From: Uglyface2 | #111
Yeah, I know this is back a ways, but it's been on my mind a lot and this is probably the only chance I'll get to air this.
ADR can put on one hell of a match. The minute his slow, plodding entrance ends and he locks up, he's completely amazing to watch. But damn, that entrance and those promos just suck.
A good heel makes you want somebody to kick his teeth in. Back in the day, I hated Owen Hart because he came across as irritating and obnoxious in his promos. That made him a good heel. I use Owen as an example because ADR seems to want to be those things, but he's not; he's just boring. He comes out in a car every week, but so what? Is he going for an envy thing there? It doesn't work. Then there are the snooze-fests that were his in-ring vignettes. "I'm having a celebration on the retirement of Edge! Do you hate me yet?" No, I'm just bored, Mr. DR.
The thing is, ADR is competent on the mic. He's not tripping over his words, he knows what he wants to say and can get his point across. He just lacks that spark that a good heel can provide.
I just think he needs to reinvent himself a bit. Hes the same guy he was when he debuted and hes been in the spotlight nearly constantly. The character needs to evolve a bit, after all DESTINY is less interesting once you've been champ and he never really connected it to anything greater so by this point its a dead letter.
Im not saying he needs to turn face necessarily, he just needs to reassert himself as a character before he belongs in the main event again. A trip to smackdown could do wonders for him.
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edwardsdv and swordz9 are basically the comedy heel tag team of this topic, why would people be taking them seriously?