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In the recent months I have read a ton of hate on this guy and to be honest I just don't get it. His mic work has been ripped to shreds and I just don't get it. Neville is by far the best wrestler this company has had since Dynamite Kid. Let me explain. Dynamite Kid came onto the scene with work that no one had really seen before in American Pro Wrestling. Even the best ring workers will tell you, Dynamite Kid started it all. He was a pioneer. Since then we have been privileged to see plenty of high flyers, or acrobatic wrestlers in the ring. Dynamite's speed, agility, movement, and tenaciousness was a breath of fresh air. He influenced so many, like Chris Benoit and hundreds if not thousands more.

What I see from Adrian Neville is rare. The moves he does aren't things we haven't seen done before, but it's how he executes with precision. All of his speed and energy are constant, or always in motion. Gravity certainly forgot this man, but it's not just the high flying moves that impress me. Adrian Neville can do it all. It's very obvious he is strong enough to perform powerful moves, or fast enough to make a simple leg bar take down look amazing. I find that his moves are explosive like a stick of dynamite. Very few folks can do what he can do in the ring consistently with hesitation. Respect the real "Best in the World".
 

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He may be one of the most talented athletes in wrestling but I don't see him going far. I can very easily see him end up like Evan Bourne. I can't see Neville come anywhere near the WWE main event picture.
 

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Regardless of how good a worker he is he is never ever going to make it, especially with that accent and those ears he'll be seen as a midget Drew McIntyre, as soon as Vince sees him on smackdown you know what's coming next

 

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He has an excellent moveset but average at best ring psychology, and he's severely lacking in every other department. He's already extremely stale on NXT. TBH I think he would have been better off staying in Japan.
 

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He's in developmental, developing, so I have no problem with his promos lacking. They're already vastly better than when he started. Seth Rollins was god awful once, now after a lot of work, he's pretty good, so even if he's not a natural, Neville will find his groove.

He's so good a wrestler mind that he'll get over regardless.
 

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Neville/Pac, is amazing in ring for his style. A high flyer of his talents has always been neglected in America, Rey was a rare example, and even he pales in comparison to neville. I've been a fan of his for a few years, im glad wwe is giving him some shine, at least in NXT
 

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There's nobody as good as Neville at the execution and the spectacle of what he can do here will probably get him onto the main roster. He'll never be big there because he looks weird.

The crowd buys into characters rather than stories. Stories have a part to play in creating those characters but the stories are generally so unbelievable as to be a minor part. If Neville can be the guy who is electric in the ring every time and at least partly overcomes his mic problems (which he is doing) then he'll do OK.
 

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I honestly believe he should wear a mask of sorts and be given a non-talking Sting/Fallen Angel gimmick! I think that will turn his weaknesses, being his face/ears and his mic skills, into strengths. A masked dark look will add presence to him like it did for Sting (although Sting had face paint instead of a mask) and staying silent will add mystique.

What do you guys think?

EDIT: You could dress him similar to the character from Dark Souls with a similar mask. Only allow his hair to come through the top and hang down.

 

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^ I agree. Make him the WWE's version of the "Suicide" character.
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And yeah Neville is great in the ring, amazing accuracy and precision and athleticism, but lacking in most other departments. Still very young and developing so who knows. Maybe put him in a tag team with a charismatic partner and there you have it.
 

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Neville won't ever need mic skills to be enjoyed by the fans. He will put asses in seats just based on what he does in the ring. He is that good and there will be younger fans who want to see him forget that gravity even exist. He isn't some tiny guy either. Neville is ripped and built like Benoit, but does so much more.
 

