I think Hunter is positioning him to be the next miz since they’re similar in size.. his character will be different than miz,, but he’s gonna wrestle a similar style that miz is going to teach him in front of our eyes as they feud..
Chris Jericho in aew but I think Melo could benefit from his mentorship too..
I don't know about all that but my unpopular opinion is that Melo had fine first year on the main roster and is still in position to be a major player in the future
did he come in wrecking shyt and winning titles like most of us probably wanted? nah lol
but I think he's established himself. Took Cody Rhodes, Damien Priest etc. (people positioned waaaaaay higher than him) to their limit, got enough ring time to establish that he's one of the best in-ring guys in the company, and also got enough screen time (promos/segs) to get his character over.. Managed to start getting cheered and even got "We Want Melo" chants in some cities. Right now his character is basically - exceptionally talented kid that gets in his own way by being too cocky. He's basically Shedeur Sanders lol.. I think the biggest disservice with melo is that people constantly compare him and Bron Breakker, but their trajectories are so different that Its pretty unfair to him. they occupy completely different spaces as wrestler. expecting a workhorse like Danielson or Finn Balor and a brute like Brock Lesnar to be booked the same in their rookie years is unrealistic.
Miz getting hurt kinda prolonged that shyt they're doing longer than it needed to go, but this idea that Melo is just dead in the water is not accurate to me. I think he still has a big future ahead.. but like I said, maybe I'm buggin by not overreacting lol