10 Big WWE Stars Who Were Left Off The WWE Super Show-down Card

With only so many spots on a big WWE card, and such a big talented roster today, there will always be some notable names left off the show.

That said, it is still pretty crazy that superstars of this caliber are being left off, while others take up a spot. Now you can forgive some, such as Jeff Hardy, who was given a few week storyline injury, or his brother Matt Hardy, who's future in the ring is in question but something should have been done about these superstars, who are quickly seeing less and less TV and pay-per-view time.

Whether it be storyline status, in and out of booking favor or the timing of the big show down under, these are the eight biggest WWE stars that were left off the WWE Super Show-Down card.

#10 Bray Wyatt

As of this writing, Bray Wyatt is still absent from WWE TV following the uncertain future of his now former tag team partner, Matt Hardy. While Matt's future is in doubt, he did confirm in a Tweet that he and Bray had gone their separate ways.

Ever since, WWE creative has reportedly been having talks on what to do with Bray and have yet to decide on anything, thus keeping him off TV. It is still expected by many however that Bray will return to his former self before he teamed with Matt, and if so, WWE could have had him make some kind of impact by having him return during the Super Show-down, possibly interfering in a match to set up a return rivalry.

#9 Andrade 'Cien' Almas

Andrade 'Cien' Almas is a superstar on the rise.

Already in his young WWE career, he has been NXT Champion and had the first 5 Star rating match that WWE has had since 2011, with Johnny Gargano at NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia. Ever since his main roster debut on Smackdow, he has had several impressive wins and some damn fine matches with AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan, among more. Cien has been so impressive that even Vince McMahon has reportedly taking a liking to him.

There has since been rumors that Cien is one of the favorites backstage to win the 2019 Royal Rumble, and if not, will at lease have a big role at WrestleMania. If WWE wants fans to buy into Cien to being in that position, then now is the time to act on him and they have no better opportunity then to book him on shows like Super Show-down. A match and victory at the event would have done wonders for his stock.

#8 Bobby Roode

No one really know what happened with Bobby Roode. He went from the best heel in NXT to losing to Ascension members in thrown together tag teams on RAW, WWE has really screwed up horribly with him.

Because of his booking, it is no surprise that he didn't make it to Australia, so this entry is more so a what could have been had he had different booking. If Bobby was a heel, like he should be, he could have had a match on the show, maybe a victory on the show, perhaps even a 6 man tag, joining up with Elias and Kevin Owens, but no.

As of this writing, Bobby is stuck in a go no where tag team with Chad Gable. Hopefully this changes soon. Bobby Roode is WWE's best heel just waiting to happen.

#7 Sasha Banks & Bayley

This is another sad one. This time 2 and 3 years ago, Sasha Banks and Bayley were WWE's best women's performers. But today, sometimes they don't even show up on RAW.

So because of their booking in recent months, it is no surprise at all that they were not booked on Super Show-down. But they deserved a spot more than others. I believe they should have been teaming up with RAW Women's Champion Ronda Rousey, instead of the Bella Twins. Nikki Bella is said to be Ronda's opponent for Evolution, which is just a shambles waiting to happen, and a Ronda vs Bayley or Sasha would have be better, and thus they should have been in the Bella's place on the show.

This partnership between Bayley and Sasha needs to end for both women's sake's or they will be missing more big events.

#6 Rusev

Despite it being Rusev Day, the Bulgarian Brute was left off Super Show-down.

As of this writing, Rusev has just begun a feud with former tag team partner Aiden English, and the likelihood is WWE were not interested in booking a match between the two on a show as big as this. And this is a shame really as the two are capable of having a good little match.

It is a shame to see where Rusev has gone though, from challenging AJ Styles for the WWE Championship at Extreme Rules, to being left off this card entirely.

#5 Jinder Mahal

This time last year, Jinder Mahal was still WWE Champion, regularly defeating the like of Shinsuke Nkamura and Randy Orton to retain his title as the top dog on Smackdown. Today, on RAW, he is trying to convince superstars to meditate with him.

There is absolutely no doubt that if the Super Show-down took place in 2017, Jinder Mahal would have been in one of the big matches for sure, so it is easily his current booking that has kept him away from this card.

Even so, I think the tag team match of John Cena and Bobby Lashley vs. Elias and Kevin Owens would have worked better as a 6 Man Tag Team match with each team having another partner, and Jinder would have been a great 3rd man for Elias and Owens as they have all teamed up together on other shows in recent months.

#4 Alexa Bliss

Former WWE RAW and Smackdown Women's Champion Alexa Bliss was the face of the women's division in WWE for all of 2017, absolutely no question about it.

She hasn't had a bad run in 2018 either, entering the year as Women's Champion and winning the Money in The Bank and regaining the title, before dropping it to current Champion Ronda Rousey. So with her stock so high, it is a legitimate shock that she was left off of the Super Show-down card.

While the RAW's women's match of the card may not have had a place for her, they could have at least added another match to it, perhaps she vs former rival Nia Jax, or if not, maybe even make an appearance during the 6 woman tag, to set up a future match or be a guest commentator. Regardless, it was dd having a really big show that she wasn't on for the first time in over 2 years.

#3 Finn Bálor

It's like this one is surprising, but not surprising at the same time.

Finn Bálor is much like Bobby Roode, where he is a big star that WWE has totally no idea what to do with at the moment. Despite not knowing what to do with him, they still could have found a spot for him at Super Show-down.

It could have been perhaps another quick little match (instead of Miz vs Bryan who deserved longer) with RAW acting General Manager Baron Corbin, or maybe being added to the John Cena and Bobby Lashley vs. Elias and Kevin Owens match as it would have worked much better as a 6 Man Tag Team match.

#2 Randy Orton

The fact that Randy Orton is Randy Orton is enough to question why he wasn't on the card for WWE Super Show-down. Randy has been the number 2 guy in WWE for a decade now, so not to have him featured when they could have is an unusual decision.

Now granted, Randy's feud with Jeff Hardy was put on hold with Randy giving him a storyline injury, but he still could have made some kind of an appearance, perhaps to give an RKO out of nowhere, or maybe even interfere in a match to keep up his new found mean streak.

#1 Shinsuke Nakamura

Despite being the current WWE United States Champion, Shinsuke Nakamura hasn't appeared on Smackdown in a few weeks and was left off the Hell in A Cell pay-per-view.

And yes, while it is true that Shinsuke may not be as big a star in WWE as Randy Orton, he still takes the top spot on this list due to the fact that he is the U.S Champion but isn't being used much lately, despite having many different possibilities.

WWE could have easily added Shinsuke to the Super Show-down card, whether it be a Championship match with someone else deserving a card spot like Rusev, maybe asserting himself into the WWE Championship AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe match to build up to a future match or even just appear in a segment with other stars who weren't used for a match on the card.

Regardless, Shinsuke Nakamura deserved a spot at Hell in A Cell, on Smackdown over the past few weeks and Super-Showdown.