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The Superstar Shake-Up is meant to be an event where stars and brands can freshen up, start anew and rise beyond their previous situations. It's an opportunity for those with less TV time to try and raise their stock with new management and it's a time where the young guns of NXT can aim to skyrocket their momentum to the very top of the WWE.
The Superstar Shake-Up can shock the universe subjecting audiences to new matchups between stars who were once on opposite brands. It's surely meant to add excitement to WWE as a whole whether you're moving from Smackdown to Raw or Raw to Smackdown or from NXT to either of those.
The Superstar Shake-Up is your time to shine. Sadly though this isn't always the case as sometimes the superstars have an equal chance of losing their luster on a new show.
Here are 5 superstars who so far have not been doing well since the last Superstar Shake-Up.
#5 Bobby Roode
When Bobby Roode first made his move to NXT he made an impact, no pun intended, and quickly elevated himself to the NXT title by defeating Shinsuke Nakamura. Not long after he got the call-up to SmackDown. He won a tournament for the vacant US title defeating former champion Jinder Mahal.
Things were looking quite glorious for Bobby Roode until he was drafted to Raw where he has since been rolling down a hill. He's been in mediocre storylines at best and hasn't quite matched himself up as a serious threat against Raw's top tier talents.
The Universal Title is totally out of his reach and the Intercontinental title is heading further and further away from his grasp. Bobby Roode is going to need to make a glorious change in order to level up back to where he once was.
#4 Natalya
A great female competitor who has been duped into sidekick status. Fans seem to adore Natalya and just before the Superstar Shake-Up she won the SmackDown Women's Title in grand fashion at SummerSlam by defeating Naomi.
However after being traded to Raw Natalya's role began to diminish. Now she only seems to be around to trail alongside the new raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey it almost seems like WWE is using Natalya as a way to keep Ronda over with the fans.
It's sad that Natalya doesn't have a more dominant spot on the card especially since she is hitting her final stride in the wrestling ring.
#3 Asuka
Asuka to date is the only superstar to remain completely undefeated for their entire run in NXT. This combined with her run on the WWE main roster where Asuka surpassed Goldberg's winning streak made her a top star.
She was put up against Charlotte for the SmackDown women's title at WrestleMania in a Streak vs. Title Match. If there was ever a women's match more worthy of being the main event of Wrestlemania until now this was it.
Unfortunately for Asuka she lost the match and things have been totally downhill since then. She has since lost several other matches including her second title opportunity against Carmella. For the longest time nobody was ready for Asuka but it seems as if the main roster has figured her out
#2 Chad Gable
Chad Gable has barely been seen on TV since moving to Monday Night Raw after the superstar shake up. While on SmackDown Gable was getting great opportunities in the tag team division as well as singles competition.
He even had a great match against the phenomenal AJ Styles. Later that night Styles went on to claim that Gable was great in the ring on Talking Smack. Daniel Bryan during that same segment also called Gable a stud.
Gable's absence from Monday Night Raw is especially hard to understand given how talented he is and how much people seem to like him.
#1 Jinder Mahal
Jinder Mahal made a huge ruckus when he was drafted to SmackDown Live during his first Superstar Shake-Up. He won the Breakthrough Battle Royal started a feud with the then WWE Champion Randy Orton and won his first WWE Title at Backlash.
He held on to the title for a total of 170 days before losing the title to the current champ AJ Styles. Not long after that, Mahal rose to prominence again when he won the US title. Things took a turn for the worst when Mahal as US champ was traded to Raw .
During the superstar Shake-Up he took the title to raw and lost it immediately to Jeff Hardy who then took the title back to SmackDown. Since then Mahal's spot on the card has greatly decreased and he went from this angry intimidating man to this sort-of zen-like character. Jinder has taken a chill pill for his own sake but at the same time he has totally lost his edge
