Replace Dolph Ziggler with Jeff Hardy, and imagine if for Hardy's first match on a live Smackdown in 2016 (which would be the best time to debut him), he was attacked backstage by The New Day. Xavier Woods saying "we've done this before and now we've done this again" would be INSTANT heat as Jeff's first 10-20 TV matches will be worth the cost of bringing him back as I expect ratings to spike for *JUST* those segments. The same nostalgia effect that happened for 25-54 year old men when Hulk Hogan returned will happen for 25-54 year old women for Jeff Hardy's comeback. Something tells me that involving The New Day in all of this would be fantastic as in singles and tags, they're MORE than up to the task.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
