5 WWE Superstars who have suffered the most in 2017

The year of 2017 has been a topsy-turvy one for the wrestling business. The WWE fans have seen Goldberg compete in title matches, John Cena becoming a part-timer and Jinder Mahal becoming a main eventer.

While the world of wrestling has had its share of ups and downs in 2017, the year has been on a constant downward spiral since the first of January for a few WWE wrestlers.

These Superstars have probably had the worst years in their wrestling careers. It’s not only the losses they’ve received, but it’s also the lack of direction they’ve been given and the lack of entertainment they bring to the show.

With that being said, here are five Superstars who suffered the most in 2017.

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#5 Apollo Crews

Apollo Crews has lost 47 matches in the WWE

The biggest win Apollo Crews has had this year was a win over the WWE’s lowest jobber, Curt Hawkins. In 2017, Crews has seemingly floated from brand to brand with no direction as the creative team keep putting him in meaningless feuds.

His only constant this year has been his association with Titus O’Neil, but that’s not been enough to save his dire year.

Back in NXT, Apollo Crews was one of the most dominant champions in the brand’s history, even before the WWE, he was a sought-after indy talent. Now the WWE have devalued him so much that there’s no chance in the crowd ever getting invested him in emotionally.

#4 Dana Brooke

Dana Brooke has lost 80% of her matches in the WWE

Once portrayed as Charlotte Flair's sidekick, Dana Brooke has spectacularly fallen down the pecking order in WWE. She is no longer even remotely mentioned on Monday nights. In a time where the women on both brands are getting the most TV time of all-time, it's a shame that Brooke hasn't managed to stay relevant.

Not only has she not maintained relevance, others like Emma and Alicia Fox are being featured more often on live television than her.

Last year, people were eagerly anticipating her turn on Charlotte, now they don't remember her at all. 2017 has thrown Dana Brooke into obscurity.

#3 Dolph Ziggler

Dolph Ziggler has lost 635 matches in the WWE

"The Showoff" has been almost non-existent in this calendar year. Once a beloved heel, Dolph Ziggler's popularity has rapidly declined this year.

He's suffered PPV loss after PPV loss, and has not been given the chance to regain any momentum. Last year, we saw him put on one of the best matches of his career against The Miz at No Mercy; this year he's faded back into irrelevance.

At Hell in a Cell 2017, Dolph Ziggler did what he's done all year: lose to an NXT graduate. The WWE have used the former two-time world champion as a tool to help get main roster debuntants over to the masses.

Not only has this not worked, it's made Dolph Ziggler's stock dwindle even more.

#2 The Ascension

The Ascension debuted on the 29th of December 2014

The Ascension provides us with two for the price of one in the most suffered list of 2017. Can you believe these two were once booked as the most dominant tag team in NXT history? That memory almost seems like it was from another decade.

They were the NXT tag team champions for a record 364 days, a record nobody has come close to breaking. Now on SmackDownLive, they’re considered as the jobbers of the tag team division, and they don’t even get their entrances shown on live TV anymore.

When they were called up to the main roster in 2014, they were steamrolling everyone. Anyone else remember that time they completely decimated Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns on an episode of SmackDown?

They were champions in NXT, called up as a dominant force, now the creative team have portrayed them as the ultimate losers.

#1 Curt Hawkins

Curt Hawkins has lost 265 matches in the WWE

Every time Curt Hawkins appears on WWE television, the creative team remind everyone that he’s on one of the worst losing streaks in professional wrestling history. The last time we saw the "Facts Man", he was being used as an anger management tool by Braun Strowman.

Before that, Hawkins had reminded us that he’s on a 118-match losing streak, a streak he’s desperate to end.

Of course, in wrestling, we understand that you must have main eventers, mid-carders and jobbers, but Curt Hawkins seems to be lower than a jobber; he literally has no hope in hell of winning any match.

You wouldn’t even bet on Hawkins winning a match via DQ, that’s how low his status has become in the WWE. Despite being on both brands this year, no superstar has suffered more than Curt Hawkins.