Curtis Axel

[2.0] "Everything that Curtis Axel did was safe and technically sound but he was just painfully boring to actually watch. Never cut a particularly interesting promo and I can't really think of a match he ever had that was compelling. There are other people that have sort of the same safe style but are more interesting in some form to the point where it's not a problem. It always just felt like he was being put in weird storylines too."

[4.0] "One more man frorm nexus, who didn't realised his talent. He just became jobber at the end and finished. But he wasn't so bad"

[7.0] "His dad may legitimately have been the greatest in ring talent in WWE history. He worked his butt off to try to honor that legacy and I'm not going to knock him for it. Those are big shoes to fill. He held the IC title his dad held with pride and did well with Bo Dallas"

[4.0] "Bless his heart it looked like he tried really hard to get better and while he's not an incompetent worker, everything else about is about as spicy as white bread. His legacy is in the same category as Erik Watts, Ted Dibiase jr, Bo Dallas, Brian Pillman jr, you get the idea."

[6.0] "Decent in ring worker, unfortunately, he would have had a much better career had he had 1/10th of the charisma his father had. Sadly, he may have even had a better career had he not had to compete with the giant shadow of Mr. Perfect looming over him at all times. Never really had a chance to truly carve out his own identity, but he was a strong hand in the ring and wasn't done any favors by creative, having theme music that was similar to his dad only furthered the comparisons which didn't help, but regardless if he didn't work out, his dad would have been proud of him for walking in his footsteps."

[5.0] "I understand it's hard to be a son of a wrestler, let alone the son of one of the very best and charismatic wrestlers of the 80s and 90s. But man, the only thing Axel took from his father is his surname. Aside from that, whatever genes his grandfather and father had for wrestling didn't get passed onto him, because he is just absolutely generic and utterly boring in-ring. You can look past the NXT stuff, because that show sucked and the only people to get over were Barrett and Danielson, the others either failed and were released or had to really work for a spot on the main roster. Putting him with Heyman seemed like a great idea, but there's a big problem... Axel just isn't good in-ring. Not saying he isn't safe or anything, but just his overall style was so vanilla. Never impressed, was given an opportunity to do something more but just couldn't reach the level that was asked of him. I did kind of enjoy the shtick he did with Bo Dallas, but that didn't last too long and got stale pretty quick. Overall, Axel isn't a great wrestler, has no charisma, is just the son and grandson of two famous, great wrestlers."

[3.0] "For a guy who's been with WWE for 10 years, I failed to see any kind of improvements. I wouldn't be able to tell even one of his strengths. His pairing with David Otunga as the New Nexus was bad, his pairing with Ryback was bad. The only time he was involved in something entertaining was with the B-Team and that was mostly Miz' and Bo's work."

[4.0] "Did not profit at all from Heyman's management and was teamed up with Ryback to make sure RybAxel was the shittiest thing on your TV every week. Idk. I never really liked any of his matches. At least not his single matches. I just dont see an IT factor at least with the way he acted on screen."

[5.0] "Another case of a generational wrestler having to live up to the mythical status of his Father and his grandfather was a a big name in his own time too! The table was set against him when they kept trying to get him over by mentioning Mr Perfect Curt Hennig so he never was able to get out of the shadow. Still a lot more talent than David Sammartino and Eric Watts."

[6.0] "Absolutely not the level of his legendary father and grandfather, but still a solid wrestler who stayed in the biggest company in the world for a really long time, although he was mainly a jobber, periodically performing in the mid-card and even winning the intercontinental championship after re-debuting in the main roster. Curtis was particularly good at comedic alliances with Ryback, Damien Sandow and Bo Dallas, but was quite boring as a solo performer. He has a good base, he is a decent wrestler of a technical style who did his job well, although he never claimed higher roles in the company."

[6.0] "he was doomed from the start. his whole WWE run was focused on him being Mr. Perfect's son and this did more harm than good. he was a decent worker but the constant comparisons to his father led to a bigger expectation of him. he had a few good stints. his AxelMania gimmick was really over at one point. his IC title win and pairing with Paul Heyman looked promising but that led nowhere. other than that, the rest of his run was pretty forgettable. he had potential to be a great mid card wrestler but he seemed lost in the shuffle."

[6.0] "Always in the shadow of his father. Curtis had the potential to be a good midcarder, but WWE only used it once by giving him the title of IC and Heyman as manager. Later it was only worse - being the weaker element of the tag team division: RybAxel, Meta Powers, Social Outcasts, Miztourage, B-Team. Even winning the tag team championship did not allow him to stay on top, which is a pity. Axel is a decent competitor with skills. Gimnick of someone who wants to come out of his father's shadow was also good and he had potential."

