7 Kane
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There’s no denying that Glenn “Kane” Jacobs is headed straight for the WWE Hall of Fame upon his retirement from professional wrestling. The man has been an icon in the business for twenty years and is one of the most instantly recognizable WWE Superstars of all time. However, as much as the company likes to harp on him for being such a dominant force in the ring, Kane has rarely actually been dominant. Aside from a few major runs in the main event scene, once his initial appeal died out during the Attitude era Kane has mostly been used as a glorified enhancement talent.
One would think he might have one last good run in him, especially with the brand extension offering up more opportunities to WWE’s wrestlers, but it’s more likely that 2017 will be the year that Kane heads into retirement and WWE starts to accept that. Expect to see Kane losing a lot of matches this year and putting over a lot of younger talent.
In 2016 the WWE Network was receiving a huge pat on the back due to the popularity of the first ever Cruiserweight Classic tournament. Wrestlers from all over the world who were under two hundred and five pounds were invited to partake in the competition and some of WWE’s greatest matches of the year took place on the weekly show. The action in the tournament was absolutely breathtaking and WWE got plenty of new talent to sign to contracts, including the man who won it all and became the first Cruiserweight Champion of the new era, TJ Perkins.
It seemed as if WWE was incredibly high on TJ Perkins, as following his title win he was featured weekly on Monday Night Raw, which is where the Cruiserweight division as a whole was drafted. But Perkins seemingly fell out of favor when only a brief time later he lost the title and was used much more sparingly. If WWE is sincerely not on his side, somebody better get the shovel ready for TJP.
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