10 Candidates For WWE's Bizarre Post-WrestleMania 36 Push

4. Kona Reeves

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Does...does Vince McMahon not realise that Kona Reeves is rather tall?

Reeves is destined to fail in NXT. The tacit "I'm less talented than most of my peers, so boo me for wasting your time!" bit ran its course with Baron Corbin, and Kona's formal 'The Finest' gimmick did not catch fire. They basically stuck a superlative adjective in front of his bland regulation NXT name, had him smile smugly, and run through some enhancement talents.

It was routine, it was lazy, it was...

...perfect! cries Vince McMahon.

Reeves is that quintessential WWE "star": tall,

Well, that's it.

He's tall.

He can play smug fairly well, but there's nothing of substance to his act. He is a power-based wrestler who doesn't look capable of stiffing the sh*t out of someone. He's a heel who isn't entertainingly despicable but generally unlikeable in a way that doesn't make for compelling television.

He was born to cut an overlong opening promo and feign shock at the interruption, and happily, there are no neckbeard pricks in the crowd to chant "Boring!" at him.

 
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