8 Radical Ideas For WWE To Save Wade Barrett

By Jack Morrell /

5. Have Him Annihilate Whoever Put Him Out

In order to begin Barrett€™s rehabilitation in the right way, you need to start as you mean to go on, and have him come back with a vengeance and completely take apart the man who put him out. Traditionally, this is seen as a burial - like when Triple H returned in February 2011 after ten months out of commission to challenge the Undertaker to a match at Wrestlemania XXVII, and then pulverised Sheamus, the man supposedly responsible for his injuries, in a single beatdown segment the week after, almost as an afterthought. However, if the moment is booked properly, it can get both men over - and as long as both men benefit, it€™s no burial. If it€™s the Wyatts, then Harper is a part of a villainous stable who can step in to save his crazy ass before Barrett can seriously hurt him. There€™s no shame in being run off by giant backwoods psychopaths in sheep masks: and Harper gets decent heel heat from being bailed out. Before Barrett leaves, he shouts, €œyou€™re next!€ Why? I€™ll tell you when you€™re older. That beatdown should take place in an angle on RAW, ideally leading to a single blow-off match taking place on the next pay-per-view style event (have they figured out what they€™re calling them yet? Network specials?). Barrett€™s opponent should enter that match smugly assured of a victory. After all, this is Barrett we€™re talking about. Except this isn€™t that Barrett, though. Remember, the only difference between the Barrett we€™re used to and the Barrett we want to see is storytelling. The match only needs ten minutes, maybe even less, Barrett scoring the clean pinfall after hitting whatever his finish ends up being - and this is an excellent time to debut a new one, if that€™s how they choose to go. The match should be nasty, ugly and stiffer than a serial killer in a nunnery€ but in the end, Barrett outsmarts and/or outfights whoever he€™s facing and defeats them to end the feud. Why only one match? Because someone else is next.