10 WWE TLC 2017 Impulse Reactions

5. The Zo Show

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Call off the dogs, Enzo Amore isn't Daniel Bryan.

He was getting there, but even the 'Smacktalker Skywalker' knows no abuse quite like the 'Yes Man' when it comes to company burials designed to temper overwhelming fan support.

Luckily for 'Muscles Marinara', his demotion came with a heel turn he gleefully embraced in order to shove the alleged punishment back in the faces of all his backstage oppressors. A babyface Amore rubbing shoulders with the other 205 Live losers would have sunk like a brick, but his total lack of in-ring nous became his calling card, and a shortcut to the top only enhanced his confidence and stature on Tuesday Nights.

It aided the entire show, for that matter. The lightweights earned main event segments on Raw, and some people even stuck around after the SmackDown tapings to watch the show! In protest not to Enzo's arrival but his own abhorrent treatment, former 'King Of The Crusierweights' Neville departed, but the only problem that gave Amore was the prospect of some rancid matches with Kalisto.

And here we are. Two in, and the pair aren't remotely clicking as adversaries, though the fans at least care what Enzo's doing one way or another, and he's thankfully back where he belongs at the top of the pile. Until WWE can literally sign a new talent, nobody deserves it more. In this division, hard to know if that's even praise or derision anymore.

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