WWE Royal Rumble 2014: 10 Allies Who Will Fall Out
7. Antonio Cesaro And Jack Swagger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpcbuIcLqIk The Real Americans have had a lot more legs than expected. What started out as a last-ditch effort to get Jack Swagger over as a heel (heck, as anything), they enlisted the sassy Zeb Coulter to be his manager. Spring-boarding off Swagger's All-American American persona, Zeb riled the fans by spewing anti-immigration promos, customized for every town they visited. Their antics caught the attention of Fox News in the U.S. and garnered them greater fan appreciation in the face of a condescending general public. When Swagger came back from hand surgery last summer, he rejoined Zeb and his new stable-mate, Antonio Cesaro. It didn't take long for these two characters to click, and soon the fans found it hard to boo Zeb's xenophobic diatribes because they were having so much fun watching Antonio Cesaro. His carnival-esque Giant Swings have become a much-anticipated move in every match (to the point that his most recent Swing on Cody Rhodes was relegated to the WWE App during a commercial break). Like Ziggler before him, Cesaro's talent is appealing to fans, whether they're supposed to like him or not. Furthermore, Cesaro and Zeb haven't been on the sweetest of terms recently. A clumsy nudge here and there, and most notably Cesaro used a wheelchair-bound Zeb as a shield for the Usos. It did not end well for Zeb, and Jack Swagger may find himself on the receiving end of an "accidental" Very European Uppercut this Sunday.
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