5. Alex Riley
When A-Ry was heeling it on NXT and his early days on Raw he was one of the highlights of the show and regularly outshone the world champion of the time himself, his own sidekick The Miz. As Miz's "events co-ordinator" we all fondly remember him walking around backstage in a suit with a bluetooth headset on barking orders. The guy looked like a legit star of the future and maybe that was the plan a year ago, but after sandbagging on a Jack Swagger gutwrench powerbomb on Raw, he has rarely been seen on either of the main shows. Riley still gets a pop when his music hits on NXT these days which shows people still remember him for the good times and though his face turn looked like it would be successful at first, it dwindled out into him becoming a generic catchphrase spouting, fans-hands-tagging babyface - a lame catchphrase based on his own theme tune: "Well, you can say it to my face!" Definitely needs to change things up.
4. Jerry Lawler
I have been re-watching old WrestleManias the past few weeks in the build up to this year's event and one of the thing that stands out most to me is how much more energy Jerry Lawler had back in those days. I don't even think it is just a case of him being more youthful, but the fact Lawler was always naturally a heel and played that part so well. The problem is that now Cole is a heel, it would be impossible to have Lawler as a heel too - unless they drafted King to Smackdown alongside Josh Matthews and kept Cole on Raw with Booker T. In fact, this would be great just to get Booker T on Raw.
3. Mr. Anderson
When Mr. Anderson eventually returns to TNA, the first thing we should hear will likely be "Misteeeeeeeeeeeeerrrr.." to a big pop. Of course, I and many others will be excited, but that moment would quickly pass and again the old Anderson will come back. Instead he should turn heel, completely re-invent his act and drop the self-announcing gimmick. Even drop the "Mr." part of his name and just become Ken Anderson. In the process of making himself "duller" by dropping the more flamboyant aspects of his character he would become fresher in the process.
2. Hornswoggle
An outside pick, but can you imagine Hornswoggle doing the heel 101 - donning an expensive suit and coming out criticising the fans for holding him down as a leprechaun? It would be awesome to see Hornswoggle bring the Cruiserweight Title out of extinction (as he was the last holder of the belt) and turn into a cowardly heel who keeps hold of the belt against all odds. It is hard to think of many things that would be funnier.
1. John Cena
Don't get me wrong, I love John Cena. I think his character is great and he is still "the man" despite CM Punk's claim to be, but to continue on while getting the amount of boos he gets every week without addressing it is ridiculous. The problem has been there for about five years and has never gone away. People say a Cena heel turn would be impossible and they would never do it because of merchandise sales, when infact it would be the easiest thing to do. All Cena has to do to turn heel is keep playing himself, but acknowledge the boos and "embrace" them, as Kane tried to make him do. Of course, WWE themselves are beginning to acknowledge the boos after years of ignoring them which shows a heel turn may be in the works. The whole angle with The Rock is definitely going to be leading up to something significant in the future as far as Cena's character is concerned, but what will it be? April 1st likely holds the answer for that.
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