2. Enzo Amore (and Big Cass)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMlGMdXpDFU Don't read another word. Just watch that clip right there. Watched it? THAT'S why Enzo Amore and Big Cass are going to be the next New Age Outlaws. Not complicated gimmicks here; one is a Noo Yawkah, the other is a Joysey boy. What sells the whole thing is that they are both funny as hell. Constantly playing up to every kind of east coast stereotype and playing it all for laughs, they are over with the crowd like nobodies business. They also illustrate a good point when debating the merits of the PG era. Excuse me while I climb onto this soapbox... See, most wrestling fans assume that WWE isn't as entertaining as it used to be solely because of the PG era. And while in certain matches, that's certainly a factor, you cannot blame the boring backstage segments on the fact that wrestlers cant use profanity as freely as they used to. All these guys have to do to insult somebody is proclaim that they are "S. A. W. F. T. SAWWWWWWWFT!!!!" and its entertaining as hell. The problem today isn't that the PG era restricts a wrestlers popularity by dictating what they can and cannot say in promos, the problems is wrestlers not being imaginative and creative enough to work around it. IT CAN BE DONE. One of the things I love about these two is that they are the guys who will wander round backstage and constantly find themselves new feuds and storylines just by messing around with their fellow wrestlers. A recent example of this is as follows; Enzo and Big Cass are hanging around backstage when they come across Aiden English practising his vocals. They make fun of him, and it all leads to a sing-off between Aiden and Cass. "Oh, God" you're thinking "A sing off on a wrestling show?? its like divas musical chairs all over again" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH_QHrPJv1w And THAT, I repeat, is why they're the next New Age Outlaws. BADA BOOM! REALEST GUYS IN THE ROOM!
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Stephen Maher has been a rock star, a bouncer, a banker and a busker on various streets in various countries. He's hung out with Robert Plant, he was at Nelson Mandela's birthday and he's swapped stories with prostitutes and crack addicts. He once performed at a Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras by accident. These days, he passes the time by writing about music, wrestling, games and other forms of nerdery. And he rarely drinks the blood of the innocent.
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