10 WWE Stars Who Need To Turn In 2017

5. Gentleman Jack Gallagher

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205 Live will need a top heel when Neville's King of the Cruiserweight's arc has outlived its usefulness - and the body of work he has assembled surely warrants a sustained push on a show more than a handful actually bother with.

The Brian Kendrick has had his run. TJ Perkins has finally turned, and it was past time. The reedy-voiced and smug Cruiserweight Classic winner was a total bomb as the face of the division once his one-verse song faded out, but 205 Live has suffered because of a reliance on pushing one top heel at a time. WWE should rectify that by turning Gentleman Jack Gallagher.

Gallagher is one of few reasons to actually tune into 205 Live, but his act has a shelf life, and it almost reached its expiration date at the Royal Rumble with his unfunny umbrella antics. He's an entertaining babyface - his act is custom built to outsmart heels - but there is greater scope for success as a dastardly heel, especially in an environment fostered on cartoonish nationalist sentiment.

Gallagher's smarmy act can grate - it arguably already peaked with his I Forfeit Match with Ariya Daivari - so why not embellish the heel potential of it?

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