Comments on: CM Punk The Face Of WWE?, Vince’s Creative Meeting With Heyman, WWE’s Shot At UFC, How Ryback Got Over

By: Demarri

Demarri — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:17:24 +0000

At Raw in Sacramento The crowd was ALL FOR Ryback. The chants were loud the Signs were A LOT. We even had a 4 person sign there that said FEED ME MORE. He is VERY over right now. The hottest thing right now along with Daniel Bryan and Kane. Rybacks chants were the loudest of the night, Even more than Sheamus

By: Bill G

Bill G — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:10:50 +0000

So 'Big Hungry' doesn't have a boring personality? Ok.

By: Herman Tank

Herman Tank — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:27:03 +0000

Yes, because ECW was SO successful. ECW had it's chances but not enough people cared. Just like the attitude era, ECW is dead. Someone should send Heyman the message that bragging about failing is something reserved for Eric Bischoff and eventually TNA.

By: Sjenttivensventa

Sjenttivensventa — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:30:13 +0000

Could you say the ankle injury was the best thing to happen to Ryback

By: proud

proud — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:19:16 +0000

Ryback will be in the elimination chamber for certain if your right Richard and i don’t think anyone next year will believe that Ryback could main event Wrestlemania regardless of the other workers on the card!

By: Jhhv

Jhhv — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:01:23 +0000

Really? Watch him as skip

By: Evon Reese

Evon Reese — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 06:39:15 +0000

@HATER you're actually right. He's a good wrestler but personality wise he's boring.

By: Thumpa

Thumpa — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 06:07:59 +0000

I don’t mind him but his first 10/15 min match will be very telling, let’s just see what happens.

By: Donny

Donny — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:38:35 +0000

Ryback is a waste of my time if he’s in the main event at hell in a cell I’m not ordering it. Sorry but I’m so against this ryback push, I’m not saying he’s not a hard worker I get where he’s at, he’s just bluh to me

By: Aldo T

Aldo T — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:01:06 +0000

I'll be completely Honest.. All day at work, I kept hearing Ryback's them song in my head.

I personally think he's going to make it big in WWE since he's been busting his arse day in and day out in a business where you have to break through in order to make it to the top.

Plus, look at some of the horrid wrestlers on the roster, such as ADR. He's okay at best and he's on the top card.. -_-

To anyone thats going to b*tch.. Do it about him and NOT Ryback.. Just saying..

By: Nick b

Nick b — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:22:24 +0000

*government mule

By: Anand

Anand — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:19:56 +0000

IAt least Ryback does not bore us to death like ADR. Ryback's no-nonsense kind of gimmick is much better than the total nonsense gimmick of ADR.

Ricardo is the only saving grace in a totally lacklusture performance/gimmick.

By: RobUK

RobUK — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:21:46 +0000

Sometimes a Simple phrase can catch on and really help the worker, and that is what I believe is pushing Ryback over. Since the introduction of the ‘feed me more’ chants it’s given Ryback a way to connect with the audience and in turn something for them to do when he comes out. It’s like Daniel Bryan and the ‘Yes/No’ chants. Of course his wrestling ability is second to none but he really started to gain momentum when the ‘yes’ chants caught on.
I’m never one for workers getting pushe to the tip straight away but I actually don’t mind Ryback And I’m interested to see what he can do. I also believe if he remains unbeaten until HIAC – I think they might, just might have him win the Title. Hopefully not(just yet anyway) but why build him just to have him lose?

By: gpturbo81

gpturbo81 — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:19:12 +0000

dana white knows better than to play vince's games

By: Stoney

Stoney — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:57:46 +0000

I'd love to see Paul Heyman on the creative tea, if only Vince wasn't stubborn as a mule

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:49:42 +0000

Ryback's character is believable, which is why I think he will do fine. He is similar to Goldberg, in looks and overall attitude, but so what??? People LOVED Goldberg. The IWC is so quick to bash everything without it ever letting it play out, and I admit I am guilty of this sometimes too. It seems lately that WWE is gravitating towards the more technical, indy style…which is fine. But we can also have a huge, powerhouse guy like Ryback as well. Diversity is important.

