10 New WWE Directions After The 2020 Draft
The 2020 Draft has given WWE the opportunity to right its own flagging fortunes.
The whole point of the WWE Draft is to shake things up, hence why it was once called the Superstar Shake-Up. By moving stars between the two shows, WWE gives its creative team fresh options, new potential stories to tell and a whole batch of new ideas with which to revive a creatively dormant universe. You can view the draft as a desperate grab for inspiration if you like, but we are all hoping for the same outcome: a better show.
With that in mind, what should WWE's creative team be penning onto its run sheets for the coming months? The draft represents an opportunity to right the wrongs of 2020, to inject new life into a flagging product and maybe even stumble upon some magic. A change is as good as a fresh start, and plenty of established names now find themselves with fresh horizons in WWE.
There are plenty of directions that WWE could go in as we head towards the winter, and it is important to remember that much of the next couple of months will be taken up by the now-superfluous BRAND WARFARE that is Survivor Series. Still, if WWE wants to right its ship, it can do worse than follow these directions.
10. Build SmackDown's Tag Division Around Ziggler & Roode
As with all WWE drafts, the 2020 edition gave us very clear winners and losers. It could be argued that the biggest loser was the SmackDown tag team division, as the already somewhat desolate division was obliterated. The New Day, Miz & Morrison and Lucha House Party all moved to RAW, as did one half of Heavy Machinery. The Street Profits may have moved the other way with the blue belts in tow, but their list of challengers doesn't really stretch beyond Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura, two men who should probably be involved in singles competition anyway.
Bleak indeed, but you don't become a long-time WWE fan without retaining the odd bit of illogical hope and blind optimism. Where there is despair there is opportunity, and the time has come for SmackDown's tag team division to be rebuilt. The construction must take place around an anchor team, a duo who should dethrone The Street Profits and hold the titles for a long while, as teams are established around them.
That duo is Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode. It may be frustrating for the two veterans to continue in the tag ranks but this is a great opportunity for both, a chance to build something, a chance to use their undoubted talent and undeniable experience to make SmackDown a better place for tag teams.