10 Bold Predictions For WWE In 2018
7. The Cruiserweight Division Goes Down
Only reasons beyond rationality could argue a case for keeping this time-waster alive in 2018. A quick review of 2017's 'best' bits highlights how the allegedly all-knowing modern era WWE has somehow managed to craft a wrestling succubus on a par with the revamped ECW or original NXT:
- Diluting a B-show to try and preserve a BS-show. Live on the WWE Network immediately after SmackDown Live! concludes on the USA Network, audiences were so disinterested in the purple-roped p*ss-about that they'd leave early. This resulted in weeks of television minus such stars as AJ Styles, Shinsuke Nakamura, Randy Orton and even The Fashion Police, required as they were to work dark matches after 205 Live had finished just to keep folk in the building.
- Openly acknowledging permanent residence amongst the Cruiserweights is a punishment by forcing Enzo Amore into the scene just to put a thumb on his main roster career. When he's an instant hit, about-face the whole thing on the talent instead in a senseless act of self-preservation, directing the 'Smacktalker Skywalker' to verbally eviscerate the non-responsive roster as if he was a napkin doodle version of Stone Cold Steve Austin leading The Alliance.
- Remove the Cruiserweight Title match (and subsequently all forthcoming residuals) from the WrestleMania DVD, despite the contest being the best thing from the first three hours of the bloated event. Chase out arguably the two best talents in the division via this and similarly stupid decisions.
Time to go, 205 Live. You've had enough. We all have.