What happened to Summer Rae?

[BlackoutCreature]

Ok, so I finally got around to watching Survivor Series on the Network (things came up, long story). I thought the Divas Elimination match was actually a really good outing for the girls outside of that awkward sequence that led to Cameron's elimination. But the one girl that stood out was Summer Rae, and not for good reasons.

What happened to her? I only started watching NXT around the time she was being phased out, but I remember her being a solid worker who held her own against favorites like Emma and Paige. But in this match she looked so uncoordinated and didn't even know where to go when someone threw her. She was closing in on Diva Search Contest rookie territory. How did her skills degenerate so much over the last two years?

[Steveweiser]

She's hardly been in matches, and is pretty way down the depth chart. Being in the new Marine didn't help matters, and she's now been taken off Total Divas. I'd be surprised if she stayed beyond 2015.

[gr1990]

Probably due to so rarely getting to wrestle these days. When you've only had about two years wrestling proper-length matches, then switch to only wrestling a couple of two-minute throwaways a month, it must be pretty easy to regress. She looked good against AJ on Raw for what little time she got though so maybe she just had an off night. So sad how Paige, Summer and Emma all seem worse in the ring since they've been called up, even when they get time, but who could honestly blame them for being rusty and/or unmotivated? Wasn't Summer meant to be one of this year's breakout stars alongside Reigns and Big E according to dirtsheets towards the end of last year? Instead she's ended up one of the least utilised people on the whole roster. Very sad.

["Gentleman" AJ Powell]

I remember she had a singles match a while back against AJ (I think?), and I was kinda looking forward to it, as they're both decent in ring. Instead, it ended up being a comedy match with Summer running away the whole time, and it sucked. I think she was still appearing on NXT at the time as well, and performing proper matches. It's maddening.

[lildude8218]

it's winter

["Gentleman" AJ Powell]

Dec 14, 2014 11:26:16 GMT -5 lildude8218 said:

it's winter

[Mid-Carder]

She seemed to be one of their next big female stars for a while and was genuinely over when she was with Fandango. She hasn't been the same since they split

[mrbananagrabber]

It's a shame, too, because that revenge angle with Layla where they danced around for weeks during Fandango's matches had serious Wrestlemania implications.