You know they have given up on Almas

[BigAl]

When his manager Vega has made more Smackdown appearances than he did.

At this rate they'll probably make her into a singles competitor and pretend Almas never existed.

I really want to know how Triple H feels about all this as all his NXT favorites are turning into Jobber's to non-existent. Listen to talk about not one but two Royal Rumble winners of this year

[Feyrhausen]

For years they have been wanting a new latin superstar. NXT went to the trouble to find them one and build him up. Smackdown just needed to use him right. So they just went and rehired Rey Mysterio. Much easier.

[Mozenrath]

I don't think they've given up, so much as Smackdown is notoriously shitty at using even people they *like* consistently. People just disappear with no rhyme or reason for weeks at a time.

[Deleted]

I think it's less that they've outright given up on him and more that SmackDown is absolutely horrible with time management in general. Even the dude who won the Royal Rumble and is the current US Champion has shown up like once in the past month.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

Apparently Vince likes him so he'll probably be fine. Like a lot of guys he's just a victim of Smackdown having a shorter show while also being horrible at rotating their talent. If you don't have a feud or match on the upcoming PPV you aren't going to be on every week. Rey and him would be a natural feud so I can see them doing that eventually maybe for the US Title if they have Rey beat Nakamura.

[BD Punk AKA SUSPENDED!]

I hope they haven't given up on him, the dude is waaayyy tooo talented. It is weird though that he went from facing Rusev, AJ and D-Bry week after week and looking good to a ghost. They need to get him back on tv asap and build him up a bit again so we can see Almas and Rey tear the house down.

[Old Jack Burton]

The women like Charlotte, Becky, and Sasha are all his "nxt favorites" too. They're not being buried.

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Now watch him become WWE Champion in a month lol.

[cabbageboy]

Least shocking thing ever. I said when Almas was in NXT that he'd end up doing nothing on the main roster and Vince would immediately push Zelina instead. I think the problem WWE has with finding a new Latino star is that they either do one of two things: 1) Have them come in as arrogant heels (Del Rio, Almas) or 2) Sign random lucha dudes with masks that can't cut an English promo. I think that's why guys like Rey and Eddie was unique. Rey is from San Diego but made his name in the lucha genre, Eddie somewhat as well (throw in Japan there too). Both bilingual as well.

[BigAl]

Oct 26, 2018 8:03:41 GMT -5 cabbageboy said:

Least shocking thing ever. I said when Almas was in NXT that he'd end up doing nothing on the main roster and Vince would immediately push Zelina instead. I think the problem WWE has with finding a new Latino star is that they either do one of two things: 1) Have them come in as arrogant heels (Del Rio, Almas) or 2) Sign random lucha dudes with masks that can't cut an English promo. I think that's why guys like Rey and Eddie was unique. Rey is from San Diego but made his name in the lucha genre, Eddie somewhat as well (throw in Japan there too). Both bilingual as well.

Yes you were correct they are pushing Vega more than him. You must have a crystal ball lol

Of course without Vega he is ,in my opinion finished , because his English language skills is a bit Limited( not trying to be racist here but the promos I've seen what he cut in English wasnt good, even the announcers said something to the effect of what the heck did he say ) which is why they have Vega with him without her I think he's going to be lost

[sportatorium]

Maybe put him in afeud with someone like Orton, Jeff Hardy or Sheamus who should be putting him over and giving him something to do.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

SD only focuses on 6 people at a time so yeah he's just not being focused but highly doubt they have given up on him

This is where separate PPV's or an additional hour would benefit those like Cien Almas, Sanity etc..

[trollrogue]

There are a lot of positive thinkers in this thread so far but I definitely see a lot of similarities with Almas and Essa Rios, fast forward to this Sunday and Lita's career is still going strong but the guy she managed nowhere to be found.

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

There are only 11 wrestlers in the SD women's division, there will be more opportunity for her to appear.

[theironyuppie]

Oct 26, 2018 12:27:30 GMT -5 SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts said:

There are only 11 wrestlers in the SD women's division, there will be more opportunity for her to appear.

Interestingly, most of the SD women's division is being used very sporadically at the moment too. Becky/Charlotte the other week was the only SDL women's match in the last three episodes, though they've been the dark match for the last two weeks.

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IDK if they have given up on him but I can see that Vince just does not care for Almas right now once Rey signed back on full time.

[Mister Pigwell]

You know, I'm starting to think WWE may just have too many damn wrestlers.

[cabbageboy]

SD definitely does. It's so bizarre that Raw is the flagship show and is 3 hours, yet they oddly gutted the show during the draft this year. SD at least got some viable people in the shakeup but man Raw has been utterly dire after that. Raw got: Jinder (back to being a jobber), Riott Squad (relatively well used I guess but mean nothing), Owens and Zayn (totally buried all year and now injured), Zack Ryder (not ever on TV), Breezango (Fandango hurt, Breeze is a jobber), Natalya (means nothing but could with a heel turn on Rousey), Mojo (pushed for a few weeks and buried), Ziggler (okay, good one, rejuvenated himself), McIntyre (see Dolph), Corbin (dear god, horrid wrestler but I guess he's the GM), Mike Kanellis (on 205 now), The Ascension (weirdly pushed over Roode/Gable for a while but are jobbers), and Roode and Gable (jobbed to the Ascension).

That's a horrid draft. Out of all of those picks Raw literally got 2 guys that are remotely decent and pushed fairly well and that would be Ziggler and McIntyre. SD at least got Joe, Hardy, The Bar, and even R-Truth has gotten increased TV time. SD has had some bad misses as well with Big Cass, Sanity (topic of another thread), and the burial of Asuka.

[anglarite]

Oct 26, 2018 7:09:27 GMT -5 @negan said:

Now watch him become WWE Champion in a month lol.

The breakout star of Blake and Murphy was Alexa Bliss.
The breakout star of Enzo and Cass was Carmella.

Zelina Vega will have a championship title before Almas would...

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I really like SDL, but it's really disappointing to see them do the same matches like The Bar/New Day, Orton/Jeff and Bryan/AJ vs. the Usos over and over again with the roster as stacked as it is. Nak hardly ever defends the US title anymore and yet you could have a really strong US title division.