Why Bad News Barrett doesn't have a crew of three guys with him calling themselves the "Bad News Bandits" is far beyond my comprehension. If his "Bad News Bandits" were Ryback, Curtis Axel and maybe a female wrestler like Emma, the "New Reality" would again benefit. Emma was debuted and put in a comedy situation with Santino, one of WWE's best-loved wrestlers. However, as the old school wrestlers would say in Memphis, "funny, no money." Just as Santino had to get beaten down by Umaga in his debut, Emma needs to earn the right to have the WWE Universe laugh with, and not at, her. Thus, turning Emma heel and giving Bad News Barrett 100 new possible scenarios involving interference to hit the Bull Hammer, and possibly give smart in-ring competitor Curtis Axel and his tag partner Ryback many intriguing ways to cheat to achieve victory and eventually win the tag team championships. Emma cozying up to Santino, and a marriage scenario ending with Emma saying, "Santino, I think I've got some bad news," and Ryback hitting the Shell Shock and Barret hitting the Bull Hammer would be tremendous fun. Emma down the line then turning on that trio and going babyface with the comedy routine would then make all of the sense in the world.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
