10 WWE Stars Who Desperately Need Something New
WWE stars on Raw and SmackDown are crying out for something totally fresh!
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00:00 Even if you are the greatest wrestler ever, you need to try and always stay fresh, even
00:03 from a smelling point of view.
00:04 Which is a weird thing to say.
00:05 It's one of the reasons Chris Jericho has been on top for so long, but it doesn't
00:09 always work.
00:10 Remember when Steve Austin wanted to turn heel at WrestleMania 17?
00:13 In hindsight, he shouldn't have done it.
00:15 Moving on to 2023 though, it does feel like there are some superstars who need a little
00:20 bit of a shake up.
00:21 So yeah, there are 10 WWE stars who are in desperate need of something new.
00:26 And I'm not referring to their clothes.
00:32 10.
00:35 Hit Row
00:36 So what is the deal here?
00:37 Ever since Top Dolla screwed up a dive, it just feels like they're public enemy number
00:41 one.
00:42 Every single time he's in the ring, Michael Cole is going "haha, Top Dolla, he couldn't
00:47 do a dive over the top rope".
00:48 So if you've just started watching Smackdown, you have no idea what's going on.
00:53 Dave Meltzer on the Wrestling Observer Radio recently hinted that maybe people backstage
00:57 don't like Dolla, which is why this is happening.
01:00 But then it came out that Hit Row got brought back to the company because Triple H felt
01:05 like the tag team division needed some depth.
01:06 It has hurt B-Fab and Ashante the Adonis though.
01:09 And if we do want to light a fire under their ass eventually, these guys lose in like 3.2
01:17 seconds.
01:18 And if you cannot remember a group that were this much in the mire, they basically don't
01:22 do anything.
01:23 So if the game does want to keep them around, well yeah, I think we're going to have to
01:27 repackage them.
01:28 Just do something.
01:29 It ain't clicking at the moment.
01:30 9.
01:31 Shotzi
01:32 I like Shotzi because she gives everything 100%, she has green hair and she comes out
01:38 in a tank.
01:39 When it comes to wrestling, sometimes that's all you need.
01:41 Problem is, outside of this, I don't really know much about her.
01:45 She turns up to Smackdown, usually has some kind of random match, and a lot like Hit Row,
01:51 just loses and loses and loses.
01:53 She also loves having brand new tag team partners.
01:56 She goes from team to team to team.
01:58 You do have to give her a lot of props because she's made it to WWE.
02:01 I swear sometimes we forget about this, but I just think we need to develop her character
02:06 or give her a little bit of a different gimmick.
02:08 Because now she does come out, I'm a bit like, alright, I need a reason to care.
02:12 Why would you invest in the match otherwise, especially when someone does have, well, a
02:17 pretty pants win-loss record?
02:18 It wouldn't surprise me if there were some casual fans who didn't even realise she had
02:21 come up to the main roster.
02:24 So again, let's look at our divisions and realise we can use everyone.
02:27 It doesn't need to be in the story like the Bloodline.
02:31 Even if it's just, oh man, I need a mentor, and someone takes her under the wing, that
02:36 will do.
02:37 8.
02:38 Xia Li
02:39 I mean, forget something new.
02:40 Just give Xia Li anything.
02:41 Because ever since she was called up, she has done nothing.
02:45 She walked around for a bit going, "I am the locker room protector", but she was terrible
02:49 at that job.
02:50 She didn't protect anyone.
02:51 I mean, there was that one point too when she came out in a hoodie and helped Bayley
02:55 in damage control, but we never got a follow up to that, and now she can't even get on
03:00 television.
03:01 I mean, she's not bad, she's pretty good, but my word, she needs to have the platform
03:06 to show it.
03:07 I also do think when it comes to the women's division, there's absolutely a depth issue
03:10 there.
03:11 So many other people could be plugged in, so just do it.
03:14 Even if you give her a random feud against, I don't know, Sonya Deville, that will do.
03:18 But also, the women's tag team titles.
03:20 You always need teams for them.
03:22 We're going round in circles.
03:23 This one has never made any sense.
03:25 It is proper 2+2=potato stuff.
03:28 Look at me.
03:29 I'm starting to go wibbly wobbly, so my brain can't keep up.
03:31 7.
03:32 Rick Boogs
03:33 Now, do I totally agree with this one?
03:34 I don't think I do.
03:35 Because Rick Boogs, in his current guise, makes me feel warm and fuzzy in my tum tum.
