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Anonymous asked in SportsWrestling · 1 decade ago

HOW is it that zack ryder has a job and kennedy and umaga dont?

okay i wasnt really big fans of umaga or kennedy but they had talent, and yet zack ryder who im not impressed with and never have been has a job the only thing good about him is his finisher thats it his theme song sucks, his in ring skills suck, and the woo woo woo is annoying now at first it was funny now it just p!sses me off. So are you mad that wwe is releasing talented guys yet keeping guys who have none?

bq: are you unimpressed with ryder like me

Update:

the funny thing is i was actually more impressed with the hometown jobber than him last week on ecw and im being serious

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    I have no idea why Zack Ryder has a job but Umaga and Kennedy doesn't. Zack hasn't really made any name for himself on WWE besides being Edge's lackey back when they were La Familia. Zack Ryder's in ring ability wasn't good and like you said his woo woo woo is getting more and more annoying each week.

    WWE has done a lot of things to piss me off lately like treating the divas division and the tag team division like crap. This is definitely one of the worst cases we see talented superstars like Kennedy and Umaga released but we keep seeing superstars like Zack Ryder and other superstars who aren't talented. I honestly can't even believe Kennedy was released for botching a move when Batista botches much more times in one match. Umaga didn't even have time to really create a dominant presence and we were anxious to see what kind of storyline he would be in.

    You might not like Kennedy but he had potential all he needed to do was change his style to a safer style and be more careful in the ring so he doesn't get injured. Besides that Kennedy has decent in ring ability great mic skills and great charisma he was a young up and comer superstar who would have done well in the main event in the future. I understand Batista is staying because he's popular and liked by the fans but can't WWE see that Kennedy has talent? Kennedy would have been a fresh new superstar in the main event and I'm glad to see that at least MVP might take Kennedy's place.

    Umaga was talented as well he was a dominant superstar with agile speed great power flexibility and he had a monster role which is something rare to see in WWE lately. Without Kane and Undertaker someone has to fill in the hole that's left out and i think Umaga would have done fine he made CM Punk look like a legitimate contender and made him look great in the ring against him. Umaga was a good wrestler for a man of his size and i m disappointed that he was released because he didn't even have much chances to make a name for himself since his return.

    BQ: I'm not impressed he sometimes annoys me saying woo woo woo again every single week. How is that kind of gimmick going to get you into main event status anyway those silly gimmicks either make you a jobber or a permanent mid carder. He needs to have a more serious gimmick so fans could take him more seriously and he'll actually look like a challenger for a championship instead of being a jobber. Who knows Ryder might get a different gimmick or improve but so far he hasn't been that impressive.

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  • 1 decade ago

    I would guess that Ryder is still there for two reasons:

    1. No doubt he is paid much less than Umaga and Kennedy were.

    2. Ryder was never a big deal before the gimmick-change and the gimmick-change changed everything about him. He's really no different than a wrestler who's just signed with the WWE: somebody brand-new they can experiment with, and don't have to pay very much.

    I'm not upset about Kennedy (not a fan) and Umaga (big fan) being released. They can always go to TNA and perhaps get used more effectively.

    BQ: I was more impressed with that gimmick when it debuted a decade ago and they called it "Grand Master Sex-ay". Difference is, Brian Christopher made it work; he made you believe that he WAS the gimmick. He was funny, goofy, and very entertaining (and he was a good in-ring performer).

    Ryder is painfully obviously playing a role. He seems to be trying but that gimmick is out-dated and just doesn't work anymore. That gimmick is just not him. Ryder has some talent; he doesn't need that clown get-up.

  • 1 decade ago

    I'm done trying to figure out why the wwe releases talented superstars yet keeps superstars that people could care less about.

    BQ: I am not impressed at all with Zack Ryder. What is even supposed to be impressive about him? Is the fact that he can beat small town nobodies on Ecw on a weekly basis supposed to impress me? WWE is making a huge mistake by keeping a joke like Ryder over real wrestlers like Kennedy and Umaga.

  • 1 decade ago

    Another question: How is it that Santino, Batista and Khali still have a job while Kennedy and Umaga dont?

    bq- Yeah, they let go of the good guys and keep the undeserving ones with talent

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  • 1 decade ago

    totally 100% agree with you.

    its total B.S what the wwe is doing to themselves. when they lose all there fans, they cant cry, they did it to themselves by releasing the good superstars and leaving the crappy ones.

    BQ; yes im totally unimpressed. ryder has no talent. he shouldn't be in the wwe anymore.

    lol i thought it was funny on the hardy show when jeff impersonated ryder's woo woo woo you know it.

  • 1 decade ago

    Totally Agree

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Zack is awesome. I never liked Umaga but I kind of liked Kennedy.

  • 1 decade ago

    I have no F*cking clue. Right now I am soo shocked and pissed about this that I want to send WWE a long A$$ letter as to why was Umaga released.

    BQ: Yes. I hate his hair, I hate his theme, I hate his Wrestling attire, and ugh. Im just soo pissed.

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  • Exactly. They also still have Mike Knox, Jamie Noble, Jesse, Festus, Kung Fu Naki, Jimmy Wang Yang, Paul Burchill, and Sim Snuka. It isn't that all of these wrestlers suck it is that they are showing no progress on their shows.

  • 1 decade ago

    Not just Zack Ryder, Tito Ortiz as well

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