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Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Superstar Shakeup Reax

Read on for my thoughts on WWE's post-WrestleMania 35 roster moves.
-- Night One:
- Raw gets The Miz from Smackdown Live:
Miz moving to Raw so he can stay on USA Network with his reality show makes sense. Is Shane still on Smackdown Live, though?

- Raw gets Aleister Black and Ricochet from free agency:
So that mystery's solved. I think both men have a lot of potential. Aleister can be a major player, and Ricochet's got a lot to showcase.

- Raw gets The Viking Experience from NXT:
Oooooh wow that's a bad name. Jesus. Very disappointed in that move. I also think it's early to call them up given the lack of established teams in NXT's tag division, but that's an NXT problem, not a Viking Experience problem.

- Raw gets Cedric Alexander from 205 Live:
I can get behind that. He was spinning his tires on a brand where he had already been champion. I wouldn't be against drafting the whole show come October.

- Raw gets Andrade and Zelina Vega from Smackdown Live:
I'm good with this if it comes with a push. Andrade is someone who can go places.

- Raw gets Rey Mysterio from Smackdown Live:
Looks like we'll see more between Andrade and Rey. It's destiny.

- Raw gets Lars Sullivan from free agency:
So much for him feuding with the Hardy Boys. I hope he can reach his heights.

- Raw gets the Usos from Smackdown Live:
Makes sense after Jimmy and Jey have done so much on SDL.

- Raw gets Sami Zayn from free agency:
Smart move to keep him away from Kevin Owens. I'm curious how far he can get on his own. As a heel, no less.

- Raw gets Naomi from Smackdown Live:
Works for me. Not a surprise Naomi stays with the Usos. I guess Mandy Rose is out of luck.

- Raw gets EC3 from free agency:
I guess he's about to be showcased on Main Event pretty regularly.

- Raw gets Eric Young from Smackdown Live:
Now that's an interesting move. Will we see him reunite with Bobby Roode? Maybe now Killian Dain can get used on Smackdown Live (once they change his name).

- Raw gets Lacey Evans from free agency:
Looks like she'll only walk to the ring on Mondays now.

- Raw gets AJ Styles from Smackdown Live:
Well that's pretty major! We'll see what SDL gets to compensate.

-- Night Two:
- Smackdown Live gets Finn Balor from Raw:
Ooooh that's interesting given the title situation. I guess someone will beat Joe to take the U.S. Title to Raw.

- Smackdown Live gets Lars Sullivan from Raw(?):
Looks like they changed their minds! We'll see how far he can get on SDL.

- Smackdown Live gets Ember Moon from Raw:
I'm all for this! She's been a diamond in the rough.

- Smackdown Live gets Bayley from Raw:
Bayley getting a fresh start works for me. She's still a pretty special talent.

- Smackdown Live gets Kairi Sane from NXT:
Well-deserved. I hope she's able to thrive.

- Smackdown Live gets Buddy Murphy from 205 Live:
He's definitely been putting in good work. I hope he's able to get more gold.

- Smackdown Live gets Elias from Raw:
He absolutely needed a new environment.

- Smackdown Live gets Roman Reigns from Raw:
And there's your acknowledgement that Smackdown Live has a chance of being an "A" show come October. Vince is going to do what he can to make sure Roman is well-established, and that might trickle down to caring about other wrestlers.

- Smackdown Live gets Liv Morgan from Raw:
This one's kind of a head-scratcher. I guess she might be fed to all the new faces.

- Smackdown Live gets Chad Gable from Raw:
Wow. So much for that team gaining traction. I hope he's able to get something going now. He's very talented, but he's had a number of false starts now.

- Smackdown Live gets Apollo Crews from Raw:
This guy's been thrown around a bit now. I don't know what could be different this time, but he's definitely someone who can be a bigger player.

- Smackdown Live gets Mickie James from Raw:
Hm. They're really growing the women's division. I wonder if things are too unbalanced.

- Smackdown Live gets Heavy Machinery from free agency:
Probably smart to keep them separate from the Viking Experience. We'll see how they do now that they actually have a home.

More wrestling coming up.

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