>>19423664His gimmick has potential if they don’t fumble it (they will).
A big nigga with an African jungle accent who calls himself The Ruler and comes out to epic percussive tribal music has the opportunity for big pops as an entrance merchant with presence.
But a character like that needs to start as an Undertaker/Goldberg-esque invincible badass who instantly dominates (kinda like the matches they’re doing with Jade Cargill right now; a bunch of quick 2 minute annihilations to establish her invincibility). A character like that can slowly build an undefeated streak against midcard jobbers until you see how the crowds are reacting and determine whether he can vault up into Roman/Brock feuds for the “dominant ruler of the company” schtick.
Basically, you have an opportunity to introduce him as a mythical superhuman sort of character.
But they won’t.
They’ll make him seem normal by making him do silly shit with Ricky Saints and then job to Cody next week. Or worse, they actually book Ricky Saints to beat him tonight.
Best thing they could do if they really want to strap a rocket to him, is have Oba beat Saints tonight. And then, since it’s not for the title, have Oba destroy Cody next week.
They won’t do any of that. Likely because they don’t see Oba being the sort of character I described. Which I think would be a fumble.
