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There’s little doubt that the present WWE product is purple scorching to shut out 2024, however there are a number of marquee Superstars on the primary roster who can be higher off some place else.
Prime-tier singles performers like Carmelo Hayes and Pete Dunne, in addition to Tag Staff specialists like Alba Fyre and Isla Daybreak, are having their skills wasted by WWE Inventive.
WWE has been a lot better since Triple H took extra artistic management, however every of the next superstars can be higher off in AEW or TNA.
Carmelo Hayes
Carmelo Hayes was undoubtedly the highest Celebrity on the NXT model whereas working for Shawn Michaels. Since making the leap to the primary roster, although, he has been an afterthought at finest.
When given the chance, Hayes has placed on wonderful matches, standing toe-to-toe with high performers like LA Knight, AJ Kinds and Andrade. The issue stays that his storylines are lackluster at finest and, extra typically, nonexistent. Hayes ought to be booked as a high younger prospect, not a placeholder.
At simply 30 years previous, Hayes is a cornerstone piece that the corporate ought to be seeking to construct round. Hayes is sensible past his years within the ring and on the mic, however his distinctive type and beauty make him a high star. AEW or TNA would gladly pay him high greenback to make the leap to their promotion.
For an proprietor like Tony Khan, signing somebody like Hayes can be harking back to signing somebody like MJF. That is the extent he can be booked in AEW, squaring off towards the very best on the earth, together with Brian Danielson, MJF and Jon Moxley.
Hayes has voiced his assist for Triple H, Michaels, and the WWE household, so he probably will not be leaving anytime quickly. With that mentioned, he would turn into arguably the largest free agent if he have been to check the market.
Alba Fyre and Isla Daybreak
When Fyre and Daybreak joined forces to type a tag crew, the WWE Universe was intrigued. With stellar promos and stable in-ring work, wrestling followers have been absolutely invested within the duo.
As an alternative of capitalizing on their expertise and talent to attach with the followers, WWE used them as a placeholder for the Ladies’s Tag Staff Championships. As an alternative of giving them a memorable storyline, they have been left off tv till they have been wanted to place over Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill.
Fyre and Daybreak deserve higher. Significantly better.
WWE’s reserving of the ladies’s division has been lackluster at finest for a number of months, however the expertise shining in AEW and TNA has by no means been brighter. Attending to carry out with elite performers like Harm CTRL and Belair ends in high quality matches, however Fyre and Daybreak deserve storylines during which followers can make investments their time and emotion.
Together with a proficient performer like Rosemary, the tag crew would immediately turn into a cornerstone product of TNA, ultimately combating one another for the ladies’s world title. Wherever they resolve to go away WWE or keep when their contracts are up, the tag crew championships ought to be a automobile for each to enter the ladies’s world title scene.
Pete Dunne
The hardcore match between Dunne and Sheamus was a spotlight of Monday Evening Uncooked and a memorable second, however one other loss has continued to harm the previous NXT UK champion’s credibility.
Dunne was sabotaged virtually instantly upon his call-up from NXT, being given an odd schoolboy outfit and the identify Butch. Regardless of the horrible reserving choices, Dunne continued to take advantage of each alternative he was given.
Whereas the WWE Universe hopes that Triple H and the artistic crew can re-instill confidence from the followers into his character, Dunne can be higher off taking his expertise to a different firm and beginning anew.
Whether or not with Khan in AEW or a leap to TNA, Dunne would immediately turn into a high star and deserves to be interjected into every firm’s world heavyweight championship scene.
The chances are that Dunne will stick with WWE, however he may do higher elsewhere.
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