The last thing the McMahons need is another failure after promoting big changes, eliminating The Authority and adding Daniel Bryan and Foley as general managers of Smackdown and Raw, respectively.
While there is no reason to believe Owens and Zayn and Wyatt won’t continue on their climb toward title success and Corbin and Balor have real potential in becoming main event stars, the jury might still be out on Crews – who at the moment looks much like Shelton Benjamin with more talent.
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Benjamin could have been a much bigger deal – a world champion and a major player when he was part of WWE’s machine. He was poorly booked, wasn’t successful as a heel and eventually parted ways and went on to bigger things in other promotions.
How WWE plans to book Crews and Corbin will tell fans how their futures will pan out. I suspect Corbin could be a title contender long before Crews sees a title match. There could be issues with booking others, namely Dana Brooke, Paige, Zayn and potentially American Alpha who were drafted this past week.
Did WWE make decisions to call up NXT talent because they were ready or was it a knee-jerk reaction from fear of not making a splash with the Draft and brand split?
Bayley is still out there, waiting to make the move to the next level. If the creative team cannot get it right with the ones they have chosen to move forward, we can only imagine how they will handle the talent that comes after this new wave of WWE superstars.
