#3 Cesaro as Georges St-Pierre
A balding, muscular, athletic dude with a European background and accent. That description fits both WWE’s Cesaro and UFC’s Georges St-Pierre, but unfortunately, that’s where the comparisons end for now.
GSP is one of the UFC’s all-time biggest draws, and not all of it has to do with his fighting skill. Granted, he’s probably the greatest fighter in MMA history to this point, but his popularity came more from his likeable personality and the fact that he played the white-knight babyface to counteract his more heelish opponents.
Sure, he talked trash a couple of times – like when he said he wasn’t impressed by Matt Hughes, or when he threatened Nick Diaz with his “dark place”, but it never came off quite right.
GSP was always at his best when faced with arrogant trash-talkers like Josh Koscheck and Dan Hardy. He would shrug their insults off, making himself look like the bigger man, but when it came to the fights he’d always come out on top.
Cesaro is clearly not the best on the mic but he definitely has the quiet charisma that GSP showed, and his flashy and unique in-ring style allows him to become popular with the fans without saying a lot.
With a little change in direction, Cesaro could easily become the WWE’s equivalent to GSP. Put him up against major trash-talking heels like The Miz or AJ Styles, have him stick to a strong set of morals and then win in the end, like all the great babyfaces do.
The beginning could be as simple as giving Cesaro his old theme music back – after all, Euro-rap was a staple of GSP’s character, and WWE already have the cool ‘Miracle’ track on ice. Right now he’s being wasted and that’s criminal really.
Apparently Vince McMahon doesn’t see star quality in him, but evidently, he missed all the massive buy-rates GSP drew for the UFC.
