Ryback

[2.0] "He was just a poor mans Goldberg tbh, Not very good in the ring and is one of those guys i associate with a creatively bankrupt era of the WWE Not a safe worker, it's no wonder he never found any work outside WWE"

[7.0] "He isn't as bad as people say he was, he's a jerk and I think that gets him more hate, but he was a fairly charismatic power wrestler who got fumbled by booking. He injured a couple wrestlers, and one of them happened to be CM punk who put him on blast which of course is going to get you hate with the IWC"

[8.0] "Not a BAD wrestler by any stretch of the imagination. When he first burst onto the scene he was hot shit, really good in the ring and over as hell with the crowd. But my god, what a knobhead. Really spoiled him from going to the absolute next level and the reason he never picked up serious gold"

[5.0] "He was not bad actually, I was like to watch him and he could continue his career in Indi, but how he just finished everything - thats strange for me. But he became a meme(eating chips)"

[5.0] "Ryback had the physical presence and early momentum to be something special in WWE. His "Feed Me More" chants and dominant squash matches made him stand out, especially in 2012. But inconsistent booking, lack of character depth, and underwhelming promos stalled his rise. While he wasn't a technical standout, he played the powerhouse role well and left a lasting impression during his peak. A solid midcarder with flashes of main-event potential."

[4.0] "Ryback had the look and initial momentum to be a major player, but he never fully delivered on that potential. His "Feed Me More" chant and dominant squash matches caught on with crowds for a time, but his limited in-ring skills and lack of depth on the mic quickly exposed him. WWE's inconsistent booking and his own attitude issues did not help. Ryback often came off as stiff and unsafe in the ring, which earned him a negative reputation among peers. He had a window to break out, but ultimately left more as a missed opportunity than a true star."

[6.0] "Ryback was an interesting case in WWE. Worked well as the Nexus powerhouse and then his start of the Ryback character as a squash match killer got him very over. His failure to win the world title and issues with CM Punk killed his aura and he stayed in the midcard for the rest of his WWE career. Never really did much on the indies and now he is just a fun social media follow."

"A steroid freak who lost Tough Enough but was still hired. He messed up his opportunity due to his ego, anyone who legally changes their name to their gimmick has problems."

[4.0] "A very disappointing wrestler. With his more memorable aspect being his awful personality. His presence was strong for a very short time, from there, his performance in any other aspect was below average. But hey, he is a big, muscular, strong guy. I'm sure that's worth to someone."

[1.0] "He had boring matches, he had boring promos, he had a boring character, he wasn't safe to be in the ring with at all, they gave him that completely unwarranted push in 2012, and he has a cancerous online presence. Unless it's the video of him eating the chips, I hope I never see this big dude on my screen again."

"Awful wrestler! I can't believe he was ever intercontinental champion. A baby fart is a more believable champion."

"Truly not the worst wrestler, someone who was always servicable and decent in his role. However, he shot himself in the foot by talking, and that's always been his issue."

[7.0] "What can I say about Ryback? A massive waste of potential in my opinion. At his peak was extraordinarily over, and as 12/13 around that time, I was eating it up. I feel as though he gets too much hate for the actual wrestling side of things too. Don't get me wrong there were some duds, but he had some decent matches too"

[4.0] "You can't deny at one point this guy was hugely over as a talent during that 2012 to 2013 time period until "Super Cena" took him down a few notches and he wasn't able to recover. He really minded me alot of The Ultimate Warrior, he wasn't the greatest in the ring but he had charisma, fantastic size and could talk. I actually remember when he first popped onto the scene during the 4th season of tough enough and I felt even then he had talent. Now-a-days he's mostly known for his wild out-of-ring behavior and he's practically priced himself out of being booked by any indie promotion."

"the goat, no one is better in ring when it comes to the big guy. say what you want about the man but he can put on a great match with anyone"

[1.0] "Horrible. Ryback's in-ring work was the shits, he was just as bad on the mic - that raspy, whiny promo voice he used was so unappealing. Absolute charisma vacuum, no aura whatsoever. One point for being a part of that great 6-man tag with Team Hell No against The Shield."

[7.0] "I grew up during Rybackmania, and with hindsight, I cant deny that he wasnt the best in the ring but you cant deny that he was over like rover during his major period and although hes in a stage as a lolcow with such memes as him eating the bag of ruffles and Im dumb as fuck. Its undeniable that he had charisma and when he was over in 2012, he was arguably the biggest wrestler in the company at that time."

[0.0] "This guy was and still is the drizzling shits. Couldn't wrestle to save his life, was so inept at his job he just copied an incredibly popular wrestler from the late 90s in Goldberg. Was incredibly unprofessional in regards to taking care of his fellow wrestlers, was awful on the mic, copied the RVD singlets because, again, he's unoriginal. Struggled to get over as Skip Sheffield, failed even harder during the Nexus, and got incredibly lucky as Ryback. Although, keep in mind that the WWE was so lost for talent around that time that they put hopes onto the likes of Curtis Axel... so it's not exactly hard to see how Ryback got over when guys like Curtis Axel and Fandango were being pushed hard."

