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With WrestleMania 35 just being done, WWE is now gearing up for their annual Superstar Shake-Up. No wonder it is going to change the landscape of WWE in a major way. Several superstars will get impacted due to the event.
Those who have been going through a bland phase in their career can have an opportunity to freshen up the same. A move would prove to be beneficial not only for the superstars but for the shows as well. The shows only become as successful as the storylines.
Fresh storylines involving blockbuster feuds can build the stars as well as their shows. The SmackDown brand has been enjoying quite a good fortune for some time now. They signed a huge deal with Fox and they were also able to crown the first ever African-born WWE Champion in Kofi Kingston at WrestleMania 35.
Last year, the blue brand gained some noteworthy names like Jeff Hardy, The Miz, and Samoa Joe among the rest. This year it is likely that they would get even more significant superstars from Monday Night Raw. Let us look at four Raw superstars who might possibly end up on SmackDown Live.
#4 Baron Corbin
Corbin has some momentum after defeating Kurt Angle at WrestleMania 35. The lone wolf also has massive heel heat. The WWE Universe considers him as a party spoiler because of his involvement in Kurt's retirement match. They wanted someone like Cena or Undertaker to retire the iconic performer. So according to them, he stole a potential WrestleMania moment.
The creative team might want to have him use all the newfound heel heat on SmackDown rather than Raw. It is basically because of Corbin's underwhelming run on Raw. The options they explored with Corbin shows that they were quite confused about what to do with him.
Moving him to SmackDown would give the creative team fresh options to explore with him. With the fresh heel heat, Corbin can feud with a new set of competitors and even grab the WWE title in the process.
Vince McMahon actually likes Corbin and considers him as a biggest non-main event talent. Thus, we can speculate that the creative team would really put some effort into bringing some resurgence to his in-ring career.
#3 Ember Moon
Ember Moon had an impressive stint at NXT. The quality of her in-ring work and the unique gimmick possessed by her shows that she is the next big star in the women's division. However, since coming to the main roster she had been a bit underutilized.
An injury on the road to WrestleMania made things worse for her. Nevertheless, she returned at WrestleMania kickoff battle royale. As of now, Ember is focused more on the future. It would be good for WWE to move her to SmackDown.
She can have a huge success on the comparatively shorter show. Ember would face many fresh opponents most importantly Asuka with whom she had a classic feud at NXT. Asuka has a huge dip in momentum after losing her SmackDown women's title.
Working along with Ember and revisiting their past feud would mean a lot for both of them at this point. Ember moving to SmackDown will not affect Raw by any means. Thus, WWE might likely move her to the blue brand.
#2 Finn Balor
Finn Balor regained a lot of lost momentum after winning the Intercontinental Championship. The dominant victory over Lashley at WrestleMania shows that the feud is over. Thus, the company might now be planning new things for Balor as a champion.
A move to SmackDown seems likely as they would want to give Balor more room to carry the momentum forward. On the blue brand, Balor would be having a fresh start. He will have more spotlight in the comparatively shorter show.
WWE has also hinted the possibility of Balor moving to the blue brand through his new blue colored merchandise:
His Balor Club associates Gallows and Anderson would surely be happy to have him as an ally on the blue brand. AJ Styles can also join the trio and develop a stable. The Phenomenal one expressed such eagerness through a twitter post:
All looks possible for Finn Balor to move to SmackDown and join his allies. The only problem is that the united states champion Samoa Joe is in SmackDown and they cannot have two titles on the same brand. In that case, they can move Joe to RAW.
#1 Roman Reigns
Although there are no strong hints suggesting that Roman Reigns will be moved to SmackDown like Finn still there are reasons to speculate such a move. Reigns has been on Raw for a while now so a move to the blue brand would be fresh for him.
The last proper storyline for Reigns before his hiatus involved The Shield. Now that Ambrose is gone there may not be a long term plan for Reigns on Monday Night Raw. With Rollins as the Universal Champion, Reigns cannot be utilized as a top guy for a while.
After a win over Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania, WWE would surely want to use Rollins as a major star on the red brand. They have invested a lot in Reigns over the years and would not like him to play second fiddle.
SmackDown's move to Fox will demand them to have at least a mainstream attraction on the brand. After the long hiatus of Ronda Rousey, there are fewer stars who have mainstream appeal on both brands. Thus, Reigns is a likely candidate to be moved to the blue brand.
