So as many you know, Alberto Del Rio won the Royal Rumble last week. So the question was, which title was he going to go after; the WWE Championship or the World Heavyweight Championship. Well he didn't make us wait that long as he announced this past Monday Night Raw that he would challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania 27 (of course who he will face will be determined at the Elimination Chamber PPV later this month). But this post is not intended to talk about the week's past happenings. It's purpose it to talk about whether Del Rio should be pushed to main event at Wrestlemania 27.
There are many people out there, especially in the internet wrestling community, that think Del Rio is being pushed too fast. And I can understand why people think that way. He has only been wrestling in the organization since August 2010, yet he was booked to main event at the Super Bowl's version of wrestling. But when you look at it, there could not have been any other choice if you wanted a new face in the title hunt.
When you look at Del Rio, he is someone who can do it all; he has the mic skills, the charisma and the wrestling ability to do it in the ring. In today's wrestling world, you are not only looked at how well you wrestling, but also if you can entertain. There have been many wrestlers who have been excellent in the ring, but had little or no mic skills. People like Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas, both of whom were wrestlers in college, were really never pushed because they lacked the entertainment part of the business. Let's face it, Del Rio knows how to get a crowd to be against, whether talking them down, showing off his expensive cars or having his personal ring announcer (now if that does not say cockiness, then I don't know what does).
Another thing I that seen posted on some websites is he going to be pushed like Jack Swagger. For those who don't remember, Jack Swagger won the Money in the Bank match at last year's Wrestlemania. He later on became champion within a month, but really did not display the qualities of champion. He was made out to be someone who would find the easy way out to win rather than winning a match fair and square. Many thought he was pushed too fast and may be one of the reasons why you don't really hear too much about him on Friday Night Smackdown now. But for me, there is one major difference between Swagger and Del Rio: Swagger was stale. He was someone who was okay on the mic, but not someone who was really going to wow you or do or say something that was going to make you hate him. With Del Rio the moment his music hit and his announcer starts talking in Spanish, he can hear all the boo's in the arena. Once again it all has to do with entertainment aspect of the business.
The last argument I hear why Del Rio should not have won the Royal Rumble is: why him? Well I ask why not him? I see some of the comments people leave in discussion rooms about how they are tired of the same people in the title hunt and how there is nobody ever new. It's always John Cena, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Edge, etc. Well you finally go your wish of someone new, but now you don't like for some odd reason. Well if you want someone new, but now Del Rio, then who. Now I can understand if you want John Morrison in there (I would be all for that he has some amazing athleticism), but name someone else. One of the guys from the Nexus or The Corre, child please. Those guys are mainly there just to beef the feuds they have against each other. Plus most of them are mid-carders right now, not main event material yet... The point is Del Rio is the only new face out there that has main event material, no offense to the other guys.
Let's just it, Alberto Del Rio was the only logical choice to win the Royal Rumble, if you wanted someone new. And it's not just because he's fresh and new, but it's mainly because he can entertain. If a wrestler can't get the crowd be with him or against him, then they won't be going anywhere for some time.
Oh, in case you have not seen what Del Rio's entrance looks like check out the video below. Also, the photo of Del Rio at the top is courtesy of bleacherreport.com
-Christopher J. Valverde
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