[4.0] "A good wrestler who has never reached his hoped-for potential. WWE gave him great luck with his victory over Triple H and being a Paul Heyman Guy but he never capitalized on those oppurtinity. The fact that he is the son of Mr. Perfect did not really help him because his charisma was very far from his father."

[9.0] "Axel is so underrated. He had the ring skills equal to that of his father, had bad promo ability but that wouldn't have created a hurdle when WWE wanted to push him. He should have been an upper mid carder."

[8.0] "Man, Curtis Axel is extremely underrated. He's great within the ring, he's a 3rd generation wrestler who knows the business inside out and deserved much more. His mic skills are decent, and if given a good gimmick he could develop a charisma. I can't wait to see him fight on the indies, he'll do great."

[6.0] "In the beginning he was promising, having a solid character, but he was ruined, his promos were meh and sometimes he had no charisma but he had great technique in the ring and he also had 1 reign as an acceptable mitcard champion but after that he went to the Jobber zone, but as a tag fighter he was pretty decent, having pretty solid batches. he was a wrestler who had potential but ended up as a mitcard wrestler."

[6.0] "Curtis Axel was a very decent worker and could have a good run with a championship like the WWE Intercontinental Belt. It truly is a shame that he was mistreated by the company and never got any other singles run in his career. Pretty underrated."

[5.0] "For a guy who's been wrestling for 14 years, he clearly doesn't act like it. Weak charisma, a train wreck with a live mic, and decent wrestling skill with a unimpressive look to boot. He's boring in the ring despite being a good safe worker, but I can't really say much beyond that. He's been in a few mediocre tag teams and seems to be going nowhere."

[8.0] "I liked him a lot in NXT Season 2. He is naturally gifted in the ring. He is/was used more as a tag specialist. Its a disgrace that WWE hasn't really given him a bigger push. He is Curt Hennig's son. He excited me with his moves."

[2.0] "I routinely mistake Curtis Axel for a block of wood. He is about as uninteresting as you can get. I know he won some people over with the Hogan rip off gimmick a few years ago, but I've seen the Hogan rip off gimmick before & I had no desire to see Axel's turn with it. He failed with Heyman & failed with McGillicutty. He was one of the least memorable members of the Nexus & he's drowning Bo (who at least has a little bit of charisma) in the B-Team. The Intercontinental Championship was very sad when Axel actually was champion."

[3.0] "I try update wrestlers rating every year , so i don't think about their past , i just think about their 1 last year , i know promotions can make wrestlers years worst or awesome too but it is what it is..... So at 2018 till now i didn't see anything special in Curtis Axel , just create B-Team and a little title reigns....."

[4.0] "I feel sorry for this guy in many ways. He should have been one of this generations top WWE Superstars, but bad booking and lack of mic skills early in his main roster career got in the way. Some of it's not his fault and some of it is. If I say much more this comment will go on forever so I'll just end with this. Highlight of his career: Winning the WWE Intercontinental Championship at Payback 2013. Lowlight of his career: His god-awful 'Genesis of McGillicutty' NXT promo, which many would say was the catalyst of his downfall. The B-Team tag team he's currently in with Bo Dallas gave him some ok moments, but at this point, the damage has already been done as far as his career is concerned."

[10.0] "I am a fan of underrated wrestlers for sure and Curtis axel is one of them I have been a fan of Curtis for awhile now and I feel I should rate him now He has gotten alot better with Bo dallas as the B-team and heck they won the Raw tag titles and I thought He was not going to win another title again but He has and thats awesome but anyways I give Curtis axel a 10."

[5.0] "While Curtis Axel/Joe Hennig is a solid ring mechanic, he seems not to have inherited any of the in-ring polish or flair, or the natural charisma that made his father a legend. Debuting in 2010 under the somewhat unfortunate moniker "Michael McGillicutty" in the second season of its original game show format, Axel has a reign each with the IC and Tag Title under his belt, but through various name changes, partnerships and stable memberships, he still hasn't risen above the level of second-string tag wrestler, stable warm body or flunky to other upper-midcarders, and doesn't show much sign of moving out of his current position in WWE."

[2.0] "Unlike his legendary father- mr perfect, axel hasn't showed anything much special yet. Very bland in the ring and mediocre on microphone. Also a charisma vacuum. His run with paul heyman wasn't interesting at all. Now he is almost a jobber who is an enforcer for the miz. Wow, at least he can get more tv time. And even surprising, he used to be an ic champ. Not totally bad at all."

[4.0] "This is going to sound incredibly harsh, and I don't mean it that way. But I'd rather watch a match from almost any other WWE wrestler than Curtis Axel. That's not because he's a bad wrestler -- in fact, he's firmly above average, with good strength and especially impressive mat skills. His problem, though, is that he's utterly lacking in the "it factor" which allows wrestlers to connect with their audience. He has very little charisma, his personality alternately comes off as forced and bland, and even when he was pushed it was difficult to take him seriously. Axel simply doesn't know how to perform -- and that's a death sentence in the modern WWE. He has fairly decent comedic timing, and AxelMania was the best gimmick he ever had, but doesn't that say something on its own? Midcard comedy seems to be this man's ceiling, something which stings even more considering the legendary status of his family."

