WWE Royal Rumble 2017: 5 Mistakes the Company Must Avoid

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4. Rich Swann Puts Neville’s Momentum to Rest

Ever since his re-emergence at Roadblock: End of the Line, Neville has stepped forward as the WWE cruiserweight division’s most impressive heel performer.

He’s always been known for his immense athletic ability – exemplified through his use of awe-inspiring maneuvers such as the Red Arrow and the Phoenix Splash from the middle rope – but until now, he’s been nothing more than a clean-cut babyface character with virtually no impact on the weekly narrative of the WWE product.

It’s for that reason why, when the company started introducing more cruiserweights with similar ability to Neville, that few people noticed his absence – leading Neville to turn on those who used to chant his name because he’d quickly transformed from “the man that gravity forgot” to “the man that the WWE Universe forgot”.

Although Rich Swann has been on top of his game since capturing the title, Neville is on the verge of a breakthrough that could be huge for the division.

As a long-established name with a new attitude that could give anyone on the WWE roster a run for their money, Neville makes the most sense to represent the division and prove himself as the true “King of the Cruiserweights”. A loss to Swann at the Royal Rumble would be a huge blow to Neville’s new momentum and could undo a lot of the work that’s been done to redeem his wasted potential in 2016.