5 Ups & 5 Downs From Big Cass' WWE Career
4. Opportunity Schlocks
There was moment within seconds of Big Cass' rather forced 2017 heel turn in which there existed a sliver of hope that the unwanted severance with best friend Enzo Amore might yield something worthwhile.
Amore shed a tear.
The most problematic Big Apple resident since Joey Tribbiani might have been plucking leg hairs out with tweezers, but it brilliantly sold the impact of his big buddy's betrayal. Like his body in weeks prior, his heart was now also broken. As the perpetrator and office choice for elevation from the pair, this should have been the launching pad from upon which Cass' rocket push began. Instead, the programme almost instantly ran out of fuel.
A feeble feud between the pair roped in The Big Show as the company scoured the roster for somebody to put the newly-minted heel over beyond his goofball former friend, leading to a SummerSlam match that was comfortably one of the pay-per-view lowlights of 2017. A greased up Enzo Amore literally trying to escape the match was a fitting allegory for their entire split. Astonishingly, the worst was yet to come...