WWE: 10 Questions You Most Want Answered (April 19)
6. Damien Sandow's Usage
From @snyde043: Will WWE ever figure how to use Damien Sandow?
While I would love to say yes, I really have my doubts about that. To me, Sandow was ready for a main type of push last summer when he was booked to be a smart heel against his buddy Cody Rhodes, who went face. Those two should have had two or three PPV matches. Instead, they quickly ran through the feud and neither guy really benefitted from the split. Then they had Sandow try to cash in Money in the Bank against John Cena, he failed and he fell back down to the midcard where he has been lost ever since. What they should have done is have him attack Cena in the weeks after the loss as a way to build him back up and put him in the ring with Cena. If he ended up beating Cena he would get over more as a heel. Earlier in the week, I wrote about how Sandow would be the best choice to join Zeb Colter as a "Real American" because it would be a fresh start. It's not like Sandow needs Colter to talk for him. He just needs something new for his career because he's been booked too weak for too long that he'll never recover unless they change something about him. Sandow's character as the "Intellectual Savior" that's smarter than everybody is a good gimmick that works. The problem is that the booking inconsistencies have made him irrelevant and makes me have doubts that WWE is ever going to use him the right way.
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