WWE: Redrafting Raw and SmackDown’s 2016 Brand Split

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27. SmackDown – Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson

One of the surprising parts of the WWE Draft had been the Club being split up. AJ Styles went to SmackDown, and Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson were drafted to Raw. They had only been together for about six weeks too, so the call to split them up so soon seemed head-scratching.

If WWE wants to bring heat back on Styles, pairing him with Gallows and Anderson would make plenty of sense. The three worked together to become a top heel group in the early summer of 2016 and showed potential for growth.

Since the draft, though, the former IWGP Tag Team Champions have floundered by themselves. New Day defeated them about half-dozen times for the Raw Tag Team Championships, and Cesaro and Sheamus recently skated by them to retain the titles. So, if WWE have no interest in putting gold on Anderson and Gallows, why not make them interesting again and bring back the Club?

28. Raw – Enzo Amore and Big Cass

Enzo Amore and Big Cass were hits in WWE NXT with their promo skills and ability to put on a good match when needed. However, they have been exposed with their call-up and the brand split. This is due to the same opening promo shtick being heard every week and not being changed up, which the New Day did to continue to make their’s fresh.

It doesn’t help that WWE is seemingly sitting on Enzo and Cass for something, whatever that may be. They could have contended for the tag titles, but instead are dealing with Rusev and Jinder Mahal, something that’s never been interesting. Amore hitting on Lana, a married woman, did nothing to help him as a likable character either.

There is still potential for Amore and Cass, they just need to be positioned as more serious characters. This would help the Raw tag team division, which they would stay in with this scenario.