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I don't know how financially viable it would be to combine the 205 tapings with NXT, but that would surely help the crowd reaction.

 

Jack Gallagher was the stand out for me, I really hope he gets a show on Raw, he's the kinda character the division needs to succeed.

Has he even been in tv since the brand split? If so, he can't have made many appearances. Good for him, he needed to do something about his weight if he wanted to still have knees.

 

I think I said it in the 'Big Show VS Kane- who's worse?' thread but I still think you can do something with Show. A bit of good booking and momentum and you can give him a believable decent run. Unlike with Kane.

When I was in school I thought Kane was terrifying. This is utterly random, but when I was in primary school everyone believed he really was a burns victim, and there was a genuine argument over whether a throwaway line Jerry Lawler had said was real (basically asking whether Kane's dick worked properly - some of the kids in our school thought it had been burned off in the fire)

 

I didn't watch wrestling then, but I built up this impression of what it must be like, and I got the toys to live out my thoughts - Kane was always my favourite because he looked so cool and all the other kids had built up this image in my brain of a scarred, dangerous monster. So I've always had a soft spot for him, and I don't mind that he's still lurking about. 

 

As for Show, I think he might have appeared in a backstage segment or two but I don't think he's had a match yet. 

It's an easy watch but pretty brutal. Some of the challenges have me worried for the wellbeing of those taking part!

I wonder if they'd go with Finn for the Rumble. They were clearly wanting to strap the rocket to him in the summer, but I don't know how they'd get away with it at Mania. If the champion is Kevin Owens, that just seems like a Raw brand C-PPV main event. And Brock Lesnar selling Balor's Papa Lazarou cosplay would be ridiculous. The best champion to defend against Finn at Mania would be Roman Reigns, atmosphere would be electric.

That's a great shout actually. I was wondering what they might do with Reigns at Wrestlemania, outside of a potential rematch with Lesnar. Reigns/Balor would make a lot of sense and it could be a really fun match. 

I find the Torch hard to listen to because of the call-in format. I actually quite like Wade Keller and his analysis but for me the callers are almost all terrible. I feel this awful sense of dread every time they take a call, as if I were in a car and the driver decided to put the baby behind the wheel for a bit to see how they get on. 

I can see him taking that kind of Jericho role of upper mid-carder who is a massive crowd favourite, but the company never truly see as a top guy. The go to guy for a main event opponent when they need one or a transitional champ for a couple of months. Similar to the role Sheamus played over the last few years.

Time will tell but I think he'll be fine, particularly with the brand split. 

 

At this point I'm more concerned about Samoa Joe and Bobby Roode. They're far from spring chickens so I think they really need to be called up soon for them to get a fair shot at main show success.