Theres nothing that wrestling fans love more than a performer absolutely acing an angle thats fresh, new and different. There are plenty of people wholl tell you that theres nothing new under the sun, especially in pro wrestling, but I dont believe thats true just because the business has a habit of repeating storylines thatve worked in the past doesnt mean that there are no new stories to be told between the ropes. Daniel Bryan and the Yes! Movement was a fresh take on the babyface underdog story that probably couldnt have been told a few years earlier. The initial Nexus storyline with the impartial disruption of the main event of RAW, the assault on ringside crew and the partial dismantling of the ring itself: thats something I dont think has ever been done before. Damien Mizdows utterly bizarre, hilarious antics as the stunt double for Hollywood Mike Mizanin were completely innovative, and the crowd ate it up: and look at The New Day, legitimately the most entertaining thing on RAW for months a comedy heel stable based purely around the incredibly exaggerated acting out in public of private jokes between friends. As popular as it once was, reinstating the Bad News gimmick isnt going to be enough to properly differentiate this version of Barrett from previous versions. A compelling storyline that follows through feuds, on the other hand, is something else entirely. For so long, Barretts been a beaten man on WWE television. What if his personal journey of redemption involved gradually working his way through a list of everyone whod ever beaten him in the past couple of years? The storyline would show Barrett turning up out of nowhere, barking youre next! at them, and then (by hook or by crook) getting himself a match with them. Heel or babyface, undercard or main event - Barrett would work his way through the list in no particular order, and without giving a reason. Hed ignore title opportunities except in cases where they could help his cause, fight friend and foe: and hed win. The idea is that itd harken back a little bit to Bill Goldbergs whos next?: only instead of pushing some open-ended winning streak angle (which never have a reasonable outcome for the person running them), Barrett would be resolving his own existential crisis by getting his win back on everyone whod pinned him during his personal long dark night of the soul. As the angle goes on and his tattered reputation is gradually restored, Barretts gruff voice and beaming grin become a calling card, a catchphrase, a prophecy of doom, as he interrupts people to announce: Im afraid Ive got some bad news YOURE NEXT. Some become increasingly paranoid that they might be on the list - that they might be next. Others try to reason with him, still more pre-emptively attack him. Nothing stops him: Barrett wont be bargained with, bought or beaten down. Like My Name Is Earl with a body count, nothing matters except the list.