5 WWE Superstars who won't benefit even if they win at WrestleMania 37

WrestleMania 37 is the biggest show of the year in 2021, and while it's a two-night affair, there has been criticism about the overall strength of the card. The winners at WrestleMania are normally the ones expected to have a great run going forward.

However, this year is a bit different. There are a handful of Superstars, and whether they're in important matches or not, they won't necessarily benefit from a win.

Not that a loss wouldn't negatively affect them, but a win at WrestleMania may make no actual difference in the long run. Here are five such Superstars:

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#5. AJ Styles - A chance at Grand Slam glory at WrestleMania?

AJ Styles isn't in the best position now.

AJ Styles is in an odd place at WrestleMania 37. In his last five appearances at WrestleMania, he has faced some of the biggest names in WWE - Chris Jericho, Shane McMahon, Shinsuke Nakamura, Randy Orton and The Undertaker.

AJ Styles has always been in marquee singles matches at WrestleMania, but this year is different. He will be competing for the RAW Tag Team Championship as he teams up with his bodyguard, Omos.

The entire hype behind the match seems to be the fact that WrestleMania 37 will be Omos' debut. It's almost like three years ago at WrestleMania 34 when Braun Strowman competed for the RAW Tag Team Titles, getting 10-year old Nicholas to team up with him.

The New Day lost the RAW Tag Team Titles to worthy opponents in The Hurt Business. It's a shame that Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander dropped the titles before getting kicked out of WWE's best faction in the past year.

The move to put the RAW Tag Team Titles on The New Day seemed to be solely to get AJ Styles on the card. It's clear that there isn't much for him creatively on RAW, and that was the case in 2019-2020 as well.

Even if AJ Styles was to become one-half of the RAW Tag Team Champions, it might not do much for him other than an achievement on paper. WWE isn't going to make AJ Styles a focal point of the Tag Team division, and it's nothing but a continuation of WWE's obsession with temporary tag teams.

#4. Braun Strowman - A pointless feud heading into WrestleMania

Braun Strowman taking out Elias and Shane McMahon.

Just like AJ Styles, Braun Strowman seems to be on the WrestleMania card just to have a place in it. While Shane McMahon took a long absence between 2019 and 2021, he will be making his return to the ring to take on The Monster Among Men.

This isn't to say that Braun Strowman should lose. A loss to Shane McMahon could negatively affect him, especially since it was only a year ago that he defeated Goldberg at WrestleMania to become the Universal Champion.

Unfortunately for Braun Strowman, his post-SummerSlam run hasn't been great. He was about to enter the WWE Championship picture, but he suffered an injury shortly before TLC. His feud with Shane McMahon has been about him supposedly being "stupid" - and there's nothing else to it.

It isn't a storyline with any depth to it, and despite Shane McMahon once being a big name, this match isn't a big draw for WrestleMania 37. Even if Braun Strowman wins, it may not make any difference unless it's an unforgettable match.

#3. Asuka - Defending the RAW Women's Championship at WrestleMania

Asuka

While we're happy to see Asuka in yet another Championship match at WrestleMania, she isn't expected to come out on the winning end. Asuka has a poor streak at WrestleMania, losing in both her appearances.

Even still, this will be her third major match at WrestleMania, and once again, a Title will be on the line. This time, she walks into WrestleMania as the defending RAW Women's Champion, and her opponent will be the recently-debuted Rhea Ripley.

It's a big match and we wouldn't be surprised to see Rhea Ripley win the RAW Women's Championship. Asuka has been the centerpiece of the RAW Women's division ever since Becky Lynch's departure. And by the time WrestleMania arrives, she will have held the Championship for a combined 300+ days - with Sasha Banks' brief reign interrupting in between.

Even if Asuka wins, it won't benefit her in any way, other than giving her a first WrestleMania victory. With Becky Lynch's return period likely approaching soon, her reign will be in jeopardy even if she defeats Rhea Ripley.

#2. Sasha Banks - Is losing at WrestleMania better for her?

Will a star be born at WrestleMania?

By the time WrestleMania approaches, Sasha Banks will have completed more than 165 days as the SmackDown Women's Championship. Just to put it into perspective, this singular reign has surpassed the duration of all four of her RAW Women's Title reigns.

Sasha Banks has finally entered into a territory where she has defended the Championship successfully on multiple occasions. However, her WrestleMania record isn't great.

She has had five WrestleMania appearances so far, and four of them have been in Championship matches. While the other appearance was one in the Women's Battle Royal, we won't count that.

Sasha Banks has yet to come out of WrestleMania victorious. And unfortunately for her, that streak may have to continue this year. Sasha Banks is set to defend the SmackDown Women's Championship against the fourth Women's Royal Rumble winner Bianca Belair.

With the focus on building a star for the future, Sasha Banks isn't going to benefit from winning at WrestleMania. But we doubt that she will be unhappy about being able to build a new star at the biggest show of the year.

#1. The Fiend Bray Wyatt - A match with no hype at WrestleMania?

The Fiend in his new form.

Despite the bizarre storyline involving Alexa Bliss and Randy Orton, Bray Wyatt's match at WrestleMania has little to no hype. It's a weird situation because Wyatt only re-emerged a couple of weeks before WrestleMania 37.

From the time he was "immolated" by Randy Orton at TLC 2020, the rivalry has only been between Alexa Bliss and Randy Orton. Bray Wyatt has had Alexa Bliss carry the rivalry, and if he were featured more, we doubt there would be much more interest in the feud.

It's bizarre to think that Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton's match at WrestleMania 33 had more hype. Unfortunately, that failed to deliver, and fans weren't happy with the outcome of Randy Orton winning yet another WWE Championship.

There is no Title on the line this time at WrestleMania, nor does there need to be. Although Bray Wyatt should ideally win, where is Randy Orton's comeuppance? It would make sense for Bray Wyatt to get his vengeance on Randy Orton for WrestleMania 33 - the same way he did against John Cena last year.

But ultimately, nothing may come out of Bray Wyatt winning at WrestleMania.