03:39 He's just so silly.
03:41 We do need more nonsense from my wrestling, but when you do tune in, sometimes you see
03:45 him on Raw, sometimes you don't see him on Raw, and after his horrible injury from WrestleMania
03:50 where he broke up his tag team with Shinsuke Nakamura, I don't think management really
03:55 knows what to do with him.
03:56 But that doesn't mean there's a disconnect here, because we're not using him enough,
03:59 and you know the deal with wrestling.
04:01 When you do fall into that pit, you're going to need a little bit of a reshuffle.
04:04 And we've kind of missed the boat on this one, because when he did make his big comeback,
04:07 that would be the time to pull the trigger.
04:09 But you know the phrase, better late than never, but better never late.
04:13 Also, the fact that Rick doesn't take himself too seriously at all means you can do anything
04:17 with him, and I bet he makes it entertaining.
04:20 I was kind of excited about LA Knight Rick Boogs feud a few months ago, and that lasted
04:25 one evening, which I think underlines my point.
04:29 6.
04:30 EO Sky
04:31 Now, the good news about this is that by the time you see this video, I think we may have
04:33 actually done something with EO Sky.
04:35 Because I think she's going to leave Damage Control, I think she's going to feud with
04:38 Bayley, and I think she's going to win the money in the bank.
04:41 That's right.
04:42 It's also the correct move, because ever since this group debuted at SummerSlam 2022,
04:45 they have been pretty good.
04:47 But when it comes to 2023, well, they just ran out of steam.
04:51 I also think if you do do the big program between Bales and Sky, you can really send
04:55 EO to the moon, because Bayley is basically a star maker.
04:59 I can't stand here and wait for you to come up with a bad Bayley match.
05:03 That's right, they don't really exist.
05:04 Fans have also started to realise that EO Sky is so damn talented in the ring that she
05:08 should be a mega babyface.
05:11 That's why I like this one.
05:12 There is a clear path in front of us, and all we've got to do is walk down it, and she's
05:16 going to kick ass.
05:17 5.
05:18 Aaliyah
05:19 I mean, seriously, where the hell did Aaliyah go?
05:21 Even after the 2023 draft, she's still on the free agents list, but she doesn't even
05:26 go to NXT.
05:27 The last time we saw her, she had a vomiting gimmick.
05:30 I don't want to talk about it.
05:32 It wasn't great either, because before that on Smackdown, she was booked to play the ditzy
05:36 idiot, and I just think we're kind of past that in 2023.
05:40 If I'm meant to like someone, don't tell me that they're stupid.
05:44 Somehow she is a former tag team champion, although you could use it as a positive when
05:47 she does come back.
05:48 But when it is time to do that, my word, she cannot be the same character.
05:53 Nobody's going to buy it, and I tell you, I know the modern day fan, no one's going
05:56 to take it seriously.
05:57 Also, don't just give in after three weeks.
05:59 WWE loves doing that.
06:00 Let's see if she does connect with the audience, and if she doesn't, well at least you tried.
06:05 And you can't say fairer than that.
06:08 Before the New Day.
06:09 That's right, I disagree.
06:10 I said it.
06:11 However, Team What Coach is a democracy, and there are a lot of people in our office that
06:15 do believe that time has come to do something with the New Day.
06:18 I kind of get this too, they have fallen into somewhat of a pattern.
06:22 One I just happen to love that pattern, and two, whatever this may be, do not break them
06:27 up.
06:28 We don't need to do it.
06:29 We've done it a thousand times with everybody else.
06:30 I mean, personally for me, I do think they're one of the best groups ever, and also, when
06:33 you do give them proper microphone time, and just let them run wild, they still do make
06:39 me laugh because they're utter goofs.
06:41 I suppose really though, the opportunity is there now, because of course Kofi Kingston
06:44 is about to come back from injury.
06:46 We don't know what's going on with Big E, and I just hope he's healthy and happy.
06:49 And because of all this, we haven't seen Xavier Woods on TV for a while.
06:53 So when they do return, yeah, you could come up with something new for them.
06:57 Maybe we could add just a little wrinkle to the act, or switch it up a bit.
07:01 If you need words better than mine, go and watch the recent interview we did with Xavier
07:05 Woods over WrestleMania weekend.
07:07 He summed this up brilliantly.
07:09 That's why I love the new day, until the day I die.
