SmackDown Live needs to shake up the product this week
#1 Erick Rowan takes out Ali, replaced by Luke Harper
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Luke Harper could change up the dynamics of the match entirely
This is not a knock on Mustafa Ali. But the fact of the matter is when you look at the contestants in the Elimination Chamber match, Ali sticks out like a sore thumb really. This is because everyone else is already an established superstar. Ali has been a 205 Live contestant until recently, a show that few members of the WWE Universe watch.
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It may make sense for Rowan to take him out during the course of this week's show, to give Bryan the advantage. And then we're one man down for Elimination Chamber. Triple H comes in and announces the return of Luke Harper.
We know that Luke Harper has been training for a big return to action. Maybe Harper even wins the gauntlet match this week.
It also gives Ali a readymade feud after Elimination Chamber.
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