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With the rapid increase in the number of wrestlers in the roster and with limited TV time, even the wrestlers with immense talent and skills are finding it hard to get noticed by fans. This year particularly the competition has increased significantly with all the NXT call-ups and the return of superstars like Jeff Hardy, Daniel Bryan, etc. The wrestlers mentioned in this list had a great 2017 but are struggling to make their way through 2018. So, the wrestlers who struggled even in 2017 are not listed. These struggles could be because of the fact that their performance has decreased with the time or they have not been involved in a good storyline.
- Sasha Banks
After an impressive performance in the first ever women's royal rumble where she managed to impress everybody with her skills, her performance has been declining throughout the year. She had an impressive storyline with Bayley during Wrestlemania34, but could not do anything interesting with it.
Right now, she is just involved in meaningless tag team matches with Bayley as her partner on Raw without any build-up. Even the fans have stopped caring about their feud. She desperately needs a good storyline and matches to get back to the position of company's leading star.
2. Bayley
Everyone must have seen this coming. This time, last year she was involved in the title picture and was having amazing matches with almost every member of the roster. She is regarded as one of the four horsewomen of WWE but still, she is struggling to float through the competition at the moment. Her decline in performance can be simply proven by the fact that last time she competed in a pay-per-view match was in the Elimination Chamber back in February 2018, after that she had fought in a couple of kick-off show matches in Wrestlemania and money in the bank, but those were just for filling the slots. without any build-up. As mentioned before, she is currently involved in insignificant tag-team matches along with Shasha on Raw.
3. Rusev
Rusev is the crowd's favorite with his 'Rusev day' gimmick. He is also a decent wrestler, good at delivering promos and gets the loudest cheer from the crowd. In short, he is the dream wrestler of any wrestling company. But, due to the lack of any decent storyline for him throughout the year, he turned into another mid-card wrestler. All he does now is chant "Rusev Day" and "Lana no. 1'" with the crowd. The only feud worth mentioning was with AJ Styles during Extreme Rules. Except that, he had some brief feuds with Jinder Mahal, Bobby Roode, and Cien Almas, about which many fans have already forgotten.
Until the last episode of SmackDown, he was involved in a feud with Vien Almas with no significant progress.
4. Finn Balor
When he was in NXT, he was seen as the most talented wrestler and the future of WWE by the fans and management equally. There is no doubt about his in-ring talent. He was even the first Universal Champion of WWE. But, in 2018, his performance has taken a severe hit. His dialogue delivery is also below par as all his promos sound heavily scripted. Though he got a couple of shots for the Intercontinental title, he couldn't capitalize on that. His performance at the Money in the Bank and Extremes Rules were also pretty dull. At the last episode of raw, he had a great match with Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship, but such matches are very rare from him. He is currently involved in a feud with Corbin, which is going nowhere and thus he can become just another jobber very soon.
5. Kevin Owens
In 2017, he was one of the best heels of the company. He was brilliant with the mike and his ring work was exceptional. He was even having a good 2018 till Wrestlemania 34, but it was just downhill from there. After being transferred to Raw, he is spending most of his time running away from Braun Strowman. Last time he had a match worth watching was back in Wrestlemania against Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon. He is the same man who defeated John Cena cleanly. Till now he has been squashed by Braun twice in two months.
After been crushed by Strowman in Summerslam, he was absent from the last episode of Raw, probably nursing an injury. With Strowman now involved in a feud with Reigns, Owens has nowhere to go from here He has been buried the deepest in 2018.
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