#2 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal participant
For the fourth year in a row, everybody who has nothing better to do will be thrown together in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal match, which sounds awful, but is actually a big benefit to the roster. A paycheck is a paycheck, right?
If the past three years are any indication, just because the competitive field is largely comprised of jobbers doesn’t mean there aren’t still some bigger names in the mix to help offset it so people don’t completely tune out.
At the moment, Mojo Rawley and Apollo Crews are the only two confirmed participants, while Dolph Ziggler seemed to indicate he would be joining the fray as well (which makes sense as nothing else was being lined up for him to do instead).
Over the coming weeks, more and more names will be declared and virtually anybody who does not have a confirmed alternative match scheduled could be another addition, meaning Finn Balor is well within the range of being one of those men.
Since he hasn’t wrestled on Raw since his injury, no feuds have been put in place to give him another opponent who would need to be addressed, so that leaves him open to play around with other ideas.
This could also be an easy way to put him in a match that doesn’t require him going full force, similar to how he was put in the six-man tag team match at the live event instead of a singles bout.
Balor’s participation in this match could be the factor that gets fans invested in it, which surely won’t happen if it remains a haven for midcarders.
