The revival
In the two years since then, WWE has done next to nothing with Dallas. It appeared on a few different occasions that they were serious about prominently featuring him again, specifically when they placed him a program with longtime rival Neville in the spring of 2015, but it all amounted to nothing.
That said, it will definitely be difficult for fans to start to take him seriously again if they ever took him seriously, to begin with. The extra edge that has been added to his character in recent weeks is certainly refreshing, but he flourished as a comedy character because he was never the greatest in-ring technician.
His entertaining antics helped hide his weaknesses, and while these short squashes from the last two episodes of Raw have kept him limited, how long will it last before he has to start working real wrestling matches again?
On the bright side, Dallas is a relatively fresh face only having debuted in 2014, but he it feels like he's been here for a lot longer. There is also a “been there, done that” vibe with him, and there are plenty of other people including Neville and Sami Zayn that WWE should be focusing on before Dallas.
It is funny to consider it was only after getting intoxicated in an airport and subsequently arrested that Dallas returned to Raw. Perhaps Vince McMahon forgot he remained under contract to the company until the incident occurred.
In all seriousness, there aren't many potential paths for Dallas to take in the foreseeable future. He shouldn't be beating the likes of Zayn and Neville, and he's already faced off against the likes of Jack Swagger and Sin Cara a million times before.
Teddy Long snaps when Swerve Strickland's race is brought up HERE
