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The WWE roster is larger and - according to many fans - more talented than ever before. In addition to two distinct mainstream brands in Raw and SmackDown Live, the company has enough wrestlers to support a thriving developmental divison down in NXT. That's without even mentioning 205 Live and their occasional excursions in the United Kingdom.
Such a wide array of talent inevitably means that some of them aren't utilised the way that a lot us would prefer. Finn Balor, Sami Zayn, Sasha Banks, Rusev and Becky Lynch are just some of the names who could easily command a place higher up on the card if they were shown a little more support by the WWE creative team.
By the same token, there are several wrestlers on the roster who have been pushed beyond their natural level of talent, popularity or experience, in consequence ending up in a position in which they don't really belong (at least not so soon, anyway). That's not to imply that any of them are bad performers per se, but merely that they have been throw in the deep end before being taught how to swim.
Here are the four biggest current examples.
#4 Ronda Rousey
Admittedly Ronda Rousey did put in a pretty impressive performance when she made her in-ring bow three months ago at WrestleMania 34. Paired up with Kurt Angle, the former UFC star easily won over the New Orleans crowd after proving she knew what she was doing.
That said, it can't be ignored just how inexperienced she is in the world of pro-wrestling. As of her latest bout against Nia Jax at Money in the Bank (another that surpassed expectations), Rousey has only fought two WWE matches - and yet she's already one of the leading contenders for the Raw Women's Championship.
From a marketing point of view, this makes a lot of sense. Having dominated mixed martial arts for years, the 31-year-old is a massive draw for mainstream audiences. Her promo work still needs big improvement, though, and at the moment she would be better suited to a feud lower down the card.
#3 Jinder Mahal
Jinder Mahal's rise last year from lowly jobber to WWE Champion was nothing short of remarkable. He went from being a figure of ridicule to holding the company's biggest prize in a matter of weeks, and held onto his position some six months before he was beaten by AJ Styles.
Although it's been more than 12 months since the Modern Day Maharaja took his seat at WWE's top table, however, fans still haven't quite accepted his presence in the main event. Next to stars like AJ, Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar, he has looked massively out of his depth.
The solution to this isn't to completely write him off as a potential superstar. He still has plenty of potential. It's just that there is plenty of work still to be done before he becomes a performer ready to headline Monday Night Raw on a consistent basis.
#2 Carmella
While Ronda Rousey has put in impressive performances in the ring, the same can't be said of SmackDown counterpart Carmella, whose most notable match to date was the five-woman ladder match in which she captured the Money in the Bank briefcase with the help of James Ellsworth.
Since then, her push has been too slow to generate any serious momentum. WWE officials were intent on having Charlotte versus Asuka at WrestleMania 34, which meant that Carmella was left with pretty much nothing to do on the biggest night of the WWE calendar.
In consequence, her run with the SmackDown Women's Title now seems slightly anti-climactic. She's been booked poorly, and the fans don't appear to be invested in her feuds. Without much technical ability to fall back on, this means that her matches just aren't very interesting.
#1 Roman Reigns
Let's be very clear about this: Roman Reigns is a great wrestler. Since arriving on WWE's main roster six years ago, he's consistently been one of the company's leading performers in the ring, putting on fantastic matches alongside the likes of Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan and Braun Strowman.
Rather than a lack of ability, the problem here has more to do with a lack of popularity. For someone who was supposed to be the next John Cena, The Big Dog just doesn't command a big enough reaction from the crowd, regularly getting booed when he is supposed to be cheered.
Again, nobody is saying that he should be sent back to the bottom of the card. He is well worth a place near the main event, but having him headline WrestleMania four years in a row is too much. Vince McMahon and co badly need to rethink their strategy if they want him to get over.
