5. Ryback All Shook Up
Babyfaces attempting comedy in wrestling almost never works. Next to The Rock, almost no one comes off looking cooler with jokes. That's probably why The Undertaker's stand up tour wasn't well received. Well, just like The Great One, Ryback tried his rendition of Elvis, but this fell flat. Yet it still, somehow, ended up being the least awful thing about the segment. Off-air, I dont care what Ryback believes. If he wants to believe in Lizard People or Bigfoot, or that The Great Khali was a good World Champ, then go for it. But on-air? He's kind of asking for it when creative incorporates his book of choice into a stoyline. The Ryback really loves The Secret. The book that claims that thinking positive is the key to everything, that if you want to lose weight you shouldnt observe overweight people, and that if you have cancer it's basically your own fault because you didnt think positive enough. Its just then hard to get mad at Kevin Owens for his statement of I actually feel sorry for you and all the other delusional idiots that believe this garbage." Its not like Ryback's favorite book is on psychology, or a biography of someone inspirational or even anything religious. It's self-help schlock that makes him look silly. Maybe he should be spending his time thinking positively about not being in so many bad feuds!
Andrew Soucek
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