The fallout of the 2018 Superstar Shakeup

SmackDown Main Event Division

AJ Styles. Daniel Bryan. Samoa Joe. Shinsuke Nakamura. The Miz. These are the stalwarts. On the periphery lie, Jeff Hardy, Randy Orton, and, potentially before the year is out, Andrade "Cien" Almas.

That's a tremendous cast of characters. The potential match combinations are simply incredible. It's a modern-day "SmackDown Eight," one which could move the blue brand closer to its greatest glories from 2002-4 under the auspices of the original "SmackDown Six."

There is one big cloud on the horizon, however.

It looks like Big Cass is going to be pushed at the main event level. This would be very unwelcome. He will only subtract from that incredible dynamic. He's no Braun Strowman. The only thing he really has is his size.

Perhaps he'll be carried to better matches by the likes of AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan, but they wouldn't be as good as other matches could be. It's a big opportunity cost.

SmackDown's main event picture looks great, but we'll just have to hope for the best when it comes to Big Cass.

Grade after the Shakeup: B+