#5 An easy fix to the Mauro Ranallo situation
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Nothing is written in stone that the entire reason why Mauro Ranallo is likely leaving WWE can be chalked up to JBL and JBL alone, but it certainly appears that way. If that is the case and Ranallo has no issues with WWE management or others in the company, the solution to this problem wasn’t to just allow the bullying to take place and to let Ranallo leave, but rather, to fix it by separating the two.
If he didn’t consider it a demotion, it would have done wonders for the NXT commentary team for Ranallo to take Tom Phillips’ spot to help add some enthusiasm to Percy Watson and Nigel McGuinness, who are both as droll as can be.
An even better opportunity, though, would have been to swap Corey Graves and JBL.
First things first, Corey Graves already works both Raw and SmackDown as he is present on Tuesday nights for 205 Live. This means moving him to the blue brand would free up a day’s worth of work for him as he wouldn’t have to travel to both shows.
We know Graves has chemistry with Phillips as those two have worked well in the past, and Graves also meshes well with Ranallo in a similar fashion.
Likewise, JBL and Michael Cole are a duo similar to Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler. They’re familiar with each other and they bounce off one another’s work effortlessly. Having those two with Byron Saxton worked before and it would work again.
This or the “Ranallo to NXT” idea could have been a means to shake things up while retaining Ranallo on the broadcast team, rather than switching David Otunga and Byron Saxton, which is better for SmackDown but much worse for Raw.
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