10 Biggest Matches WWE Could Book Right Now (With Full-Time Stars)
Pro wrestling is all about those big matches..
Ever since its inception, professional wrestling has been built on big-time matches, battles between larger than life characters that are designed to attract the biggest possible audience. It is all quite simple, really; more audience equals more money. Pro wrestling is entertainment but it is a business first and foremost.
It is ironic that WWE, that most business-obsessed of pro wrestling companies, seems to have forgotten how to build a big match. It is a common comparison these days, but it really is quite WCW in its own way. Instead of saving potential money-makers for big shows, dream matches and special bouts are given away for free on random TV shows. It beggars belief, despite the ever-increasing amounts of money coming into the company.
Yet, despite its failings, there are still plenty of major matches on WWE's plate. WWE has never had a more talented roster and it has never had better access to a conveyer belt of dream combinations. What are the biggest matches available to WWE right now, though? It is easy to jump up and shout 'The Rock Vs God', but one is busy making billions of lives more enjoyable and the other is God.
WWE might not have a huge amount of genuine megastars at the moment, but there are still plenty of mega matches available to the world's finest (only) purveyors of sports entertainment.
10. Santos Escobar Vs Jordan Devlin
Who is the real WWE NXT Cruiserweight Champion? In typical company style, WWE has stumbled upon its first half-decent cruiserweight championship story in years. No, Drake Maverick's firing doesn't count.
Jordan Devlin's return to NXT UK hasn't passed without controversy, but there has been no sign that this is a man that the company deem in need of punishment. Devlin has delivered some tremendously fiery promos in recent weeks, displaying great anger at the company for dismissing and forgetting him during his imposed exile. A showdown with the supposed interim champion could well be the biggest Cruiserweight Championship feud in years.
The aforementioned supposed interim champion just so happens to be a real star-in-the-making. Santos Escobar has the potential to be a big name in the company, weight limit or not. The former El Hijo del Fantasma is 100% the correct man to carry the 205lb belt moving forward, but the feud with Devlin has the potential to make both men and do something that WWE has never been able to do; make the cruiserweight division meaningful.
If booked correctly, Santos Escobar vs. Jordan Devlin could be the biggest cruiserweight title match in company history.