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The rising competition in the wrestling circuit can derail the career of even the best and most talented wrestlers. Sometimes, it happens because there are too many wrestlers of the similar kind in the company and then management does not know what to do with it.
We have seen wrestlers with the immense potential like Sin Cara, Christian, Kelly Kelly, Chavo Guerrero fade away due to this. Such wrestlers were either used to fill TV time or were made to enter in a tag team with another mid-carder.
Here are the 5 wrestlers from the current roster, who should be in the main-event scene, but for some reasons, they are stuck in the mid-card.
5. Dolph Ziggler
Dolph Ziggler had his moments in the limelight in the early 2010s when he was given the World Heavyweight title. That was the time when he really looked like a star who had a bright future ahead of him in the wrestling industry.
He was having amazing matches with Alberto Del Rio, Kofi Kingston, and Sheamus, among others. It looked like his best years were ahead of him and he was already at the top spot of the company.
Fast forward to the present, he looks like just another wrestler. WWE wasted him by involving him in different, repetitive love angles with Vickie Guerrero, AJ Lee, and Lana. He may not be in his prime now, but he is still an incredible in-ring performer.
His feud with Seth Rollins during the summer this year was outstanding, but he was made to look like the weaker one as he won all the matches by interference from Drew McIntyre. He never felt like a true champion.
But he still deserves another shot at the top because, if booked properly, he can do wonders with the Universal or WWE title.
4. Rusev
Rusev is a fan favorite with his "Rusev Day" gimmick. He is a great wrestler, decent in dialogue delivery and gets the loudest pops from the fans across the world. But right now he is stuck in the mid-card along with Lana and Aiden English.
WWE is taking him for granted. He did get a title shot this year at Extreme Rules, but that was very brief. He deserves a longer rope. He was not even there in the main card of Summerslam, instead having a match in the kick-off show.
Rusev desperately needs to shrug-off his current role of just filling the slots, if he desires to take advantage of the crowd support he is getting right now because it is not going to last forever.
3. Drew McIntyre
After having a forgettable first WWE run in the early 2010s, Drew went to the independent circuit and repackaged himself as a more powerful and stronger wrestler. He had an outstanding yet brief run in NXT, where he had incredible matches consistently.
But, after coming back to the main roster, he is playing the second fiddle to Dolph Ziggler. He has not been part of any pay-per-view matches till now. In Extreme Rules and Summerslam, he was just standing at Ziggler's corner to protect him from Rollins.
He is more than capable of having great matches with almost every member of the roster. It genuinely looks like he would kill his opponent. If WWE plays its cards right, he can be seen in the Universal Title picture as early as Wrestlemania 35 and can take that title to a whole new level.
2. Big E
The talent of Big E can be seen clearly by the amount of effort he puts in a single match. One can always see him flying around the ring in all his matches. His matches are most entertaining. He has all the ability that a top WWE superstar needs. The WWE Universe loves him, he is a great competitor and is excellent at delivering promos.
But unfortunately, he is stuck in a tag team with Kofi and Xavier Woods right now. It was fun at the beginning, but now it just seems repetitive. All three members deserve a single push, especially Big E.
Though they are currently SmackDown tag team champions, Big E would be better-off as a singles competitor. When he came to WWE, they paired him with Ziggler and after that with The New Day, so he never got a chance to show his worth as the company's top star, which should be the no.1 priority of the management right now.
1. Cesaro
Cesaro is the most underrated wrestler from the current roster and it's been that way for many years now. He is one of the most powerful wrestlers at the moment. He was the top babyface when he joined the company in 2012 and soon became the United States Champion. He gave that belt a whole new meaning by consistently giving great matches to the fans. His feuds with R-truth, Santino, Kofi, Justin Gabriel were exciting and well crafted.
But soon he and Sheamus entered into a tag team known as The Bar. It was new and since fans loved both of them, they got their whole support. They became multi-time tag team champions over the years.
But it ended Cesaro's singles career. He is much more than just a tag team wrestler. He is 38 years old already, so if WWE wants to give him another shot as a singles competitor they have to do it now when he is still in his prime.
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