Easy Ryder: Merrick's Own Zack Ryder Pumped for Royal Rumble
Merrick's WWE Superstar is looking forward to making his hometown proud at Royal Rumble.
Zack Ryder's battle cry--"Woo Woo Woo"--could conceivably offend pro wrestling purists who recognize that chant as belonging to one "Nature Boy" Ric Flair. "It's a little different, it's my own little flavor," counters Ryder. And there you have the dilemma that faces today's WWE Superstars: Can you capture what made past competitors iconic without coming off as a cheap facsimile? To many the jury is still out on Merrick native Ryder, one of 30 entrants in Jan. 31's Royal Rumble (8 p.m., pay-per-view). But for a guy who endured countless snide remarks in the hallways of Calhoun High School for wearing wrestling T-shirts, holding up a WWE Tag Team Championship belt less than five years later and six miles away gives him the right to declare …
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