10 Huge WWE Superstar Shake-up Predictions To Revitalise Raw

5. Mike Kanellis

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Movement of enhancement talent doesn't exactly double WWE Network subscriber numbers, but that's not to say a jobber on one show has suddenly to be of equal irrelevance on the other side.

Kanellis' lovers gimmick with real-life wife Maria had some meat to it until his admittance of a prescription drug addiction briefly took him off television in time for his better half to also announce that she was expecting their first child. It naturally put paid to the entire act, rendering the former 'Miracle' somewhat surplus to requirements upon his return to Tuesdays later in the year.

An appearance in WrestleMania's Andre the Giant Battle Royal basically acted as a reminder than he even existed, and a trade to Raw without any of 2017's jobber stink might re-house him as a serviceable midcard heel with so many talented performers currently squabbling over the equally rehabilitated Intercontinental Title.

Far from wanting a new father to lose his job, his current value sadly found its peak on his very first night. A gamble on the flagship may be the last chance to transform perceptions.

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