Dave Meltzer reported on Tuesday’s Wrestling Observer Radio show that the reason Ryback has faced almost exclusively independent jobbers on television and at live events is because WWE are wary of their contracted performers getting hurt. Full-time WWE Superstars are said to have told front office that they are wary of getting in the ring with him for concerns that they may pickup an injury.
Ryback has defeated two local wrestlers in handicap squash matches at the last two SmackDown tapings (which also included last night’s tapings in Manchester, New Hampshire) and again on this week’s edition of RAW but there is only so long they can keep feeding him no-name talent to defeat. At some point Ryback is going to have to go against contracted performers and WWE will need to put their faith in him if he is going to make it as a star.
WWE fans are likely doing him no favours either with the “Goldberg” chants during his entrance and matches which just remind everyone that we’ve seen this act before and Ryback, at least currently, pales in comparison in the intensity, look and charisma department compared to Goldberg.
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ryback is not going get far. He needs to start doing mic promos on his own thing or else he isnt going get far just dominanting in the ring. In todays wwe you see a failure of this generation of not living up to stone cold/rock generation. Stone colds generation was the best, but the fall off of this current john cena generation is unacceptable. WWE needs to find outside wrestlers as its talent is not good enough. Thankfully for tna- Kurt Angle the last GREAT WRESTLER in the game
I can understand the concern, if this is the case. He seems like a stiff wrestler and I worry there is an Ultiamte Warrior style to his mic skills. BUT… I am loving Ryback. I worry the sideshow will wear thin if he is continually fed cotton candy jobbers like he’s been given so far. Finish it off with a 5on1 match, later pop him in as a surprise tag match as the muscle, have a “brains vs brawn” battle with Sandow and have him lose sooner than later, just to ditch the Goldberg chants. I saw a few matches on FCW. He was solid…just dont put him against the best right off the bat (a la Tensai) or bring back the Village People biker jacket.
If he is a genuinely unsafe worker then he has no business in the wwe and needs to learn how to wrestle safe in developmental.