4. Fandango
When Fandango burst onto our screens on the March 1st, 2013 episode of SmackDown, after weeks of vignettes, it seemed like Johnny Curtis had finally found the gimmick that he could use as a decent mid card star in WWE. He would go on to defeat Chris Jericho in a huge upset at WrestleMania XXIX a few weeks later and his catchy theme tune would have fans dancing in arenas across the globe and the song even reached the Top 20 in the UK iTunes charts thanks to all the downloads. Sadly, the push was to be short lived. The problem with the Fandango character, is he never evolved and when they turned him into a salsa dancer, things got even worse. Now, Curtis barely gets any TV time as the character and when he does turn up, the audience groan because there's nothing to invest in. With the Social Outcasts debuting last night on RAW, Fandango might be in the mood to dance again. Curtis is a much better wrestler than the gimmick has allowed him to be and at 34 years old, it's time for him to make something happen before it's too late and he never gets a shot to do more than stare at the lights on Main Event. Give Fandango the mic on RAW, and let him rip and not in the silly Fandango voice, let him be a real extension of himself and if he gets that shot, he could be a key member of this stable.
Kenny McIntosh
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