10 wrestlers who need a push after WrestleMania

#5 Bo Dallas

Bo Dallas had a great run as NXT Champion and deserves a chance to prove himself on the main roster

As a man who will only be turning 28-years-old in May, it seems like most fans have already given up on Bray Wyatt’s real-life little brother. Dallas found his groove as a disingenuous heel and defeated Big E Langston to become the third NXT Champion. He had a great reign, which ended in a ladder match on the first live event aired on the WWE Network, NXT Arrival. Neville was crowned the champion that night, and only a few months later Dallas would become a full-time member of the WWE roster, continuing his “Bo-Lieve” gimmick that made him such a great heel champion.

Much like most NXT wrestlers, the writers of WWE’s main roster didn’t understand the reason why Dallas had been so successful in NXT, and they completely ran his gimmick into the ground. Instead of continuing his run as a hated heel, WWE quickly transitioned Bo-Lieve into a joke and he has never been able to dig himself out of that hole. At the beginning of the new brand split in 2016 it looked like Bo was being given another chance, as he returned to TV with a new look and a significantly more aggressive attitude. That lasted for a few weeks before they pulled the plug on that and he went back to being a laughing stock low card loser.

The Miztourage partnership has been very beneficial to The Miz and is certainly beneficial to the wallets of Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel, both of whom are now on TV every week in a significant supporting role. They’re still cannon fodder and portrayed as mostly inept goons, but at least they can help get the job done when it matters. It’s all to the benefit of The Miz, however. Both men deserve to break free of the Miztourage, but Dallas is good as a wrestler and is a very charismatic character. He may never be WWE Champion, but he has all of the tools needed to be a very successful player in the Intercontinental or United States Championship divisions. And hell, he’s young! Maybe one day, if WWE doesn’t continue using him as a punching bag, he can achieve greater heights. The Miz did!