[3.0] "People referring to Ryback as a Goldberg ripoff is an insult to Goldberg because at least Goldberg was over. Sure Goldberg may have been a terrible wrestler (like Ryback) but he had star power and intensity that Ryback nor anyone else could rival and he was my favorite as a young mark. Ryback lacks the charisma, athleticism and intensity although he was good in short bursts like a lot of bigger wrestlers did."

[7.0] "Ryback was over as it gets in the years 2012 and 2013. After that weird booking and a general loss of momentum made the magic he had in those years dwindle away, but he still had a solid run as IC champ and some fun moments in Rybaxel. Some weird moments online afterwards have left a weird taste for many."

[7.0] "He wasn't original, he wasn't an in ring technician, he had a clear limit to his potential, but I genuinly dislike when people act like Ryback wasn't over or good at what he was asked to do. Much like Goldberg (maybe to his detrament), Ryback was good in short bursts and multi-man matches whenever a match needed energy. He could lift big guys and he could chuck small guys. He seems to have come across as a moron since his WWE departure and that's clearly affected how people view his entire career."

[8.0] "Yeah, kind of stole his gimmick from Goldberg & was at times dangerous according to a few wrestlers. I always felt like at the end of the day, Ryback did his job as a powerhouse guy who might not gotten any praise because what he brought to the table, that style of wrestling & look was starting disappearing in the WWE. If he was in the previous WWE eras like the Ruthless Aggression or Attitude Eras, I think he would have excelled more. I will say though, it is a little strange some people on this site have amnesia, Ryback was super over & I found his run interesting from late 2012 to early 2013. His peak was in the TLC Six Man Tag Team match teaming up with Team Hell No & facing The Shield & surprisingly his performance was incredible & booked properly as an unstoppable monster. On another note, he was a victim of the Nexus burial by Cena so maybe that could have negatively affected his career despite being one of the few guys who actually was able to do something after Nexus."

[1.0] "Just like his inspiration Bill Goldberg, Ryback is an awful and horrible wrestler, with no skills at all, and very dangerous and unsafe to work with. He is terrible and boring on every aspect of wrestling, never made anything good or interesting ever, and it's a complete clown as a person."

[2.0] "A very subpar wrestler who could barely ride a wave of momentum into mild notoriety. His work as Skip Sheffield was a very unmemorable & green run with a highlight being one of the most baffling catchphrases in wrestling, but then came his run as Ryback where short matches meant to build his mystique and ferocity quickly led to overexposure of his weaknesses. Even while working with some of the best in the company at the time, it was hard to drag a lot of good out of Ryback and it was hard to build him with so many major losses. Ryback just wasn't very good and didn't have much ability to make himself memorable, and by the time of RybAxel he just felt like a failed experiment. His best matches were always ones where he was surrounded by incredible talent and the focus wasn't on him, but when the focus was on him it just never felt like it worked out due to his in-ring performance or lack of natural charisma. Anything beyond a short burst was not very good and ultimately led to a short burst of a career in the long run. It's hard to look back on him fondly with his lack of memorable moments & matches."

[5.0] "5/10 seems fair. I remember being a big fan of Ryback when he first debuted (not counting his time as Skip Sheffield). He had a great look, good power moves and had the intensity to match (promos needed a lot of work though and that's probably why they stuck Heyman with him). I also remember liking his team with Curtis Axel. WWE really should have put the WWE Title on him when he was white-hot but it never happened. Ryback was a bit botchy at times (him breaking Punk's arm not withstanding) but that just comes with the job. Since leaving the fed, he's been very active on social media and to his credit, people enjoy the podcast he's doing. Do I wanna see him back in a major company? Not particularly. Do I think he'll come back at any point? Probably."

[6.0] "He actually is fairly decent for a big guy, but also had some really bad botch spots in his career. Breaking CM Punk's arm certainly was one of the most infamous botches made by Ryback, his ring attires also looked great. I actually like his YouTube streaming channel and sometimes I go there. I also do remember him spearing John Cena through the Raw Titan Tron and thought he killed Cena lol. Anyways yeah good look and size, but not much on the mic or in the ring."

[5.0] "Others have described him as Goldberg in RVD's singlets. They tried their hardest to get him over but it just never really clicked. Didn't help that he was prone to injuring people and eventually got canned like so many others during the yearly house cleanings."

[0.0] "Boring, overrated and unsafe to work with. Zero charisma and zero mic skills. Never got interested in him, whether he was heel or face. A complete disaster. If he had a minimal success, it was because of WWE's lack of real top guys during 2012-2014."

[3.0] "Dreadful worker and no charisma that got over purely on his admittedly good look and the fans' thirst for another Goldberg type. Worked well for a while but these things have limited shelf lives when you're using mediocre workers."

[0.0] "One of the worst worst overall wrestlers I've ever seen no talent in the ring did not protect his coworkers had no charisma in my opinion he mic was no good either just everything was bad. Tha k God he is no l9nger in our beloved industry!"

