10 Things In Wrestling That Can’t Be Taught
9. Selling
We can’t really gauge his selling ability because Cass is barely in a position to sell. Either a hot tag cameo or a patrolling, ponderous big man in singles, it’s up to Cass to sell the occasion, not the moves. We know with some certainty that he can’t be taught that.
Using his Backlash match with Daniel Bryan - and really, there can be no truer measure of whether he has the stuff than that - Cass failed to convey, to sell, any sense of danger. This was borderline inexcusable, given the size discrepancy and Bryan’s inherent sympathy. All the guy did - and this is no exaggeration - was play to the crowd by constantly raising his first to the air in a D-level display of Heat 101. The arrogance was unjustified, which should have guaranteed heat - if there was anything more to the act than the most basic display of body language imaginable. Body language ordinarily follows a babyface flourish or heel sh*thousery. It is or should be dusted off only when the crowd is receptive to it, as a means of raising the volume to fever pitch.
In the case of Cass, it followed an absolutely rubbish spinebuster hardly worth the boast (pictured).