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With the rapid rise in the competition is the wrestling world some of the wrestlers with immense talent and potential may not find a regular spot on the show every week. Both Raw and Smackdown is stacked at the moment.
This has resulted in some of the wrestlers being written-off the show regularly. These wrestlers would be used occasionally either to be involved in some meaningless tag team match at upper mid-card or to get squashed by another wrestler to get that wrestler over.
Some wrestlers like Fandango, The Colons, and Rhino, are so below the radar that their characters are also not specified. They play babyface or heel depending on the requirement of the story and no one seems to even notice.
With that said, here is the list of three such wrestlers who deserve to be on TV more.
#3
R-truth
He is one of the most underrated wrestlers right now. He returned to Smackdown last month after nursing an injury. He is currently used in back-stage segments most of the time where he interrupts other wrestlers' promos.
He is playing that same goof character for a while now, which is very good and all the fans enjoy it. He has still not missed a beat since his return as we saw him in his match against Samoa Joe a couple of weeks back.
His last major feud was against Goldust in June 2017 after which he went away from WWE for his shoulder injury in October. Right now, he is looking for a storyline. There are numerous places WWE can use him.
Like, Nakamura is looking for a new opponent, so maybe they can throw him in the US Title picture directly, or he can have a feud with Andrade Cien Almas or Jeff Hardy. They can create magic like no one else can.
Well, whatever WWE decides to do with him, he needs to be on Smackdown more often as he is 46 years old already and will soon decide to hang up his boots. But, whatever he has done so far in his wrestling career, he deserves one final run.
#2 Bobby Roode
He is another Wrestler who is fading away from the limelight slowly. When he was the part of the Smackdown roster before this year's superstar shake-up, he had great feuds with Randy Orton, Dolph Ziggler, and Baron Corbin. He was crowd's favourite. Within five months of his main roster debut, he found himself as the United States Champion.
But, his run in the Raw has not been the same. Although he had his share in the spotlight when he was selected for Money in the Bank Ladder Match or when he had a brief feud with Mojo Rawley and Elias, he has gradually started turning into another upper mid-carder.
Now he does not even show up in the show regularly, and when he does he is only involved in meaningless tag team matches that are used to fill the air time. With the talent and skills that he possesses, he deserves much better from his employers.
#1 Asuka
If this article was written before Extremes Rules, she would have definitely not made this list. But surprisingly, she is part of it now. Asuka had a dream run initially when she first came to Raw. In her first 3 months, she defeated wrestlers like Dana Brooke, Alicia Fox and then Raw Women's champion, Alexa Bliss in a non-title match with ease.
She even won the first women's Royal Rumble in January 2018. Even though she lost the match against Charlotte Flair in Wrestlemania 34, the match itself was brilliant and well choreographed.
But, she has not been the same after that. With her streak, she also lost all her momentum. Like Bobby Roode, she is another wrestler who is suffering because of the superstar shake-up. They were one of the top wrestlers in their respective brands but are finding it hard to mark their territory in other shows. Even Carmella defeated her twice in a row.
After losing to Carmella in Extremes Rules, Asuka has just disappeared from TV. She is not even seen in any of the backstage segments either. The Smackdown writers are currently focusing on the story between Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch, but even then, Asuka is too good a wrestler to be kept away from the show for this long.
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