07:13 3.
07:14 Johnny Gargano
07:15 So a few days ago, as I'm recording this, everyone was like, "Well, Raw's in Cleveland.
07:19 Johnny Gargano will definitely return."
07:21 Now here I am in the future, and that boy didn't come back.
07:25 I know this is trading on old ground too, but given that Vince McMahon is now back in
07:29 charge, you have to imagine that Gargano isn't going to be pushed in the way we all hoped.
07:33 However, there is still a glimmer of light.
07:35 On that episode of Raw I just mentioned, Tommaso Ciampa did return, so let's just do the obvious,
07:40 because why the flub not.
07:42 Put DIY back together, do a feud between them and Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, and watch the
07:47 WWE Universe go wow.
07:49 And I know if you've watched a lot of NXT you're bored of this, but the thing is, the
07:52 mainstream WWE audience doesn't have a clue, given how good Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano
07:58 were a couple of years ago.
08:00 Of course they're going to be able to do this again, then you can split them up, then you
08:03 can do the feud.
08:04 And once again, come on now, they're just so badass they know what they're doing.
08:08 But it also seems like we're putting the way back together, so that's another reason you
08:11 can do something special here.
08:13 That's why I hope Candice LeRae and everyone else benefits too.
08:17 So I'm standing here, keeping my fingers crossed, because I tell you the potential's there.
08:22 2.
08:23 The Street Profits
08:24 An interesting one this, is it kind of does feel like WWE is dragging its heels.
08:28 We start out 2022, and a little bit of 2023, it was quite clear Montez Ford was being tried
08:33 out as a single star, when all of a sudden Angelo Dawkins was like "oh yeah, how about
08:38 I become twice the performer I was?"
08:40 And all of a sudden it was like "pfft, man, I don't know what to do."
08:43 Dawkins also came out recently and said he too doesn't want the team to break up, which
08:46 I do understand.
08:48 So once again, I think this is an obvious one, let's turn them heel.
08:52 I mean, do you remember that match we had recently when it was Montez Ford vs LA Knight?
08:56 Ford was getting booed, and he leant into it, and I was like "hot damn, he can do it."
09:01 I bet Angelo can be a right dick if he wants to as well, and he is a big guy, so you wouldn't
09:05 mess with him.
09:06 It would also allow the team to reach a new level before, yes, they can go and try and
09:09 get single success.
09:11 But that doesn't mean you have to split them up, just have them as some kind of structure
09:15 that works together, one going after the US title, and the other going after the IC.
09:20 I do want to point out that they are so much better than they get credit for, I think we'd
09:24 take the street profits for granted.
09:26 Anybody would be lucky to have them.
09:28 1.
09:29 Bianca Belair
09:30 Do you want to know the dumb thing about this?
09:31 It has absolutely nothing to do with Bianca Belair.
09:34 Because ever since she finally did defeat Becky Lynch to become the Women's Champion, WWE
09:39 has never actually put her in a decent feud.
09:42 All the matches have been amazing, against Becky, against Oscar and Alexa Bliss, but
09:46 the preamble beforehand just feels like nobody cares.
09:50 I care, give it to me.
09:52 The good news is that I think WWE has realised this.
09:55 Bianca did lose her belt to Oscar, and all of a sudden she stormed out there, got in
10:00 Charlotte Flair's face and was like "oh, you think you can just walk back in and try
10:04 and trace a championship?
10:05 Well I don't think so, so now you've got to deal with me."
10:08 But all of a sudden she had a brand new edge.
10:11 Not Adam Copeland.
10:12 She was also yelling at Adam Pearce and basically saying that everybody else was an idiot, but
10:16 she wasn't doing this in a heelish way.
10:18 She was just being a strong babyface, which is her biggest trump card.
10:22 My word is she's so easy to like.
10:24 This also ties into the same kind of thing, because being the 100% happy smiley good guy
10:28 will only take you so far, and now we need to get that depth.
10:32 And if we do do it, I promise you, you can use Belair, probably until the year 2076.
10:36 So I am hopeful for this one, because all the cards are in place, and do you know how
10:41 hard it is to find someone that fans gravitate to and actually do like?
10:47 See John Cena, see Roman Reigns, sometimes it does not go well.
10:52 So given that this has fallen into our pocket, let's take it violet.
10:55 Now I shall turn it over to you, because do you know of any WWE superstars that need a
10:59 bit of a reshuffle?
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