7 WWE Superstars who would benefit from 'new year, new start' in 2020

It's now officially 2020 and with the new year (and a new decade) comes new resolutions. That's right! It's the time of year when millions of us resolve to make a positive change in our lives and become an entirely different, and more important, a better person.

Now, there's nothing wrong with trying to reinvent yourself. Even if it is cliched, it's fine to look into the mirror and tell yourself 'new year, new start' and begin the roaring '20s as you mean to go on. In fact, there are some people that I'd even encourage to do this. Those people are a handful of WWE Superstars who, for one reason or another, haven't quite gotten to where they should be in the company.

They should definitely take advantage of the opportunity to spur themselves on and have a much better year than they did in 2019. So without further ado, here are the WWE Superstars I feel will benefit the most from adopting 'new year, new start'.

#7 Braun Strowman

Incredibly Braun Strowman rang in the end of his 2019 by dancing in the ring with The New Day. Whilst i'm certainly not someone who things that this 'ruins' his character and that 'big men shouldn't have fun' you can't deny that Strowman has consistently failed to live up to the expectations his size and personality have created.

I mean, Strowman should be having the long-awaited rematch with Brock Lesnar, clashing with The Fiend or competing for a world championship. Instead he's just kind-of there.

Strowman needs to double-down in 2020 (see what I did there) and recapture some of the sheer brutality that saw him steadily become a main event talent in the company, before just as steadily falling out of the main event.

#6 EC3

Ethan Carter III was the guy in Impact Wrestling. He oozed charisma, was an incredibly talented top heel and proved that he was actually much better than WWE allowed him to be during his first run in the company.

When he returned to the WWE on NXT as EC3, it looked like he was going to get a similar route back to the main roster as Drew McIntyre. Sure, he did the first bit, which was take part in some great matches in NXT, but then when he hit the main roster he simply disappeared.

In fact, I would describe EC3's main roster run as the biggest non-event of WWE's 2019 and something that I certainly would not have predicted for him before it happened. It certainly seems like he might be a lost cause, but a 'New Year, new start' could give EC3 a new lease of live in WWE.

My personal hope is that they pair him with real-life friend Drake Maverick as the two have undeniable chemistry and comedic timing. I think they'd be a great addition to the tag-team division.

#5 The IIconics

Peyton Royce and Billie Kay have been absent for around a month now and their last showing for 2019 was losing to Charlotte and Becky Lynch in a tag-team match on Monday Night RAW.

The pair are undeniably perfect together and yet haven't quite managed to live up to the hype of their debut, which saw them make a huge statement by attacking Charlotte Flair and eventually costing her the SmackDown Women's Title.

One of the main issues has been their booking. The IIconics are the longest reigning Women's Tag Team Champions, at least in the brief history of those Titles. It sure doesn't seem like it though, since they only defended them four times over their 120 day reign.

Even when they did wrestle, they weren't really allowed to show much of their actual wrestling abilities. Instead the focus was more on them cheating and throwing tantrums. Whilst these things are valuable parts of their characters, I think it's important to also highlight that they're not at all bad wrestlers and let them display that in the ring. That's even where 'new year, new start' could really benefit Royce and Kay.

#4 Lars Sullivan

Sure, Lars Sullivan will benefit massively from not being injured, but there are a few other reasons why the brutish former NXT Superstar could do with shedding the shackles of the past and reinventing himself in 2020.

Sullivan's return has been delayed. He's not expected back in a wrestling ring until sometime after WrestleMania 36. However, the Superstar also needs to overcome the bad reputation he's earned after making a series of homophobic, sexist and racist comments online.

The WWE fined him $100,000 for those comments, but a new controversy has cropped up recently. Toward the end of 2019, an adult entertainment video which appears to show a young Lars Sullivan surfaced online. That has caused many to question his status in WWE and when/how he would return, if he does return at all.

While the comments Sullivan made were clearly unacceptable, he has apologized and we should move on. Also, the adult video stuff doesn't matter, especially when you are aware that he has also struggled with anxiety and mental health issues throughout his main roster run. Ultimately the only thing that Lars Sullivan should be doing in 2020 is wrestling and I hope that we get to see him do just that.

#3 Candice LeRae

Candice LeRae is so much better than anyone who has just watched her in WWE, and hasn't watched her work on the independent circuit, could possibly know. That 100% without a doubt needs to change in 2020.

Thankfully with the NXT Women's Title off of Shayna Baszler it seems that we might start getting a more varied main event picture for the women in NXT. LeRae will clearly, and rightly should be, part of that Title picture.

So that's the 'New year, new start' for Candice LeRae. In 2018 and 2019 she was Johnny Gargano's wife, always there by his side to support him and there to comfort him every time Ciampa beat him up. In 2020, it's time for Johnny Gargano to become Candice LeRae's husband. It's time for Gargano to escort LeRae to the ring whilst she becomes NXT's Mrs. Wrestling. It's time for Candice LeRae to be the top star she should be.

#2 VXT

Remember when Deonna Purrazzo and Chelsea Green were shown in the crowd for an episode of NXT and were teased as this big new women's tag-team and then were never seen again until the last two episodes of RAW in 2019. I remember.

I know there is a ton of talent in NXT but I cannot believe that two women as talented as Green and Purrazzo can't be given a little bit of time as a tag-team on just one of the weekly two-hour NXT shows. I mean, why even bother pairing them up in the first place? The WWE even gave them matching merchandise.

Now there's talk that Green has received somewhat of a soft call-up which might suggest that they're not moving forward with Green and Purrazzo as a team. That's 100% not the right move. WWE needs credible teams for the Women's Tag-Team Titles and these two women together would be more than credible.

Hopefully Purrazzo and Green can make the most of 2020 by actually getting some matches as a tag-team and cementing themselves as the future of the Women's Tag-Team division.

#1 Matt Hardy

Matt Hardy is the king of reinventing himself (Sorry Chris Jericho). The WWE legend has almost had more new starts than I've had new years but there's certainly no denying that he might need another one for 2020.

After having a decent run as 'Woken' Matt Hardy culminating in a great gimmick match with Bray Wyatt and then a decent tag-team title run with Wyatt, Matt Hardy has simply died down. He's show up on RAW sparingly in recent weeks, only to lose, and without any clear direction or character arc.

This is a huge shame for Hardy and the WWE as he's one of their better character actors. He has proven that despite his age and dwindling maneuverability, that he can become a top draw in the wrestling industry. He did it at Impact and he was doing it in WWE until he needed time off.

I don't know what Hardy could do in 2020, whether it's bring back the 'Woken' character, invent a new one, go back to an old persona or have one last tag-team run with his brother Jeff Hardy. One way or another the WWE needs to utilize one of it's top talents.