The Man Known as Dan Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Also, just a note, but trying to tear about one of my favorite wrestlers and a claiming him to be "on his way to being the most overrated wrestler of all time" is not a particularly good way to make me value your opinion, or give the wrestler your backing a shot, it just makes me want to role my eyes and forget about this particular matchup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DylanWaco Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Hechicero was never going to win this and that is fine. I give my honest opinions of wrestlers in these polls and always have. And in the case of Zayn I think he's borderline great but also wildly overrated. When people talk about his year last year as an all time great run, or claim he had a dozen story driven epics in the voting period, I have the same reaction you have when I say he's on the way to being the most overrated wrestler on history. And that's ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I'm going out of my way not to shit on your guy here but reducing Sami to "booked really well" is such hockey you should start booking your flight to the next Winter Classic. The very idea that Sami had good matches or had a good period because of booking is so pants-on-head ridiculous that you can make that argument about anyone ever. Ric Flair? Totally only good because of booking. Totally. See how silly that sounds? Because it's silly! 1) "your guy?" I think I'm starting to understand why these threads get heated over the NXT people. 2) Booking absolutely matters. He's getting the time and the freedom to showcase what you're praising him for, and what I was saying is that he needs that. I can't imagine Sami Zayn working like the Kofi Kingston spot would be that entertaining, because a lot of what his matches rely on is that personal connection. And he's really good at that! Like, facial expressions and physical charisma, Zayn is great. But he benefits from having the time and the avenue to show those skills. So, for me personally, I'm more likely to be wowed by the guy given a match that does nothing but fill time, and then just sheer force of will make it fun anyways. Hechicero spent the year doing that. I will watch a bunch of has-beens and never-wills and Hechicero, and did repeatedly all year. You'd really have to work to get me to watch Sami Zayn against, say, Tye Dillinger. Think of it like baseball: it's home runs vs. batting average. The guy with 400+ home runs gets all the fame, and the guy with the .338 batting average gets the hall of fame. basically hechicero is tony gwynn now also way to lump my facetious arguments into my substantitive ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 Hechicero - 26 Sami - 77 Sami Zayn Advances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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