For a while now, I've really despised ADR. Either as a face or a heel, he just rubs me the wrong way and it makes me want to punch him in the face if I ever saw him and I have quite a few reasons as to why I hate him so much. This isn't me hating a character like I'm meant to in wrestling. It actually really bugs me that he is used so frequently in WWE and clearly doesn't deserve it.
I can totally respect this. People think I'm crazy for feeling the same way about guys like Rey Mysterio or RVD. If you don't like someone, you don't like them, regardless of how much the product pushes them.
1 - He used the "Si" chant as if its his. Daniel Bryan made the Yes chant what it is and ADR just hangs on the coattails of it. Yet no one seems to have even questioned it, even though he uses the same timing with it and everything. This really does bug me as I don't think anyone has even acknowledged that he does this.
If you want to blame someone for the "Si" chant, blame yourself. And blame the rest of the WWE universe. You act as if ADR pushed this chant upon us. If you recall correctly, this chant was used solely by the crowd and ADR figured, why not use it? That's Wrestling 101; embrace the crowd's reactions and utilize them for your benefit. The only thing ADR does to egg on that chant is slapping his wrist. If the crowd wants to chant "Si" while he does it, it's certainly not his fault. Either way, it works and he successfully got the crowd behind him in his matches when he was a babyface using the chant.
2 - His time as a heel was average at best, people say he was a good, even great heel, but he really wasn't at all. Is just he is so bad as a face that his heel days look amazing by comparison.
Another strange statement. As a heel, I agree he was quite the epic fail. All the potential in the world just went to shit because he was stripped of his heelish "wink" and he kept forcing the word destiny down our throats. But when he turned face, the crowd was REALLY behind him for a while. Don't let your personal opinions sway facts; while Del Rio was a babyface, he rose leaps and bounds above where he was as a heel.
3 - The main reason why he is "over" is Ricardo Rodriguez. His Ring Announcer/Manager gets more of a reaction than the wrestler. That should tell us something about his character. Stop pushing him just because he has RR.
I couldn't agree more.
However, you want the WWE to STOP pushing him because a part of him is over with the crowd? That's just ridiculous. That's like turning back the clock and stopping the pushes of guys such as King Kong Bundy, Rick Rude and Harley Race just because Heenan was more over than they were. Heenan was more over than EVERY wrestler he managed.
Last I checked, isn't that the point of a manager? To get the wrestlers they represent over with the crowd?
4 - Then there is his look. He just looks like a slime ball who when he is an old man will walk the beaches of Mexico and be asking people to let him sleep with their wives for money. He has such a generic look that anyone could have done the job.
Wow... you're really reaching here. The fuck would you have him do... bleach his hair, paint his face, and wear tassels?? How can you knock a guy just because he looks a certain way? If looks were everything, how would Mick Foley ever have gotten over?
5 - He has the charisma of a brick. If it wasn't for RR he would actually be no where in WWE.
First of all, "nowhere" is one word. If you separate the word, you're almost asking us a question (i.e. "No, where?")
Secondly, yes his charisma is lacking. But once again, that's the point of giving a wrestler a manager.
Most of you will probably slate this post, but I just really needed to rant somewhere wrestling based and get feedback on what other people think.So the question is simple, am I justified to hate his as much as I do?
You're only justified if you give logical and just reasoning. He rubs you the wrong way? No problem... hate on him all you want. But most of your tirade is a total contradiction of the product of professional wrestling. What you see in ADR is what's been done with wrestlers since the 2nd Golden Age of the 80's, except a more modernized version that adapts to the current times.
