5 missed opportunities from the 2018 Superstar Shakeup 

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WWE could've achieved more with the Superstar Shakeup.

#4 205 Live receives a much-needed layer of depth

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Stars such as
Breezango
could've been rebuilding careers on 205 Live rather than being jobbers on Raw.

Most believe that NXT, SmackDown Live and Raw are the only active brands in the WWE right now. However, that is not the case, as WWE’s fourth brand is a show they have presented as a spinoff of Raw, which is 205 Live.

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The Cruiserweight division has not received the respect or recognition it deserves, as the division houses some of the best wrestlers in the world. The main reason for this unrecognized feat is WWE's ignorance to acknowledge that themselves.

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Moreover, now that WWE has begun the rebuilding of 205 Live, they would've done the product a favour if they had done one thing, added depth to the division. The Cruiserweight division houses some of the most athletically gifted wrestlers in WWE, but at the same time, it houses some of the most uninteresting characters in the company.

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Therefore, as suggested in an earlier point, WWE should've sent underused talent to NXT for better booking, and they could've applied that same method with the Cruiserweight division. While most would've thought of this as a demotion, there is no other way to build a division than to place big names in it.

Therefore, that decision would've built the product, and everything else would've gradually fallen into place. WWE is beaming with superstars that would succeed in the Cruiserweight division, superstars such as Chad Gable, Aiden English, Tye Dillinger, the Singh brothers, Zach Ryder and even Apollo.

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Sending young underused talent to 205 Live would've work hand in hand with a point mentioned earlier, as the more Cruiserweight stars breakout of the division after gaining some experience from it, new stars enter thus keeping the division fresh and exciting.

These drafts would've allowed those stars to use this platform to build their careers away from the time constraints on Raw and SmackDown Live. Thus, WWE could've achieved this by adding one thing, depth.

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Edited by Shruti Sadbhav
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