Ryback Defends His Run in WWE’s Main Event

Back in 2012, Ryback was red hot and “Feed Me More” had taken over WWE. When John Cena went down with an injury and CM Punk needed an opponent, WWE thought it was good time to push The Big Guy.

Unfortunately, his Hell in a Cell match with Punk ended up being the peak of his WWE career. Recently, Ryback took to his podcast “Conversation with The Big Guy” to talk about his time in the main event.

You can listen to the full podcast right here. Below is what Ryback had to say about the subject:

“That always kind of upset me too, when people say I failed in the main event. I thoroughly succeeded in the main event and I proved myself. I was not put in the main event though to be the man. I was booked into an unfortunate situation where I’m pulled, I’m put into Cena’s spot, who Cena at the time was supposed to work Punk to put Punk over with all that. Put in that situation, where you take the undefeated streak and you put me in there. And also, at that point,

I’d not had long matches and I could. I wrestled in developmental for years. That was never an issue. It was the image we’re creating on TV is this guy kills people and then you’re taking that and going against these local guys and whatnot, and then you’re putting me in the ring with a guy like Punk. And no offense to Punk, Punk was extremely talented and he’s a hell of a wrestler. And despite what people might think,

I do respect him for his wrestling ability and the things that he did in the WWE. But you take me and how I look and you’re putting me in the ring with him after doing all that and now you’re asking us to do a whole different style and the people were not conditioned to that. And it was also horrible booking from that point on in my career. I think I lost the next seven pay-per-view matches or the next six. And during that time, I was the number two merchandise seller in the WWE, which a lot of people don’t know about.”

Do you think Ryback had a fair shot to become a main event star in WWE?