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Neville is by far the best wrestler this company has had since Dynamite Kid. Let me explain. Dynamite Kid came onto the scene with work that no one had really seen before in American Pro Wrestling. Even the best ring workers will tell you, Dynamite Kid started it all. He was a pioneer. Since then we have been privileged to see plenty of high flyers, or acrobatic wrestlers in the ring. Dynamite's speed, agility, movement, and tenaciousness was a breath of fresh air. He influenced so many, like Chris Benoit and hundreds if not thousands more.
Dynamite Kid was a pioneer, but he also had rather glaring weaknesses (psychology and selling). His famous matches with Tiger Mask haven't really aged that well (somebody virtually unknown like Tatsumi Fujinami was better than both DK and TM).

As far Neville is concerned, I don't even consider him a top 5 wrestler in wwe at this moment. Somebody like Rollins is almost as good of a high flyer as Neville and he is much better at other aspects of wrestling. Neville could be great, be lets wait and see how he transitions into the main roster.
 

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Neville can do some amazing things in the ring, if/when he gets brought up I can see him getting put in a tag team. To be honest the guy needs to talk as little as possible, kudos to THANOS who thought of giving him a masked gimmick because it'd work quite well. I think he needs a little work in the time being, his longer matches have been a little chaotic. But I still think he's learning the WWE style and it'll come to him.
 

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What happened to your membership?

And yeah Neville is great in the ring, amazing accuracy and precision and athleticism, but lacking in most other departments. Still very young and developing so who knows. Maybe put him in a tag team with a charismatic partner and there you have it.
Membership was missing due to some error with my reinstatement. But it's back now, at least.

For the record, I disagree that anyone gets over on ring-work alone anymore. Daniel Bryan is charismatic and endearing and his character being the weak link/ultimate underdog got him over (along with great foils in Cena, Bray, HHH). Neville is not going to be over just because he can flip sideways. It's never been the case, no matter how good a wrestler anyone is.

He will be Tyson Kidded basically, without interesting character or gimmick. Or hell, look at Evan Bourne. He had fresh looking, exciting flips and it took him nowhere on it's own.

"The Man Who Gravity Forgot" should legit be Neville's ring name and he should get some majestic/mystical presentation and I'd actually enjoy that and people would buy it.
 

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Membership was missing due to some error with my reinstatement. But it's back now, at least.

For the record, I disagree that anyone gets over on ring-work alone anymore. Daniel Bryan is charismatic and endearing and his character being the weak link/ultimate underdog got him over (along with great foils in Cena, Bray, HHH). Neville is not going to be over just because he can flip sideways. It's never been the case, no matter how good a wrestler anyone is.

He will be Tyson Kidded basically, without interesting character or gimmick. Or hell, look at Evan Bourne. He had fresh looking, exciting flips and it took him nowhere on it's own.

"The Man Who Gravity Forgot" should legit be Neville's ring name and he should get some majestic/mystical presentation and I'd actually enjoy that and people would buy it.
^^^ People enjoy seeing good wrestlers, especially ones with high spots (from purely casual view) but if they don't have interesting gimmick or as in the case of DB, be an underdog that can help them connect with the crowds, they'll just end up irrelevant in the mid-card.
 

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People obviously do get over on ring work more than ever now. :kobe
The only guy I can think of who was a flat out workhorse and got over for it though was generally uncharismatic was Benoit. Everyone else that was both popular and renowned for their ring work - from Savage to Eddie, from Y2J to Punk, etc etc - have had genuine characters and were all fantastic all round talents.

Cesaro is over from ring work alone; Goldust when returning, got over because he surprised everyone with his ring work, Bryan originally got over because of his ring work (he was a pretty strong mid carder way before his WHC run), Rollins to a lesser extent, Zayn to a lesser extent, Neville is also a fairly good example too; but he gets mixed reactions by the Full Sail audience because he doesn't have a character... I would assume anyway.


I don't understand the hate for "flippy doo-da's" or whatever little nicknames people give lucha-inspired wrestlers. Their style is different to what you personally like. That doesn't mean it isn't wrestling.
It means you're a bigot.

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Also, Neville is a great technical wrestler too, and he has shown glimpses of it. But it's not the style he's supposed to portray.
 
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