From: JaKyL25 | #015
I think when people call Del Rio "boring" that a large part of that comes with trying to watch wrestling with a post-modern mindset and not coming from the same approach WWE is aiming for.
Heels aren't by and large supposed to be super-exciting. You're not supposed to be like "SWEET time for another ADR promo, I love that guy." You're supposed to be like "Dammit I'm sick and tired of this guy coming out here every week and blathering on about his destiny, won't SOMEBODY come shut this idiot up?" Watching WWE with a smark mindset really kills the product.
Could ADR's promos be better? Of course. But I think to criticize him for not being exciting or dynamic on the mic is to miss the point entirely. As long as he's getting the storyline points across and sufficiently antagonizing the audience, he's doing his job.
The problem is that if WWE is aiming for having heels be boring, that's stupid. It's the same issue with any character in any medium - if you set out to make a character that the audience doesn't enjoy watching/reading/seeing, and they don't enjoy the character, congrats, you succeeded in your goal of...making people not like your product. Yay? There's a difference between not being likable and not being enjoyable, and Del Rio's droning, meaningless promos tend to fall into the latter category. You should want to see the heel get their ass kicked sure but you should also find yourself wanting to see what they're going to say next, because if their promos aren't entertaining you, then the entire segment in which they speak just completely failed. It's a different form of entertainment but being boring is awful regardless of what alignment a wrestler is.
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