WWE Draft 2020: 10 Wrestlers Who Must NOT Move Brands

3. Big E

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After Kofi Kingston's meteoric rise to the top of the SmackDown food chain last year was met with acclaim from just about everyone, it seems that WWE has now set its sights on his longtime friend and team-mate Big E in an attempt to recreate the magic.

The difference here is that they are playing the long-game, slowly building up Big E as a top contender by actually addressing the fact that he hasn't been seen as one before - and it's working really well, with his feud with Sheamus establishing him as a convincingly dominant threat to the main event scene.

Again, he's not quite there yet but that's the entire point of the slow build and if creative wish to continue doing what they're doing, he could very well earn himself a main event spot against the big old bully Roman Reigns, perhaps even giving us a WrestleMania main event we never thought we'd see.

Moving him to Raw now wouldn't just separate The New Day, it would put the kibosh on his push because he'd somehow have to find a way to re-establish himself on a show that struggles to make stars as easily as SmackDown does.

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