5 Reasons why Cesaro should be World Champion
Cesaro is arguably the best wrestler in WWE, if not the world. That isn’t hyperbole; Cesaro is arguably the closest thing WWE has to a truly complete performer. He’s arguably stronger than John Cena, as shown with JBL constantly referring to him as ‘pound-for-pound the strongest Superstar in the WWE’.
He can do springboard, jumping and diving moves almost as well as A.J. Styles. He has the technical skill of someone like Styles, Daniel Bryan, or Seth Rollins. Finally, he has the unyielding fan support that Daniel Bryan still has and that Roman Reigns wishes he could have.
So why hasn’t this man reached the top of the company yet?
Cesaro has been on the main WWE roster since 2012, and in that time he has proven to be arguably the best natural athlete on their roster. While his work as a heel left a lot to be desired, Cesaro’s quite possibly the perfect babyface wrestler.
He has so many admirable qualities and traits, both within wrestling and outside it, that it’s incomprehensible to believe that despite grabbing (and smashing) Vince McMahon’s metaphorical brass rings, Cesaro still isn’t even a regular contender for the World Championship on either brand.
This is despite the fact that he has incredible support from many people within the wrestling industry as well. John Cena went to great lengths to praise Cesaro for his unbelievable abilities in the ring:
Mick Foley was an initial critic of Cesaro’s, thinking he was a relic of a bygone era. But Foley changed his tune very abruptly after seeing how well Cesaro wrestled against John Cena.
Ric Flair, one of the most universally-respected names in wrestling history, once said that no one else brings more to the table than Cesaro. Even ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin grilled Vince McMahon for not coming up with a believable explanation for Cesaro’s lack of a push.
In the end, Vince McMahon is the one that decides which Superstars get pushed and which ones don’t. But believe it or not, there are several excellent reasons why Cesaro should be a world champion in WWE.
It isn’t just because he has earned at least one proper main event push or title shot. WWE would benefit from having someone like Cesaro as World Champion. Here’s why…
#5 He’s an exceptional and versatile wrestler
As mentioned earlier, Cesaro’s wrestling ability speaks for itself. This is a man that can out-power WWE’s resident superman John Cena, jump like A.J. Styles, and can transition from one move to another like Daniel Bryan. These are critical qualities to have in a top-level WWE Superstar.
Today’s WWE fans want to see wrestlers do exceptional things.
That usually means a strongman showing even more exceptional strength, a big man showing surprising agility, or even a serious wrestler doing something so incredibly wacky that you cannot help but cheer them. Cesaro has done all of these things many times.
WWE’s bookers wouldn’t have to do much in order for Cesaro to get a strong reaction.
In fact, all they’d have to do is let him do whatever he’s been doing already. Everything he does gets a huge reaction, no matter how (ir)relevant his match is. From his ‘uppercut train’, to the Cesaro swing, the man knows how to control an audience.
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This is a wrestler that could get the crowd to roar with approval by doing very little. They’ve already been entranced by his feats of strength with his delayed Superplexes and him lifting enormous opponents for the Neutralizer. Even the giant swing, which is as unrealistic a move as any, gets a massive reaction on a regular basis.
Honestly, how hard would it be to book the following storyline?
Each week, Cesaro’s put in a match against very small opponents, and every week he does more revolutions in his Giant Swing.
This number keeps getting higher and higher until he managed to swing someone around 100 times (which, given his strength isn’t that farfetched). The audience would give him a standing ovation.
Of course, if you really want to see how gifted Cesaro is, just watch him do the UFO: