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Booking From the Seats: Cesaro

Today, we come to the guy who was actually the reason this series was started.

The mystifying booking of Cesaro was talked about with a friend, and we started talking about the way others were booked, and this series was born. Today we look at the King of Swing, and a guy who knows how to say buried in five languages, Cesaro. His resume speaks for itself: indy darling, freakishly strong, one of the most gifted technical wrestlers in the world, and really over. That sounds like a main eventer right?

Instead, Cesaro has at most sniffed the midcard, and only when they needed him to put Kevin Owens over. After that, he struggles to get on Superstars. Now we know where he is. The question is, where would you book him?

As always, the tiers are as follows (for a full introduction to Booking from the Seats! click here):

1.) Tag Team: these individuals are best suited for tag team duty. This isn't a demotion. New Day and PTP are clearly tag guys, but also some of the most over on the roster.

2.) Lower Card: This is comprised of mostly jobbers and enhancement talent, but also of guys who clearly have a future they are just too new and raw to stand out. As the Neville/Stardust feud has shown, lower card guys can get significant story time and should be important as well!

3.) Midcard: In theory this should be the division most populated. Should normally beat tier 2, but they aren't in the higher ranks. These are the guys who really carry a show between hot angles.

4.) Upper Midcard: This is where you have guys who might not be main event level, but should consistently beat everyone outside of the top tier. This tier has a lot of champions, as they are strong enough for both secondary and primary championship titles. (The latter normally as a transitional champion.)

5.) Main Event: This doesn't just involve the title holder, but anyone who is consistently trusted with major angles that drive the show. Even when Cena isn't competing for the big belt, he's still a centerpiece of the show.

6.) Part Timer: These individuals normally exist outside of the everyday WWE canon. (HHH is a part-timer but is exempt from this rule.) They seldom appear in ring, and when they do it is normally to pop ratings or ppv's.

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With that being established, where does Cesaro belong?

While I think his treatment is frustrating, I also see Cesaro as the difference between someone in the upper midcard and the main event. I think Cesaro should win a WWE championship. I think he should have lengthy secondary runs. I want him to be a guy given a 10-15 minute match on Raw every week.

Yet with all of those things, I wouldn't build a promotion around him. At 34, he probably has three to four years of his prime left. His promo skills will normally be average at best. If healthy, Daniel Bryan is a better choice for technical darling, and you have other guys like Sami Zayn who combine great wrestling with above average promo skills.

Cesaro would be the transitional guy for me. When you need a steady hand with the belt, face or heel, to work with the next almost ready main eventer, you put him in a program with Cesaro. (I've been screaming for a Reigns/Cesaro feud forever for example.)

So what do you say Cagesiders? Is this another one where my guess is the minority position? Do you see him a main eventer?

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For a recap of talent already booked by the best dang pro wrestling community on the internet, check the September analysis post, or individual pages for:

Brock Lesnar
Roman Reigns
John Cena
Adam Rose
Big E
Big Show
Bo Dallas
Braun Strowman
Bray Wyatt
Bubba Ray Dudley

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