>>9232406It could have worked if he kept wrestling like a brawler instead of making him and Dick Togo into Jay and Gedo at home, to the point where he needs to cheat to beat Hiromu. He could still be a plausible main event guy to lose to babyfaces at this point instead of a borderline comedy jobber. The worst was ealy last year when they teased EVIL returning to his old self in that match with Ishii and everyone was excited, and then they just did nothing with it. Him as a brutal shithead who beats the hell out of people and just cheats when necessary could still be dimes.
