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I think Kendrick is a good choice to be TJ Perkins' first challenger. They never fought in the CWC, they both wrestled Kota Ibushi, Kendrick's the old, steady hand. I do worry that when you see the flippy shit every week, eventually no one will care, and that these multi-man matches eventually blend together and no one gets over because everybody beats everybody.
I think the overall idea might be just "send them out as filler because they will keep the kids with ADHD because they're moving fast and shit" to simply fill a quarter-hour. I think they're functional like that, but I do think it's a novelty that could wear off if they don't take their time to really protect and hone some legitimately personalities to sort of sign-post the division. TJ Perkins is obviously one, and I hope that Gran Metalik is another, but he just lost.
Kota Ibushi is in such a good position, because he gets to sit back, wait and see if these guys get over and are booked decently, and then come in later once the dust has settled and basically be the biggest attraction in there. Ricochet also has that advantage, provided that he still wants to sign with WWE down the line.
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