[3.0] "Ryback had the look and was extremely charismatic, but had no mic skills and could be extremely dangerous in the ring. A poor man's Goldberg, because Goldberg was extremely carryable, as shown by his match with DDP at Halloween Havoc, while Ryback had mediocre matches with both Cena and Punk."

[0.0] "Bargain basement Goldberg with no redeeming value. Painfully dull nickname (seriously, you couldn't get more creative than..."The Big Guy"? ! ), cringe catchphrase ("Feed Me More"? Oof). Muscles and almost literally nothing else."

[3.0] "A great look, and that's about it. Nothing special between the ropes, periodically dangerous to other wrestlers, basically Goldberg, but worse, and with nowhere near Goldberg's magnetism as a personality. Put simply, he was all sizzle, no steak."

[1.0] "This guy is a downgrade version of GOLDBERG, less cool, less charisma, and worse entrance than Goldberg. He's not a safe worker, I want to skip every time I saw him on television. Even prime CM punk can't help him to look good."

[4.0] "He was basically another Goldberg rip-off. He's called himself the "Next Big Thing" and "The King of the Mountain" which is stealing from Brock Lesnar & Jeff Jarrett respectively. But he never truly lived up to the hype or expectation."

[3.0] "Bad, typical Power House character that ends up being more generic than any other, I never liked his style and personally he is even worse."

[7.0] "It? s hard to believe, but there was once a time where Ryback (Ryan Reeves) was destined to be a main-event player. Ryback had the look of a monster and played the role well as both face and heel. Unfortunately, attempts to make him that guy failed to take off, whether it was because of stop and start booking or because crowds didn? t take to him, Ryback never really lived up to his potential. That? s not to same he was a bad wrestler by any means. Ryback had a fun moveset and when paired with the right opinion could put on a great show. He also has an innate charisma to him that just sucks you towards him. Sadly, Ryback also had moments where he could be reckless in the ring and if what we? ve seen on the internet is anything to go by, Ryback isn? t the best person either. Ultimately though, I don? t think we should judge him based on his character and focus on his work in WWE, and as it stands, he was an a fun worker with flashes of brilliance."

[3.0] "To his credit, he WAS over at one point and was entertaining for a spell. But he was pretty limited in the ring, and his work has aged like milk. Now he's just a living meme. Ryback's feud with CM Punk and giant push around 2012-2013 was REALLY not for me. To me he was a somewhat better Ultimate Warrior, and he had similarly good character work. But overall I'm just not a fan. He got lame fast."

[5.0] "Now Ryback is a walking meme, which has not been taken seriously for a long time. But he used to be a pretty decent powerhouse. Attempts to make him the main eventer failed, but this obviously was not his level. He is a reference mid-carder who was especially good in "David vs. Goliath" matches like in his feud with Kalisto. Solid 5 points."

"Ryback was grossly overlooked. He was incredibly entertaining, which was quite obvious since he got a clothesline over with the crowd. He was a good promo who knew when to joke and improv. A lot of people who only see him as a generic muscle man, but give his last few years in WWE a watch and you'll see a talent that was treated unfairly that the crowd loved, or something that happens way too much still in WWE."

[3.0] "Ryback, one more generic powerhouse wrestler. Limited in the ring and only limited to being intimidating because of his physique, apart from that he was a copy of Goldberg and since WWE fired him he was obsessed with them"

[1.0] "I only give him one point because he was part of one of my favorite WWE matches of all time beign The Shield against Team Hell No! and him, but aside from that, he is a bland boring and unsafe worker that didn't had anything interesting or compelling to save him."

[3.0] "Nothing special. A basic character, basic movements, meh promos and a career so far quite meh, there is more talk about what he says than what he did in the ring."

[7.0] "Could have been over, dunno why WWE let Cena beat him in the Three Stages of Hell match, but whatever. Had a good pool of power moves that were dynamic and did not fail to entertain a live audience."

[4.0] "The dude had a great look but he was as inconsistent in the ring as anyone from his era. His best match was his final match with WWE and he's essentially been a joke ever since."

[0.0] "Unsafe worker and trash human being with no passion for wrestling and not much talent whatsoever. poor mic skills and a charisma vacuum with no personality . He should retire from wrestling at this point because he can not offer anything and I'm sure people would never welcome that decision."

[10.0] "Ryback is a tank. might not be super talented but he is surely big and strong I would like to see a return at some point. maybe AEW rather than WWE. I believe if given the right story line he could be a lot more successful. many will disagree but that's my thoughts."

[3.0] "He peaked as Skip Sheffield when he had a personality beyond being a ripoff Goldberg with anger management issues."

[6.0] "If WWE tapped into his comedic ability more he could've been a pretty good mid-carder. He is a funny guy. He was not the best in-ring but I think he was way better than people give him credit for."

[3.0] "Profoundly weak. We must think that guys like Harper, Cesaro and even Kassius Ohno were sidelined for a push on this guy. That tells the whole story."