5 things we wanted to hear from Vince McMahon but didn’t get

#3. A major trade

Finn Balor is just one top star who could benefit from a change of scenery.

The most recent Superstar Shake Up following WrestleMania 34 saw a pretty bit disparity show up between Raw and SmackDown. Raw had the bigger names and bigger bodies, featuring Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, and Bobby Lashley, while SmackDown was more of the hardcore fan’s brand highlighted by AJ Styles, Daniel Bryan, Samoa Joe, and Shinsuke Nakamura.

On the surface, one could argue it was a good thing for the brands to have more distinctive identities. However, in practice, Raw has emerged as the far weaker show. Despite highlights like Seth Rollins’s matches with Dolph Ziggler, the show seems to always push the wrong angles and players, and the volume of face and heel turns this fall demonstrates a desperate effort to right the ship.

Moving Styles to the freshen up the main event scene of Raw, and perhaps The Usos to energize the tag division are among the big moves that would have made sense. Meanwhile, Finn Balor could definitely use the change of scenery that SmackDown would offer, and The Revival would have been a welcome addition to work New Day and The Bar on the blue brand. Sasha Banks could have benefited from separating from Bayley and not living in Ronda Rousey’s shadow anymore, too, while Becky Lynch or Charlotte Flair would have made complete sense going to Monday nights to further their issues with Rousey.