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The Wave Master posted...

Yes, she doesn't understand that he is a lump with no charisma, his in ring talent is limited, and he couldn't cut a promo to save his life....but....hes tall, dark, and handsome so she wants him around for eye candy. Personally I have no use for him.

To be fair, Roman's actually fairly skilled in terms of pure wrestling. He's capable in the ring and has a strong enough grasp of ring psychology. Under other circumstances, he'd probably be pretty over.

The real problem is that lack of charisma, though. Whether it's simply because of how he's booked, because it's hard to really emote when you're reading the cold, dead script a bunch of Hollywood writers have shit out for you (a problem multiple wrestlers seem to have these days, and something which has only really become a problem in the last decade or so), or because he really is a completely uninteresting lump of meat, Roman comes across as having zero personality, and it hurts him, bad. It puts him less on par with people like Rock or Cena, and more in the camp of guys like Diesel or Test.

Which, honestly, might be the main reason WHY the WWE refuses to go the Rock route and turn him heel. Because they're fully aware that the Rock's entire career was based on his own innate personal charisma, and that his ability to be a despicable but interesting heel is what helped pave his way to the eventual face turn (a career path shared by Triple H himself), but they're also aware that Roman has the personality of a dead fish, and they're afraid that once they turn him heel, he'll never have the necessary charm, humor, or gravitas to actually win the crowd over in any way.

Though even then, you'd think they'd be more inclined to use him as a badass heel with nuclear heat than keep him as a lukewarm face the crowd will never really unite behind.


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