8 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (May 9th)
Downs...
7. Hey, Hes 7 Feet Tall! Push Him!
Lets establish this right away before a flood of negative comments ensue: This is not a criticism of Big Cass being pushed as a solo star while Enzo Amore is out injured. This is, however, a criticism of WWE (namely Vince McMahon) for being oh-so-predictable for pushing a 7-footer.
Big Cass deserves every opportunity to succeed (rather than sit on the sidelines while his partner is out). But its crazy to think that an already-popular character like Damien Sandow was completely squandered and ultimately released last week. Other NXT stars have been brushed aside a matter of weeks after debuting most notably Neville, who went from rising star and former NXT champ to part of the WWE background scenery in a couple months.
While its great to see Cass take center stage, you cant help but feel that if he wasnt 7 feet tall, he wouldnt be getting this shot. Consider this: If the situation was reversed and Cass was out, would Enzo be getting a spotlight like this? Again, not to say that he doesnt deserve the shot, but it certainly helped that Vince loves big guys, and Cass happens to be 7 feet tall and you cant teach that.