By comparison, Bo Dallas had a full-fledged build-up and debut in WWE last year, only to flounder for much of the past 10 months. Debuting with a motivational speaker gimmick, Bo racked up a winning streak to start his WWE career, although some of those victories were fluky. He unceremoniously lost his undefeated streak to R-Truth and feuded with Jack Swagger and Mark Henry before being shelved for several months due to injury. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlywXct4hq4 Dallas is a case of coming in somewhat hot and immediately cooling off, whether due to not meeting expectations or Vince McMahon simply changing his mind. He became little more than an antagonistic heel who got his comeuppance pretty quickly. Thats quite the downgrade for a former NXT champion who has a pretty strong wrestling pedigree. Thankfully, hes young and hopefully has time to reignite his career.
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