1. The New Sensation
Despite the fact that Bad News Barrett is the 2015 King of the Ring, the real star to come out of the tournament clearly was Adrian Neville. Even in defeat, Neville looked like a million bucks, beating Barrett at Extreme Rules, then toppling Luke Harper and hanging with a physical Sheamus before bowing to Barrett in the finals. All the while, Neville got to showcase several of his high-flying aerial assaults: springboard moonsaults, standing Shooting Star Press and of course, the Red Arrow. The announcers repeatedly put Neville over as a big deal. Even JBL, who typically might make short jokes or dislike him because hes a good guy rookie, had nothing but praise for him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iRVDHm_YMA So the question here is: What is next for the Man that Gravity Forgot? Will Neville parlay this into a future IC or U.S. title run? Could we see him main-eventing Raw? Anything is possible, but we definitely learned this week that WWE has high hopes and expectations for Adrian Neville, and that in and of itself merits a big thumbs up.
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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
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