christian - Barely gets a match every week on Raw. He does get matches, but never put into any storyline whatsoever.

Abraham Washington - Do I really need to go there?

Shelton Benjamin - Again...do I really need to go there?


All superstars who came out of ECW have failed, haven't found success yet, or are doomed to fail. Only one I can really see succeeding is Christian, but I haven't seen much from him to warrant any hopes of him being pushed in the future.

 

[Kizza]

Ryder shouldn't be on a main show because he's awful in every single way. Awful gimmick, awful talent. Surprised he still has a job.

I'm annoyed that Regal doesn't get a bigger go. Sure, you can say he fucked up while he was GM, but Hardy fucked up and was made world champ. Thus proving there really is no justice in the world and hard work gets you fucking nowhere.

Putting the title on Morrison would be an awful choice. After seeing what they've done with Swagger, anyone not named Undertaker, John Cena, Triple H, Batista, Randy Orton or Chris Jericho cannot be made to look like shit during a title run. They killed CM Punk's title run(s) with some pisspoor booking, and although I'm not at all a fan of Swagger, he needs to look competitive. He is the CHAMPION after all. Who's gonna buy a champion that loses all the time?