By: DoJo

DoJo — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:44:18 +0000

I enjoy the Ryback characters and he is getting over BIG time with the live audience’s – however I really feel he needs a couple of tweaks to his gimmick which will take him to the very top………. Firstly he NEEDS a new finisher, something with impact that can be delivered quickly – possibly something like a Samoan drop into the diamond cutter??? His suplex/neckbreaker is poo lol Secondly he needs to stay silent, forget the mic with his character – ‘feed me more’ is all he should say!!!!! It’s a shame he won’t be a heel (yet anyway) as Heyman could have done for Ryback what he done with Brock…….. Ryback has paid his dues & is the next Batista

By: Blaze

Blaze — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:26:10 +0000

I hope not fish tacos.

By: ligerarion

ligerarion — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:56:44 +0000

I took my younger brothers to Power Balance Pavilion for Raw this Monday. I can tell you that Ryback was legitimately over. During commercial breaks when the lights were down, random “feed me more” chants would start and go through the arena. Also, I don’t know if it was heard on television, but not long into Punk vs McMahon a “we want Ryback” chant started in a couple sections of the arena.

By: HATER

HATER — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:25:17 +0000

Kofi Is Boring

By: Bishop

Bishop — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:15:28 +0000

I like the direction of where they are going with Ryback. You look at the guy and he looks believable. It’s not about “wrestling” anymore, it’s “entertainment”…sorry fans, it’s the truth. I find him to be very entertaining and his feats of strength has been impressive (minus the Tensai sandbag).

People complained the mid-card wasn’t being elevated, well here is a believable force being pushed…but it’s a problem? Cena was carried early on in his main event push, he has…somewhat…upped his game since then. Find the right opponent(s) for Ryback to have chemistry with and you’ll get your match(es) that are enjoyable.

By: Miles

Miles — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:28:16 +0000

I’ll say it again, Ryback will be huge.

By: Sweetonion

Sweetonion — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:26:05 +0000

Feed me more tacos

By: Jitters84

Jitters84 — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:19:55 +0000

Before a major push.. I’d like to see what he has besides squash matches..like with a valid upper midcarder. This way If he bombs like tensai no harm no foul.. But to throw him basically up top is like sending him solo to pack of wolves.. He’s going to be slaughtered if Thier is any botch spots… His fault or not..

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:16:08 +0000

Thank you Richard! You nailed it! Freaking smarks think they know it all! And some go with the crowd just because they think “it’s the cool thing to do”. The fact of the matter is, Ryan Reeves, Skip Shefield, Ryback, whatever you wanna call the dude, has been around for years! He’s not some guy who just broke into the business and is getting a huge push based on looks alone. This is why I hate when they compare Ryback to Goldberg, they are two completely different animals. It’s like comparing a lion to a damn gorilla! Ryback will continue to get over because the guy is hungry (no pun intended) he wants to make it to the top! He’s been around since 2005 when they had that 1 million dollars tough enough thing on Smackdown. Don’t even compare him to Cena cuz that’s a crime! He’s gimmick is waaaay better than Cena’s, you don’t see Ryback walking around saluting ppl like he’s a soldier do ya? You don’t see Ryback cracking lame jokes and kissing people’s asses, the same ppl that boo him and say he sucks, do ya? Ppl chant “Goldberg” and what does Ryback do? He completely ignores is and chants “FEED ME MORE!”

By: Richard Gray

Richard Gray — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:02:24 +0000

You've got to understand some people are basing their opinion of Ryback based completely on the predisposition of an overwhelming amount of IWC readers. The problem with this is it does not allow for one to change their opinion. Because downgrading Ryback is the "smarky" thing to do, there will be those that trash him without giving the gimmick a chance. To me, it would be miserable to follow a business in which I held a negative opinion of anyone that wasn't cut from the ROH/EVOLVE/Dragon Date indy cloth.

By: Spike westphal

Spike westphal — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:00:18 +0000

At first I thought ryback gimmick would fail and I thought it would be another fail but ryback as grown on me and I started chanting feed him more chants to the tellyvision

By: mark3man

mark3man — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:57:03 +0000

people saying ryback can't wrestle seem to forget what we are seeing is a gimmic, go on youtube and watch Wade Barrett vs Skip Sheffield, when he's not playing this robot type character look at him then.

By: ashley

ashley — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:35:49 +0000

fun fact, the camera man doesn't do the shaking when he is in sacramento, it's actually the arena. power balance is so old that when the fans all stomp their feet it shakes the camera. it happened many times throughout the night. i saw some ryback shirts and the amount of people i saw shaking their hands up and down for him during feed me more was ridiculous. when he came out to save vince the arena exploded.

By: Donny

Donny — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:30:13 +0000

I’m so against this Ryback push, how is he going to even put on a 15min ppv match. He can’t wrestle. Puke