10 Buried Treasures That Could Leave WWE Before 2018
6. The Hype Bros
Mojo Rawley attempted to convincingly stare off into the middle distance as he delivered an ominous foretelling of their future. He failed, of course, but his message was as loud and clear as his green ring gear.
Peering into the hardened soul of Zack Ryder, Rawley declared 'If we want things to change, we're going to have to do something drastic', before turning his back to return to his less-than-hyped stance.
The 2017 Andre The Giant Battle Royal winner has had a year that loosely resembles the 12 months that followed for Cesaro, The Big Show and Baron Corbin following their own victories. WWE's new poisoned chalice in the absence of the King Of The Ring crown and cape, the pyrrhic victory has saddled each performer with expectations too lofty over the years, and Mojo was hardly placed to reverse the curse despite empty gestures about getting serious or whatever a superstar says when they acknowledge a stalling tenure.
Meanwhile, Zack Ryder persists. Actual dreams repeatedly crushed and replaced by corporately-agreed goals, his lengthy stint as a WWE Superstar has presumably satiated his lifelong goal to be part of the machine (and reinvest in it by the looks of his toy collections), but a brave new world awaits him beyond Titan Tower's shimmering frontage. He tried and failed to smash a glass ceiling by himself, it's perhaps time to kick down a fire exit instead.