What we learned from the WWE this week: April 17, 2017

#3 Cesaro is a true ‘ring general.'

Where is his push?

Despite the immense, popularity the Hardy Boys are currently enjoying as a tag-team, you couldn’t help but feel even more excited at the prospect of seeing Jeff Hardy in single’s competition for the first time since his career-ending match with CM Punk in 2009. Add in the fact that his opponent was the Swiss Superman Cesaro, and you had all the makings of a real dream match on your hands.

Jeff isn’t quite the in-ring performer he was back in 09, and for the time being, at least, he will probably be featured mainly as a tag team wrestler. However, the match itself was fairly entertaining, and fans were able to re-live some of the Jeff Hardy magic, especially if you’re not a big fan of TNA or other non-WWE wrestling.

The match could have been that much better had Jeff not visibly tweaked something in his lower back part way through. Hopefully, it wasn’t anything serious, but most fans were able to see that Jeff was struggling throughout most of the second half of the bout. Luckily, he was across the ring from Cesaro, who has the pure wrestling talent and knowledge to be able to carry somebody to the end of the match when they most need him to.

Cesaro certainly does not receive the kind of opportunities he deserves in WWE. No doubt fans love him, but there is something stopping management from finally inserting him into the main event scene, and as the years go by, you do start to worry whether his chance will ever come. After watching his performance this week, you have to say that the WWE will soon be running out of excuses as to why he is not fighting for a world title yet.