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When Big Cass was released from WWE on Tuesday, my gut reaction was largely a little bit of shock, mixed with a lot of, “well, I saw that coming.”
I didn’t expect it to happen that particular day, but the writing did appear to be on the wall with how many reports had come out about his negative standing in the company, coupled with him tapping out twice to Daniel Bryan.
Things didn’t seem to be going too well for Cass, and this release is either the cherry on top to a bad year, or a welcome relief to someone who was miserable and seeking a way out, subconsciously or not.
In any case, my next thought when anyone is released tends to be about the missed opportunities and what I was hoping to get to see them do, but won’t be able to witness, now that they’re on the outs.
When Daniel Bryan had to retire, I lamented the dashed dreams of several matches I wanted to see, and thankfully, upon his return, got to relish in the new hopes of some of those feuds coming to pass (see here).
Despite Cass not being anywhere near on the same level as Bryan, there were still a few pairings I was curious to see come out of him, for various reasons, that are no longer on the table.
Indulge me as I toss a few out there in a ceremonial offering to the future endeavor gods above us.
205 Live
Yes, the entire roster, to a certain extent. When Cass went on his diatribe about smaller performers not being able to measure up to the competition he provided, yet managed to lose to Bryan, I was really hoping to see that be the spark to him picking on people that weren’t his own size.
In a way, this story writes itself. 205 Live tapes on Tuesday nights after SmackDown, so Cass is in the building, surrounded by an entire division of people who are among the smallest in the company who are always being touted as “some of the best in-ring performers.”
No wonder it would get under his skin. HE should be getting that credit, in his mind, and there shouldn’t be a whole show dedicated to these frauds.
Basically, Cass would chew up and spit out various members of the cruiserweight division, crossing over into 205 Live and disrupting matches and interfering in matters he has no jurisdiction over.
To counteract TJP’s perpetual gloating that he may go to another roster, WWE could have even played into this by having a bit of a temporary trade between Drake Maverick and Paige for an evening, where Perkins would compete on SmackDown and get a win against someone like Tye Dillinger, while Cass, despite his size, would get temporary amnesty and allowance to fight on 205 Live.
Of course, he’d win, beating someone like Mustafa Ali or whoever—it doesn’t really matter—and it could all build to someone like Cedric Alexander beating him and really cementing themselves as not just, “the best of the small guys,” but a legitimate damn good athlete in WWE no matter what the weight limit says.
Instead, we just got Cass losing twice to Bryan and then leaving. Womp womp.
Next Page: Big Cass Feuds We Won’t Get To See That Could Have Been Interesting (cont.)
