10 Things WWE Fans Expected To See In 2017 (But Didn't)

4. The New Day Splitting Up

WWE shouldn't think about splitting The New Day any time soon. It'd be a colossal mistake, because the real-life friends have a zest and energy together that'd be hard to replicate by pushing them with others. Also, those Booty O's won't sell themselves, and who would dance better than Big E when Xavier Woods played his trombone?

Being sincere for a second (although Francesca II does provoke some killer moves from E), it's easy to forget that Big E was being pushed as a singles star before New Day came along. He was even Intercontinental Champ at one point in 2013. That, much like Kofi Kingston's aborted headline push in 2009, feels like a lifetime ago.

There must have been at least some temptation to see what E could achieve on his own once more. Creative meetings in WWE are surely filled by occasional ponderous comments like, 'what if Big E turned heel on New Day and struck out on his own again?'. It's a surprise that hasn't happened, and WWE have allowed the group to weave magic for almost four years.