WWE Backlash 2017 Results Predictions

8. Tye Teaches English Lesson

Following the release of fellow Vaudevillain Simon Gotch, Aiden English has recently renewed his NXT schtick as a lounge crooner. In other words, a definite moratorium has been placed on his career.

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It's always difficult to make a virtue of an abandoned tag wrestler following the disappearance of their partner, and saddling them with a singing gimmick is just about the least helpful solution imaginable. Think through the history of wrestling: who ever succeeded through serenading? The Honky Tonk who? It'll never catch on.

Tye Dillinger, on the other hand, has a totally credible, future-proof character based around the tenth cardinal. His momentum and popularity - contrasted with English's complete lack-of - means he is a near cert for this one.

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