Ryback v Lord Tensai: Failure v Success

"Mr. Burns, your campaign has the momentum of a runaway freight train…"

I think perception is an interesting thing, because Ryback hasn't actually beaten anyone of note, but he's current getting a good reaction, so the perception is that he's over. However, keep in mind that he has not moved ratings one bit (and in fact, ratings have plummeted in the month since his megapush began) and he's never even been in an advertised PPV match. I'm not saying he's the reason for the ratings troubles, since he's rarely featured at a point where he could make a difference, but please do keep in mind that his actual push to the main event only started two weeks ago. This is PLENTY of time for him to crash and burn just as dramatically as Tensai. Actually, Tensai hasn't done anything "dramatically" since his debut, so that's probably a bad analogy. But the Cell PPV could (probably will) be a total flop, the fans could turn on the gimmick if the Punk match doesn't work, and Vince could wake up the next day and have Ryback doing jobs to Zack Ryder. One never knows, so I think all the talk about programming him with Lesnar or Undertaker is a wee bit premature.

However, if we want to compare, then yes, Ryback squashes guys quickly and gets out of there before he can get exposed, whereas Tensai bored the people from the start and never recovered from it.