[6.0] "He's a good hand in the ring. Almost everyone who works with him raves about how good he is in the ring. But for all the athletic skills he inherited from his father and grandfather, he's missing the critical ability to connect that work with the audience. Part of that is the fact that he doesn't have a character that he can sink his teeth into (Except for the Hogan spoof but that sadly had to end). It's really a shame, because he has all the tools."

[4.0] "Curtis Axel, in my eyes, is in a similar position to Jack Swagger. They're both reasonably-proficient technical hands, but neither of them can convincingly carry a gimmick and neither of them are particularly good promos. There's just nothing interesting about Axel; it's not that he's awful, but he utterly fails to do what his father did best -- command attention. Honestly, he's shown the most life in a comedy role, and there may be something to that idea. He certainly hasn't wowed the audience as a serious competitor."

[7.0] "I believe Curtis Axel can be huge one day. Let us not forget he has a WIN over Triple H and John Cena. He had some good matches when he was Intercontinental Champion with The Miz and Wade Barrett. His father Mr. Perfect was a legend and I think Axel can two if he gets repackaged as Mr. Perfect 2. 0 or something like that."

[9.0] "Of course he deserves push. He cannot be main event star for now but someday he will. I believe that."

[2.0] "This guy has no future. I remember this guy was pushed as a main eventer on Raw back in 2013. Triple H slapped the hell out of him in one of his promos and while he's tried other things to turn around like Axelmania, it doesn't help this guy has the charisma of a rock."

[4.0] "Curtis Axel really isn't very good, and his current position is completely justified. The guy is alright in the ring, but horrible on the mic, and will never be able to have a storyline. He'd be better off in the indies where he can keep to the in-ring stuff."

[5.0] "A bland worker with a lack of interesting traits. Can deliever some solid matches, but his boring work and lack of a character don't work all too well for him."

[6.0] "Average wrestler. His IC title reign (+having Heyman as manager) was top of his career. Now he is going straight to lower-midcard. He isnŽt good on mic, and he is average in ring."

[3.0] "Solid in the ring and ok look, but atrocious mick-skills and no charisma at all. One of the most important attributes of a wrestler is the ability to connect with the audience and he fails at that, so the rating can't be high."

[10.0] "Great technical wrestler, can put on amazing. Lacked charisma and any mic skills for a while, though in recent weeks seems to have improved tremendously, appearing as a face at house shows. Curtis Axel is the future of wrestling, there is no doubt about that."

[6.0] "He is a good technical wrestler, that's not his problem. He has no personality or charisma, can't cut a promo to save his life. As a total package he is just average."

[6.0] "Axel is a wrestler who does a significant amount of ability in the ring. He can put on a very strong match against the right opponent, and is technically quite strong. His biggest problem is the gaping black hole of charisma. He has absolutely no charisma whatsoever. Not even the managerial skills of Paul Heyman made him interesting."

[8.0] "Without Paul Heyman, Curtis Axel may have never been given this chance, but it's up to him to prove the doubters wrong and show who he really is."

[9.0] "Great Wrestler, finally getting the push he deserves!"

[8.0] "Considering the third generation wrestler didn't start his career until he was 27, Hennig demonstrates a very well polished, old school approach to the WWE style of pro wrestling. His mic skills are not as gifted as the likes of The Rock or Shawn Michaels, in fact there is a shyness to him. But like a number of wrestlers who are/were known for their skill or intimidation, more so than their mic work, he needed a mouth-piece, and found it, fortunately, in the form of his manager, Paul Heyman. Athletically, Hennig is very impressive. Capable of performing perfect dropkicks quickly. He borrows a bit from his Father's arsenal of moves. But he is far from a carbon copy. If his mic skills and character improve, then everybody wins. Until then, his refined wrestling skill gives him an 8 from me."

[10.0] "In my very honest opinion, Michael McGillicutty is one of the most underrated guys in WWE right now. Every time I watch his work in the ring, his skills are so superb and so perfect (no pun intended)! I think he could really really captivate the audience with his in-ring performance if WWE utilized him more and gave him a push and they gave him some good chances to shine out there in that squared circle! I know people give McGillicutty a lot of crap about his promo skills, but I think people who give him crap about his promos are easily the ones that have never watched his FCW promos before he got on NXT season 2 as well a few of his promos he cut on Tyson Kidd last year through his own YouTube channel and realized that those promos are far more better than any promo material WWE gives him to do!"