10 Huge WWE Superstar Shake-up Predictions To Save SmackDown Live!

3. Neville

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Holding out hope for a safe return to the main roster for Neville might be completely beyond the realms of possibility at this point, but if he was to surprise the 'Universe', 'The Man That Gravity Forgot' would surely be more at home on the 'Land Of Opportunity'.

Yes, the temptation would be there to deploy him back in the depleted Cruiserweight Division, but why waste him in the very area he abandoned a steady living for in the first place? Neville proved himself an accomplished all-rounder during his extended tenure with the cursed 205-and-under title and should be respected accordingly with a run at either SmackDown Live!'s secondary strap or an AJ Styles-held WWE Championship.

Known already for soaring to unforeseen heights, the sky would still be the limit for Neville on the show, and may reduce tension levels between man and machine after his controversial walk-out last year. Neville was clearly entering his prime as a performer before the acrimonious split - let that be the takeaway of the original aggro, not the decision to walk away itself.

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