10 Candidates For WWE’s Next Bizarre Push

1. Konnor

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Why not?

These pushes are inexplicable. So why not suggest the most inexplicable of the lot?

The prospect isn't that inexplicable, crucially; Konnor happens to be a behemoth of a man at a billed 6' 4", 268 lb. It's not as if the Ascension are working out. The Ascension are barely working, having been jobbed out just the twice on television this year.

This is another they'll-just-push-another-big-guy pick rooted in cynicism, but this is what Vince McMahon does: he reverts to type, unfailingly, ad nauseam. It's entirely possible that, one day, he spots Konnor in the hallway at a SmackDown taping and either forgets he's in the Ascension or is suddenly thunderstruck by the size of this guy, godd*mn pal! - and decides to strap the rocket to his back for a few months, before he gets bored. Does Vince march into Main Event tapings and pick one lucky, baffling talent to push to keep everybody on their toes? Or is he just insane?

A repackage is necessary, given the stigma of the Ascension as the Railroaded Warriors. Konnor once played a rat-like character on the old NXT show. Perhaps he could play another animal, or simply a man who is very large.

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