6. Even When Directionless, He Still Wins Most Matches
Alberto Del Rio has been without a serious storyline for several months (mini-feud with Batista notwithstanding). In that time, weve seen him job to Sin Cara, Batista, Dolph Ziggler, Rob Van Dam, Big E and Daniel Bryan. ADR is floundering, so part of his job is to put over other superstars. We see this constantly with guys like Ziggler, Ryder, Sandow and Kofi. If creative suddenly decides to push Ziggler in an angle, hell start winning again. Sheamus is supposedly one of WWEs top guys, yet he will go through patches without a real clear storyline or feud set up. However, he rarely loses matches during these periods like others. Fans who pay attention to details like this will notice Sheamus winning matches he doesnt really need to, which leads to a feeling that hes just winning to win theres no purpose to it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_d5Qz-6Olc Since his return this year, Sheamus is 19-6 in televised matches, with two of those losses coming in matches in which he wasnt pinned (a six-man tag and a fatal fourway). Several of those wins came while he meandered about with little to no direction after the Rumble. He just kind of bounced from opponent to opponent before locking in against Christian for a few weeks (which Sheamus won every head-to-head match). Even as United States Champion, Sheamus was on the verge of a great rivalry with Cesaro, but theyve now moved into the WWE World Heavyweight Championship ladder match instead of feuding over Sheamus title. Theres just no real consistency to it: Sheamus just floats around WWE until hes needed to be inserted in a top-level multi-man match.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.
