5 Reasons Neville Wants To Quit WWE
1. The Shackles
Neville seemed to influence his own character in WWE. It felt organic. That said, there were obvious limits to his input. At time of writing, his last tweet - yet another facet to his game he mastered - rages against the uninspiring-at-best t-shirt design WWE expected his fans to splash out on. "This ATROCITY is not on the NEVILLE LEVEL," he correctly pointed out. The t-shirt is a dull, black and grey design with a font as basic and insipid as its colour scheme. You could knock it out on Clip Art - and some intern probably did, as a Friday afternoon afterthought.
The contrast between it and the Bullet Club designs is laughable. As clear as Neville takes his craft seriously, it's ultimately a job - one which increasingly relies on merchandise sales, in the post pay-per-view era, for maximum income. Merchandise is just one of several WWE departments to have forgot about Neville. Moreover, performing in WWE often feels like a thankless task for those looking from the outside in. Fans view house shows and even much of the televised output as a chore. To performers, they are borderline pointless - but nevertheless painful - wastes of their precious bump clocks. They all build to the PPV endgame - on which Neville, increasingly, was treated as someone to get out of the way before the real stars performed.
Fundamentally, Neville is under-appreciated. He resisted the urge to wow crowds with the Red Arrow because he recognised its long-term value. Perhaps he recognises his own, and has elected to show WWE what they're missing before returning with a new set of royal orders.