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WWE is a ruthless business where the performers, the WWE Superstars, often get few opportunities to shine and get over with the WWE Universe. It doesn't matter if you're a past champion, have a great reputation in the pro wrestling industry, or even if you had a great run in the past - consistency is key in the WWE; if a Superstar's character becomes stale, they will see the exit door soon.
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In the extremely competitive world of WWE, opportunities are limited, and a Superstar's gimmick can become popular only if he/she keeps evolving.
WrestleMania is when old feuds end and new feuds begin, while the weeks following WrestleMania will see the introduction of new Superstars which will possibly make some underused Superstar redundant in the company.
Let's take a look at 5 WWE Superstars in danger of being released after WrestleMania 35:
#5 Rusev and Lana
The Bulgarian Brute, Rusev, showed how fan power can popularise and push a Superstar, as he got super over with the WWE Universe, much like Kofi Kingston and Becky Lynch recently.
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Rusev's "Rusev Day" gimmick with Aiden English was probably one of the most popular gimmicks in the WWE for a while, but WWE did not capitalize on it, and he faded away.
He is currently part of a tag team with another underused Superstar, Shinsuke Nakamura.
Rusev and Lana have teased leaving the WWE on social media in the recent past. Although he likes to troll WWE fans into thinking that he's unhappy and wants to leave, there may be some truth to it, considering how he's been booked lately.
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#4 Dana Brooke
Dana Brooke has been with WWE for quite some time now, joining NXT way back in 2013, but hasn't had much success since moving to RAW back in 2016.
She's been a lower mid-card talent on RAW recently and that doesn't seem like it will change anytime soon.
In a recent interview with Lilian Garcia’s on her Chasing Glory podcast, Brooke spoke about how she wanted to quit the WWE earlier:
"When I was told that ‘your match isn’t happening,’ at that point in time I was just like ‘No. This place does not define me. I am stronger than this. I wanna go to prove to the world that you can’t keep me down’.
“I said ‘You know something, if I quit now, what kind of example am I gonna be for everyone that’s followed me. Who’s supported me. Who’s been my backbone through the hardest time’," said the RAW Superstar.
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Perhaps Brooke could leave the WWE as she isn't featured often on RAW and WWE television.
#3 Tyler Breeze
Tyler Breeze is one among many current WWE Superstars who is unhappy at how he's being used, venting about how he's been underutilised for four years. Breeze was part of a hilarious tag team with Fandango, with their Fashion Files segment on SmackDown Live a very popular one with fans.
But after their switch to RAW, the segment was scrapped, and Fandango's injury resulted in Breeze having no real screen time on RAW.
The tag team division on RAW has been neglected and it seems like WWE will be bringing in NXT Superstars to freshen the division up, after the addition of the tag team of Richochet and Aleister Black.
Breeze could follow the likes of Tye Dillinger to leave WWE and return to the independent circuit or even join new kids on the block, AEW.
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#2 Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson
Another tag team that has been criminally underutilised, the Good Brothers, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, have not been given too many opportunities at the tag titles, since moving over to SmackDown Live.
Mike Johnson of PWInsider reported recently that the duo rejected a new contract with WWE as Gallows and Anderson are currently unhappy at how they have been used.
The duo signed from NJPW back in 2016 along with AJ Styles. While Styles has had a dream run since signing with Vince McMahon's promotion, Gallows and Anderson can't say the same. They have won just one RAW Tag Team title since joining the WWE.
The two SmackDown Superstars are good friends with The Young Bucks, AEW's Executive Producers and former members of the Bullet Club, which could be a possible destination for them if they quit the WWE.
#1 The Revival
The Revival are a throwback to yesteryear tag team wrestling, and perhaps one of the most talented tag teams on WWE, currently.
The current RAW Tag Team champions have also - like Gallows and Anderson - unhappy about the strength of the tag team division and how they have been used on RAW.
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Heading into WrestleMania 35, it looks like the RAW Tag Team titles will probably be the only title on the main roster that will not be defended at the Show of Shows, which could probably infuriate the duo of Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson.
Wilder even quote tweeted a fan whose kids were wearing RAW Tag Team titles, telling them not to "wish being RAW tag team champs".
Wilder and Dawson have for a long time teased a future match with The Young Bucks, and that could come to fruition sometime this year if they quit WWE and sign with AEW.
