WWE is running its Superstar Shakeup this week, with more roster moves expected on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live. But for Monday night, the biggest acquisition for Raw might have been Ziggler and McIntyre, who was joining the brand from NXT. For now, it seems that Ziggler and McIntyre will be part of Raw‘s tag team division. That’s smart, considering how poorly booked Ziggler was on SmackDown and McIntyre has been away from the ring for eight months and might need to be able to ease himself back into a full-time schedule. Visually, on television, Ziggler and McIntyre look like Shawn Michaels and Diesel when they were tag team champions in 1994. Ziggler is the smaller wrestler who can fly around the ring and bump for just about anyone. Galloway is the big man who can put heat on the babyfaces. Now, McIntyre is a better wrestler than Nash and he’s far more athletic, but they visually look similar, right down to the goatee and long dark hair. McIntyre’s ring work is superb and his size really makes him stand point, especially someone who is that big and that athletic. Eventually I see Ziggler turning on McIntyre, and Drew getting a nice run as a babyface near or in the main event. He has all the tools. WWE just has to find a way to get him there.
