That is a hell of a move set. Very good stuff. I hope WWE lets him use it. It's not as if they are dangerous moves. That's what I like most about his set... they are just unique.
He does have have good agility for such a move set for a guy his size. But he either needs to wear a shirt/top and/or hit the gym because a Jake Roberts physique just doesn't cut it today: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chris_Hero_ROH.jpg Doesn't have to be too jacked up, Edge around 10 years ago would be enough.
Not only would a lot of those moves not be allowed but you have to figure most of them take a large amount of effort on the other guys behalf. Considering half of the WWE's roster is obese there is no way they could pull it off.
He does have have good agility for such a move set for a guy his size. But he either needs to wear a shirt/top and/or hit the gym because a Jake Roberts physique just doesn't cut it today: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chris_Hero_ROH.jpg Doesn't have to be too jacked up, Edge around 10 years ago would be enough.
Roberts could make it fly today. If you have enough charisma you can sell a average physique. Well not late Roberts. That was just embarrassing.
Not only would a lot of those moves not be allowed but you have to figure most of them take a large amount of effort on the other guys behalf. Considering half of the WWE's roster is obese there is no way they could pull it off.
No doubt about it. What I would give to see a Pepsi Plunge at some point. Hell, they won't even allow a 90s-era pedigree anymore. It's all probably for the best, but I'm sure there are many guys that had similar movesets to Hero currently in the WWE that have dumbed it down.
No doubt about it. What I would give to see a Pepsi Plunge at some point. Hell, they won't even allow a 90s-era pedigree anymore. It's all probably for the best, but I'm sure there are many guys that had similar movesets to Hero currently in the WWE that have dumbed it down.
Pepsi Plunge isn't banned, Punk isn't doing it anymore because it damages his knees too much.
He does have have good agility for such a move set for a guy his size. But he either needs to wear a shirt/top and/or hit the gym because a Jake Roberts physique just doesn't cut it today: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chris_Hero_ROH.jpg Doesn't have to be too jacked up, Edge around 10 years ago would be enough.
He used to always wrestle with some kind of shirt on.
As far as the singing, along with Moxely, Castagnoli, etc. It's a good sign. Hopefully WWE is realizing that these guys have the passion to succeed unlike the models, body builders, and football players that have been clogging up their developmental roster since 2002 or so.
Any guy that is on the indies like the guys listed above and Daniel Bryan and CM Punk have the true desire and passion that WWE needs as a company and needs in their talent. Even guys like Batista and Brock Lesnar...it wasn't their dream. It wasn't their passion. That's why it was so easy for them to leave without a second thought.
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I really like what I've seen in terms of ring work and mic work but I just don't like the way they're presenting him.
Kassius Ohno? Really? That's an awful name. Why couldn't they just keep calling him Chris Hero? Even just plain old 'Kassius' would sound better. I realize they're going for the whole KO gimmick but they could have done better.
And his look is just really bland. I can deal with him not being the biggest guy in the world, in fact I HATE the bodybuilder thing a lot. But you need to have something else. Your appearance has to convey character and personality in order to get people's attention. Punk can get away with not being huge because he's Punk - he has the tattoos, piercings, etc. You look at him and think yeah, he's got personality so I might want to pay attention to this guy. Kofi isn't huge but his appearance is interesting and make you pay attention as well. Even Edge who wasn't the biggest guy in the world either had the shades, the trench coat, the tattoos, the ****-eating grin, etc.
Bryan was bland as hell too until he added the beard, the red/silver jacket and shorts, and had hot girls attached to him at all times. But the way he was packaged at first didn't work either - first he was with the Nexus, then he was the 'submission specialist' US Champion, then he had the Bella twins and Gail Kim, then Mr. Money in the Bank, then the whole 'Indy underdog' thing, then finally it was the heel turn that got him over. And honestly he isn't even THAT over compared to other guys on the roster.
I mean, I can appreciate how good he's going to be because I'm a smark and I prefer ring work to all the extra stuff but I really don't think he's going to get over packaged the way he is. Everything the WWE is doing with him just seems uninspired - "Hey lets go to a heavy metal concert and pick some guy out of the crowd, give him a weird name, a tweener psycho 'I like hurting people' gimmick, and then bury him when he fails to get over after 4 weeks."
It just really seems like they're not putting any effort into this character and setting him up to fail. Which sucks because he's earned this opportunity toiling in the Indy circuit.
