I still don’t know why they had Aries beat him, especially since nothing else came from it. He beat him and that was that. I don’t even remember him getting a rematch.
But to answer, he’s improved a lot as a wrestler, and is a pretty good talker despite having a slight lisp. His promo style is more 80s/early 90s meathead, but it works. It was one promo he cut with Killer Kross and I swear he sounded like Scott Steiner I had no idea what he was talking about, but he was convincing.
Because he didn't. After Aries bet him, he ended up becoming Aries' henchman with Kross.
Only upside is that that's what brought in absurd wardrobe version of Moose there is now.
But dude definitely needs to get out of Impact, though. He's got potential, but Impact isn't doing any favors for his visibility.