10 Quick Fixes For WWE’s Struggling Superstars

10. Bobby Lashley - A Heel Turn

Standing next to Braun Strowman during a Monday Night Raw tag team match earlier this year was the closest Bobby Lashley came to a megastar pop outside of holding Elias in a suplex so long he almost started crying blood.

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Much like his 2007 run, Lashley lacks the facials, the charisma and various other vitally important intangibles to stay over as an ebullient babyface for Vince McMahon. Unlike his troubled tenure a decade ago, he's actually proven to have those talents elsewhere; Lashley (eventually) became a revelation in TNA/Impact Wrestling as both an obnoxious heel and sh*t-kicking babyface. His perceived foibles can be laid firmly at the base of WWE's broken creative machine, but the sheer amount of output allows for a factory reset at almost any point.

It's just a shame it can't possibly happen with his next opponent. Lashley's sure to receive a smattering of cheers thanks to the disdain still dished out to his Extreme Rules opponent Roman Reigns, but an assault on somebody with the babyface equity of Seth Rollins (not least thanks to their size disparity) would rapidly reverse the positive sentiment.

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