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WWE has one of the deepest rosters they've ever had. The Attitude Era saw something similar but they didn't have a roster full of overly talented in-ring workers but just had larger than life characters.
The characters were fleshed out by good booking and what they were good at was showing off. However, considering the amount of talent today it's extremely surprising that WWE doesn't have as many wrestlers over like they used to.
NXT has been pumping out tremendous wrestlers and the constant influx of talent from the Indies has been adding to that quality with so many people who are the ones that were criminally misused or underutilized in 2018
Here are the 3 most misused wrestlers of 2018 in WWE
#3 Shinsuke Nakamura
Nakamura won the 2018 men's Royal Rumble match and had a summer program for the WWE title but for the second half of 2018, we saw him become one of the most misused and underutilized stars. Nakamura may have won the US title but he has not done anything worthwhile as champion.
He has been just another person on SmackDown Live who don't have any direction or any constructive character build after his heel turn in April. Even though it was tempting to rank Nakamura higher because of how talented he is. The argument for him being underutilized really can't be made like the other wrestlers.
For someone who everyone was convinced will be the WWE Champion at the start of 2018 it's baffling to see how far he has fallen that people want him to not even be the US Champion. In contrast, Samoa Joe may not be super successful but his use against Styles and Hardy has been perfect, the same can't be said for Nakamura sadly.
#2 Finn Balor
Finn Balor seems like he's always going to top the list when we talk about the most misused superstars in the world. Ninety-nine out of a hundred riders and journalists would probably tell you that Balor is the most misused wrestler on the current WWE roster. No wrestler who isn't named Daniel Bryan has had such a genuine and natural connection with the universe as Balor has.
Despite that, he spent every week jobbing out to wrestlers who were bigger than him and he hasn't got a push since his debut in 2016. Balor started 2018 so brightly feuding with The Miz and Rollins for the Intercontinental title and genuinely creating some cool moments with them.
You can make an argument that he deserved even more especially as he had just come off an Iron Man performance at the Royal Rumble making it to the final four. He spent 2018 feuding with the likes of Baron Corbin and the mid cards and was treated like garbage at Survivor Series. A man who should be in the main event week in and week out has been treated like he is nothing and he is easily the most misused and underutilized star in the WWE and 2018
#1 Bobby Roode
It isn't Roodes fault as he is shown in TNA and NXT that he is probably one of the most charismatic and captivating Mike presences in the WWE. He has been booked as a smiley babyface rather than an arrogant and narcissistic heel a role that he is suited for.
Roode's misuse comes from the fact that WWE has relegated him to being a catchphrase and a catchphrase that is so over that they won't even let him be a heel. The Glorious One has probably had the worst transition from NXT to the main roster. Bo Dallas became a jobber over time from NXT, he still remained more entertaining on the main roster than Roode.
Bobby Roode cannot be in a tag team as a face. James Storm and Bobby Roode were one of the best tag teams ever in TNA and that was partly because it showed off Roode as a heel. Hopefully, 2019 sees a better use of Roode as a heel and not a face.
