It would be easy to characterize Nevilles loss to Chris Jericho as being a big negative. Even Byron Saxton noted all of Nevilles close-but-no-cigar performances since coming up to the main roster: nearly beat WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins, took United States champ John Cena to the limit, almost won the King of the Ring tournament and came a fingertip away from capturing the Money in the Bank briefcase. However, Neville has been able to win several matches in his time on the roster, and his losses have been painted as being *this close* to winning the big one. It helps establish the rookie as almost on the same level as Cena, Rollins and Jericho. All he needs is that one big win to put him on the next level. Of course, if that win never comes (or doesnt come in a timely fashion), then all of this is moot and WWE will have once again squandered an opportunity. But for now, Neville continues to impress fans.
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.
