Gift of Gab

A great look and top notch abilities can take you pretty far in the world of professional wrestling, a lot further than it actually should sometimes.
But the way to make it all the way the having those two previous mentioned, as well as that third crucial element. The ability to talk.


Yea I know, unless they're a mute, every wrestler can talk.
But not all of them can talk well and convincingly.


How many times have you seen a wrestler standing in the middle of the ring and you realized they might as well have someone standing there with cue cards in the ring with them?
Too often.


The few who posess the gift of gab are ones such as Chris Jericho, CM Punk, Edge, Randy Orton. (I know there are others, but those guys come to mind straight away.


They sound so convincing. They can make you think that they believe in what they are saying and just maybe, they mean it.


Then there are those who, well, they mean well but just can't do it. Remember Shelton Benjamins promo when he kept using "Smurf" as a swear censor?
BRUTAL!!


What can people like him do though to get over this hump?


How did those guys handle it back in the day?


The mouth piece Manager!


Guys like Paul Heyman, Bobby Heenan and Classie Freddy Blassie. All of those were amazing mouth pieces and got over the wrestlers they were with cause they were that missing element. They knew how to generate heat or a pop from the crowd.


But why is it that the Manager has faded away like the credibility in WWE Tag Team wrestling?
Why silent the voices of those who desperately need them?


So many guys could be recieving that response from the crowd instead of killing of segments and hurting matches that follow it.


Who are some that could use one nowadays?


A couple come to mind:


Evan Bourne - The crowd already goes nuts for this guy. Even lacking the size, he is still set to get a push soon, but the lack of a great promo could really stall his push.


Ted Dibiase - I know, I know. The guy can already cut a decent promo when he's given the chance. But look at the rut he is in at the moment. He's not really selling himself as credible. Imagine if he had someone like Bobby Heenan (someone LIKE, I know it would never actually be Heenan) He would sell him to the crowd, really get them riled up, then Dibiase could do his promo to a hot crowd and they would eat it right up.




Who do you think would benefit from a Manager as a mouth piece?